Judd Gregg withdraws as Commerce Secretary.

Judd Gregg’s announcement today that was not accepting the Commerce position was perplexing and strange. Citing a fluff reason – philosophical differences – weeks after the pick makes no sense. In order to understand how this affects people, it’s best to put ourselves in their shoes.

This is the official statement

“Senator Gregg reached out to the President and offered his name for Secretary of Commerce. He was very clear throughout the interviewing process that despite past disagreements about policies, he would support, embrace, and move forward with the President’s agenda. Once it became clear after his nomination that Senator Gregg was not going to be supporting some of President Obama’s key economic priorities, it became necessary for Senator Gregg and the Obama administration to part ways. We regret that he has had a change of heart”.

Conservatives: This is bad news for us as we were happy to see this RINO go and self-destruct as one of the three Republicans in the cabinet. Now our NH brothers are annoyed that he is back representing and it’s not like our hands were not full with the Collins/Specter/Snowe Trifecta.

Moderates: This is disappointing for us and more importantly confusing. After all, Gregg cited philosophical conflicts as the primary reason for not joining the administration, but what did he discover recently that was so shocking to him? This would have been a great opportunity to build bridges and reach across the aisle, but at least he can keep those crazy wing bats on the right in check.

Liberals: We could care less one way or another, not like the Commerce department does anything useful anyway. Much more importantly was Gregg’s announcement that he does not plan to run again in 2010 and we will finally be able to put another Liberal senator in the Live Free or Die State!

Obama: Oh sh*t, not again.

If anyone can explain to me what Gregg discovered recently about our new socialist president I would love to know OR if he did not discover anything new, what massive rock was the Senator from NH living under? I welcome all responses.

Judd Gregg tapped, replaced by moderate Bonnie Newman. New Hampshire blue in the face?

In the midst of all the tax dodging and CIA prison shutdowns the Obama administration in the spirit of bi-partisanship tapped NH Senator Judd Gregg to fill the spot that Bill Richardson had to abandon. Judd Gregg worked some special deal where the NH Democrat Governor would be obligated to select a Republican to fill Gregg’s vacancy.

Not much is known about Bonnie Newman, but so far it appears that she is a moderate. If it were not for the unbearable squealing from the DailyKos I would think that our senate situation has worsened, but I have a feeling that anyone not sporting a hammer and sickle would feel the wrath from the folks over at the daily kos.

While it is not a surprise that the GOP has in large part abandoned core conservative ideals, the debate over whether this country of ours is still a center-right nation continues. Even if the difference between Gregg and Newman are marginal, one is a rank and file the other a moderate, the bigger question is what happens next.

As of now it appears that my neighbor to the north, the live free or die state, is undergoing a transformation – looks like the great commonwealth is exerting some much unwelcome pressure. As the liberals have proudly pointed out New Hampshire has thrown out high ranking Republicans and have finally began their inspiring journey to liberalism and beyond. They have now voted Democrate in the past two presidential elections and unseated John Sununu with tax raising machine Jeanne Shaheen.

What is worst now, Newman’s appointment is under the premise that she will not be running in 2010, not that we necessarily want her to. Or do we? With Gregg gone it would appear that a Democrat senator is almost a guaranteed shoe-in thus further destabilizing the balance of power in the Senate. Is she a guarantee? The liberals tend to think so and that puts a damper on my mood and probably yours too.