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Click here to visit the new home of Politics Daily!The embedded clip is the Senate Budget Committee hearing with Tim Geithner yesterday (via CSpan). All 2 hours or so. The relevant portion is 33:00 to 44:00 or so, the exchange between Senator Gregg and Treasury Secretary Geithner. About a month ago, it was expected that Gregg would be carrying water for an Obama administration, in the cabinet, as Commerce Secretary. Gregg later withdrew as a candidate citing differences over the stimulus as one cause. As the above video reveals, Gregg would have had a swollen tongue most of the time. Or perhaps he is just taking up the role assigned to him ...
The Hill.comSen. Judd Gregg (R-N.H.) won't accept a position as President Obama's secretary of Commerce unless he is guaranteed his Senate seat remains in GOP hands, said two Republicans who know Gregg well...."Gregg would never allow his seat to go to a Democrat, the only way he would allow it is if he died," said a Republican close to Gregg. "He would consider it to be a breach of trust to people who elected it."That's a conflict with an earlier report by ABC saying that it was practically a done deal. The only thing Gregg himself has said is in this part of the above story:"I am aware that ...
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