Commerce Secretary: Fiasco Part Three?

First Bill Richardson, then Judd Gregg, and now...Harold Ford, Jr.?  NBC's Chuck Todd is reporting that

It's something a few Democrats around town are pushing and, according to sources, the idea of appointing the former Tennessee Congressman is being given serious thought by folks high up in the Obama administration.

Jack and Jill Politics says Oh Noooo!

Mr. President, I know I don’t need to tell you this. I know you’re smart enough to know that appointing Harold Ford, Jr. to ANYTHING is a mistake. He is a snake that can’t be trusted. There are enough Black folk who were actually loyal and supportive of you that you could nominate - HERE IS A POST GIVING YOU A LIST - than for you to nominate someone who had nothing good to say about you, and repeatedly- throughout the ENTIRE ELECTION SEASON - did nothing but try and undermine you at every turn. You loved your grandmother; he LIED on his for votes.

Reward those that supported YOU, Mr. President. Harold Ford, Jr. would never be YOUR choice. You could NEVER doubt that he’d be trying to undermine you at every turn. While I and others would welcome an African-American in the position of Secretary of Commerce, I’d rather someone honest, than a complete, untrustworthy snake like Ford. Besides the ‘character’ question, how is he remotely qualified?

Well, for one, he's now a Merrill Lynch executive.  Isn't that a good qualification for a Commerce Secretary?  Oh, maybe not.

- Barry Orton

Comments

[Brian]

How about appointing a pro worker person to this position?

I mean, I just thought I'd ask.

You know how they almost always point someone who's pro business to the labor spot---although Obama broke the streak with the Hilda Solis pick. Well, it's time to turn the tables.

Pick someone who is pro worker for the Commerce position. After all, capitalism is powerfully destructive of the human condition. If you don't believe me, here's a reading assignment:
The Great Transformation by Karl Polanyi. Masterful. Or just look around you as the system we've got in place now falls apart, hopefully not too much more before government partially rescues it with the puny stimulus package.