OK Mr. President. You've proven you've reached out to the other side. Gregg's Rejection Is It.

[berni_mccoy]

Gregg's rejection of the President's nomination to head the Commerce department is proof that the GOP doesn't want to work together to solve America's problem. They would rather choose the partisan politics of the past than to help Americans solve their issues. They'd rather see America fall into tragedy if they cannot be in charge. Their hubris is destructive. It's almost as if they were betraying those they represent. And while that is not a new character of their party, they've been given a chance at redemption. Instead of redeeming themselves, they choose to swat away the hand of kinship and brotherhood that this great President and Country is offering them.

So be it.

[Cash_thatswhatiwant]

1. yup. nt

[Zynx]

2. Obama can turn this significantly to his advantage.

It was an meaningless post to begin with and now the Republicans look petty.

[Jennicut]

4. Definately. Obstructionist lying petty jerks.

[bigdarryl]

3. No shit enough of this reaching out to rethugs it's getting ridiculous

[Danger Mouse]

5. I'm so glad that the Republicans are so helpful...

their assistance with the dismantling of their own party has been SO valuable.

[K Gardner]

6. Agreed. I now also join in saying, "Enough!". IMO, their actions are bordering on treasonous. n/t

[Window]

7. Absolutely. The republicans look like a bunch of fools. Enough is enough.

They are so jealous of President Obama that it's sad.

As far as I'm concerned, it makes Gregg look like a jerk. Good riddance.

[indepat]

8. Reaching out to a venomous snake will get you bitten every time: let's hope our President

has learned this hard lesson, once and for all. :P

Edited: spelling

[traxster]

9. I orgininally supporter the President wanting to reach across the aisle

But now, the truth hurts. You lay down with dogs, you will meet up with fleas. They are snakes that only want to sabatoge him. I don't trust them at all. He doesn't need them in his cabinet.

You see how they played it nice and then go on tv and lie about everything in the stimulus and now this. Now this.

[Phx_Dem]

10. That's exactly what it proves. I say keep at it Obama

The more he reaches out only to be flipped off, the better he looks and the worse the GOP looks.

Bring it on.

[CakeGrrl]

12. +1

[seshers]

11. Take it easy everybody...

This looks great for POTUS BHO. He has, will, and should continue to reach out to the Repugs. They will, I strongly suspect, continue to take their marching orders from the white male, conservative, talk-show host, mouthpieces of the "ownership society". The more this happens, the better. Sooner or later the majority of americans will recognize their obstructionist stance as counterproductive. Don't stand in the way of lemmings and their cliff.

[unblock]

13. the real reason gregg dropped out was to avoid weakening repugs control over that senate seat

they already had the extraordinary agreement that the democratic governor would appoint a republican so as not his moving to commerce wouldn't "cost" the repugs a seat in the senate. still, it would have given a democrat a much better shot in november 2010 running against a no-name appointee.

did he really expect that obama would bow to his whim as the lone republican in a democratic administration? of course there would be policy differences. his feeble excuse is flagrantly false. the real reason is senate control, they're worried about not being able to muster a filibuster.

the fact that obama was able to peel off a few republicans is probably what changed his mind (and the minds of the repug leadership) about it. it made gregg's seat all the more important to preserve.

[berni_mccoy]

15. Except that his seat is now even weaker for appearing to be a huge FLIP-FLOPPER

who wasn't able to overcome partisan politics for the good of the nation.

[unblock]

17. true that

obama is a chess grandmaster compared to these people. picking gregg was a no-lose move.

[AspenRose]

14. This is going to come back and bite the GOP in the ass. HARD.

K & R

[amborin]

16. were't the past 8 yrs lesson enough???????

[Kablooie]

18. That's just what I was thinking ... unless Jack Abramoff was involved.