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Gregg voted to abolish Commerce?

So he did, so he did. Back in 1996. Via Political Wire, via Instapundit.

This would be merely funny, except that it’s becoming increasingly clear that “to vet” is a verb not often used in the Obama administration…

Crossposted at RedState.

Hey, aren’t we supposed to have a Secretary of Commerce?

OK, I understand that it was completely unexpected* that Gov Bill Richardson (D-NM) (and author of the book Leading by Example**) might have been caught up in pay-for-play shenanigans, but he dropped out January 4th. That was over two weeks ago: why are they still vetting people? Didn’t they have a backup?

You’d think that they would have had a backup for Commerce, given that we’re in the middle of one thoroughly messed-up economy. What if Richardson had been hit by a bus, or something?

Moe Lane
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