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When Republican Senator Judd Gregg announced on Thursday that he no longer wished to be the Commerce Secretary nominee, he said that the decision was based in part on serious disagreements with the Obama White House over the 2010 census. That night on Fox News, Sean Hannity called Obama's plans for the census process "the biggest White House power grab ever," as his guest Karl Rove voiced agreement. The same day, House Republicans declared that the White House had "an unprecedented plan" for the census that "will taint results and open doors to massive waste of taxpayer funds...
Gregg, Sen. Judd • allegedly principled withdrawal by as Commerce Secretary nominee is followed by reports of previous seeking of that very position by, leaving observers to wonder what it was about Obama's policies that was suddenly learned by to cause this about-face...
...Senator Judd Gregg ended his courtship with President Obama by resorting to one of the oldest lines in the book. "It's not about them," the New Hampshire fiscal conservative announced Thursday, describing the White House team. "It's about my own sense of who I am." All at once, politicos all over Washington had the same reaction: Yeah, right...
...originally to be a writer and director. I actually worked as a second unit director on George Washington, and then an actor dropped out of David's All The Real Girls and I stepped in. Thanks to Foot Fist Way, I ended up swinging by the set to meet Judd Apatow during Knocked Up, and I actually told him that he works on his set a lot like David works and that the two would really understand each other...
...colleagues are advocating, but most of us are deeply skeptical that this will work," Senate minority leader Mitch McConnell said announcing his opposition to the measure. "And that level of skepticism leads us to believe that this course of action should not be chosen." It remained unclear if Senator Judd Gregg, a New Hampshire Republican who is Obama's nominee to run the Commerce Department, would vote. Gregg had said he did not intend to, but if Kennedy is absent he may be forced to step in to help pass his future boss's plan...