Sunday, February 15, 2009

IBD: Why a Commerce job goes unfilled

The decision to remove the 2010 Census from the Commerce Department and give it to White House political operatives was a strong vote of no confidence in Gregg. 

It wasn't the only signal. On the day Gregg quit, White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs declared the Colombia free-trade agreement was dead, too. "I think the concerns that (President Obama) and others have are still valid around that trade agreement," Semana, a Colombian publication, quoted Gibbs as saying.

http://www.ibdeditorials.com/IBDArticles.aspx?secid=1501&status=article&id=319420337739273&secure=1&show=1&rss=1

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