Landrieu Not Lifting OMB Hold Yet.

[elleng]

Source: Government Executive

Last month, Sen. Mary Landrieu, D-La., placed a hold on the nomination of Jacob Lew to head the Office of Management and Budget, saying she wouldn't lift it until the Obama administration lifted its moratorium on offshore oil drilling.

Yesterday, the administration did just that. Was that good enough for Landrieu? Nope.



Read more: http://blogs.govexec.com/fedblog/2010/10/landrieu_not_lifting_omb_hold.php

[CreekDog]

1. Always remember, always

I will never forget.

[JDPriestly]

2. Landrieu is quite the prima donna.

Throws a tantrum and gets what she wants. Well bully for her.

[primavera]

8. Well, that's one very polite way of putting it

Personally, I prefer to think of her as the oil industry's psycho hose beast.

[groundloop]

3. Unbelievable....

It's unbelievable that apparently (even in a Democratic controlled senate) any nominee needs unanimous approval to make it through the confirmation process - if a single senator doesn't like a nominee, or wants to score political points thay can block that nomination.

It's really unbelievable that a senator who calls herself a Democrat can pull this kind of crap with no repurcussions.

[frylock]

4. maybe it's time for obama to pay a personal visit to twist her arm..

you know, like he did with kucinich and HIR.

[DatManFromNawlins]

9. Landrieu's constituents couldn't care less what Obama thinks

Which is exactly why she's doing what she's doing. She and her brother Mitch are part of an old line Louisiana political family who are, first and foremost, loyal to the citizens of the state. Party loyalty comes second.

[Yeshuah Ben Joseph]

11. And by "citizens" of the state

you mean the John Roberts definition, right?

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[Yeshuah Ben Joseph]

6. While I neither agree with Landrieu's motives nor lifting the drilling moratorium

holding the nomination on Lew isn't a bad thing. He's a horrible choice for the job. Another Wall Street/DLC shill who doesn't believe deregulation is responsible for the financial trainwreck in this country.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/09/21/obama-nominee-jacob-lew-f_n_732594.html

[nyy1998]

7. Wow, what an *******

[snooper2]

10. So, the word you (blanked out) must have started with a vowel

since you put "an" in front of it...

Was it asshole? or aardvark :rofl:

[nyy1998]

12. Lol, there's millions of combinations

;-)