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In reply to the discussion: Obama close to nominating Penny Pritzker for Commerce [View all]GoCubsGo
(32,080 posts)Last week, he said he was offered the job a week before Rice withdrew her name. And, I never heard the President say that Susan Rice was his first choice. I only heard him agree with media speculators who said she was being considered. Big difference. The notion that she was his first choice was media speculation. Yes, he defended Rice. So what? She is his UN Ambassador. He should defend her.
As for the "cloak and dagger" allegations, he has been keeping EVERY nomination quiet. Did you know he was going to pick the CEO of REI as Interior Secretary? No? Neither did anyone else. He is in this "useless fight" because the republicans tried to drag him into it. The fact that he took his time, and kept his choices quiet until the last minute tells me that he doesn't want to play that game.