Your immediate reaction to Gregg's withdrawal.

[Occam Bandage]

[Danger Mouse]

1. Favorable. He was a lousy pick.

[Sebastian Doyle]

2. Good riddance to bad Repuke rubbish

This guy wanted to abolish the fucking Dept of Commerce, for fucks sake! It's almost as bad as putting John Bolton (and the caterpillar that lives on his face) at the UN!

[camera obscura]

3. I'm the sole "unfavorable" as of now - I'm glad he's gone but I thought "here we go again"

"... more drama for the Obama team that they really don't deserve." Sure, I hope he gets replaced by someone halfway decent, but I'm still bracing for the right wing media onslaught of half-truths and attacks on the administration.

[liberalmuse]

4. "Good riddance!!!" Then I got pissed.

The manner in which he withdrew was totally fucking classless (and I should know, LOL).

[eleny]

5. Goodie.... I didn't want him foot dragging over nor messing with the census

[MrSlayer]

6. He should never have been offered the spot in the first place.

Now let's put someone in there who is on our side.

[Bryan]

7. Favorable

I could see the tactical advantage to getting him out of his Senate seat, but that went out the window when he finagled that deal to get a replacement of the same party. There's now an opportunity to get somebody in there who realizes the value of being on Obama's team.

[JoePhilly]

8. Screw him ...

The GOP expects the dems to roll-over ... so good bye Judd.

Now we go far left for this slot.

[rocktivity]

9. I'm devastated.

:woohoo:
rocktivity

[TheCowsCameHome]

10. self deleted

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[TheCowsCameHome]

11. likewise

[Raine]

12. DISGUST

that he's such a shameless ass who tried to ruin Obama's day. x(

[RUMMYisFROSTED]

13. Other: Godsend

[Teaser]

14. Good riddance to bad rubbish

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[Tatiana]

15. Thank goodness. Now we can put a Democrat in the position.

Obama can say he tried, but the Republicans obviously feel like Rush does... they hope our President fails. Consequently, they are also saying they hope our country fails as well. It's good that this Gregg withdrawal makes crystal clear the Republican vitriol and "hope" for our nation's failure.

It is time for the Democrats and the President to exercise the power given to them by the people to improve our conditions. F*ck the Republicans. This is war and it's time to render them obsolete. Either they can help us or they can be ignored.

[yourout]

16. One less fox in the hen house.

[blaze]

17. Buh bye! n/t

[IsItJustMe]

18. Favorable, but now I am worried about who Obama will replace him with. Newt Gingridge perhaps?

[Teaser]

21. Who's Newt Gingridge?

.

[w4rma]

19. Ecstatic. (nt)

[Cha]

20. More than "favorable"..I was like

Whoopee:bounce:

"Judd Gregg: Erratic, Yet Also Oh-So-Predictable"

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"Judd Gregg last week"

I have recused myself from voting during the pendency of my nomination," Gregg, a New Hampshire Republican, told CNBC.

Earlier in the program he said he was "not really engaged in the stimulus bill," but that he did believe "we need one."

"We need a robust one," he added. "I think the one that's pending is in the range we need. I do believe it's a good idea to do it at two levels, which this bill basically does, which is immediate stimulus and long-term initiatives which actually improve our competitiveness and our productivity."

Got that? Judd Gregg publicly supporting the administration, the need for the stimulus bill, and that stimulus bill as the right solution for the economic problems facing the country.

CNN a little while ago:

A Democratic source close to the Obama White House said Thursday that Judd Gregg "campaigned for the job" — that the New Hampshire senator had asked Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid to approach the president about the Commerce post.

Gregg "sat with , said he wanted the job, knew his policies and erratically dropped out without warning," said the source, minutes after the Republican senator announced his withdrawal from consideration.

Gregg sought out the administration, pitched himself for the position, and then lobbied for it.

Judd Gregg today:

it has become apparent during this process that this will not work for me as I have found that on issues such as the stimulus package and the Census there are irresolvable conflicts for me.

And on the record, White House press secretary Robert Gibbs:"

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[slackmaster]

22. Other

Don't give a flying fuck.

[ellie]

23. Fuck him

He probably didn't want to do want President Obama asked of him. He can crawl back under his rock with the rest of the repuke slime.

[saltpoint]

24. Favorable. Never thought that much of ol' Judd to begin with

and he bungled the blazes out of this nomination, almost from the start.

The not-voting-for-the-stimulus capped it for a lot of his constituents.

He comes off looking like a manipulative weasel.

Which is to state the obvious.

And not least, the appointment can now go to someone with a lot more on the ball.