The Obama team’s newest Commerce Secretary nominee has an “issue.” It seems Judd Gregg had a staffer implicated in the Abramoff mess. (Oh, and Gregg himself had to return $12,000 in Abramoff money in 2006.) I’m sure it’s nothing. Or if it is, he’s sorry. Or something.
As that renowned American theologian said, the chickens are coming home to roost. The holier-than-thou administration seems caught up in knots. But I’m sure Robert Gibbs will effectively and fluently fend off the press. By the way, has anyone noticed the press honeymoon is over?