Senator Judd Gregg announced yesterday that he was withdrawing his name from nomination to be Secretary of Commerce because of fundamental differences with President Obama over the 'stimulus' package and the decision to pull the 2010 census under direct White House control. While it can be argued that he should have seen the difference over economic policy before originally agreeing to be nominated, the census decision announcement came after his nomination was announced.
Given the potent political implications of next year's census, hopefully Gregg's withdrawal will attract the needed public scrutiny of the White House census plan.
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