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Post #303,557
by drook
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2/3/09 4:24:52 PM
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New But ...
... and this was true when Republicans said it about energy ... anyone without ties to the industry won't know enough about it to do anything useful. I would prefer being open about those ties, rather than pretending they don't exist, or don't matter.
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Drew
Post #303,558
by Another Scott
2/3/09 4:47:41 PM
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New Good point.
But, perhaps an academic, or someone already in HHS as a career civil servant, or someone currently sitting on one of the important committees that oversees it in the House or Senate would have been a better fit. I dunno. (And I honestly don't know enough about Daschle's ties to be irate about it - I'm not.)

Apparently Daschle's still got the opportunity to be Obama's WH adviser on the subject, since that wouldn't need Senate approval.

Of course, one wants someone with expertise in the field to head the agency. But that expertise shouldn't then be used for lobbying purposes, as he apparently did (to at least a small extent).

Cheers,
Scott.
Post #303,559
by boxley
2/3/09 4:59:39 PM
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New I would suggest that
"someone already in HHS as a career civil servant" is not who we want as all they know is how to NOT do health care efficiently. The cabinet post should go to an interested outsider without ties to industry.
     Thats 2 down - (beepster) - (14) - Feb. 3, 2009, 02:43:49 PM EST
         maybe stevens should ask for a job -NT - (boxley) - (1) - Feb. 3, 2009, 02:47:45 PM EST
             He could hire their contractors for them:-) -NT - (beepster) - Feb. 3, 2009, 02:48:41 PM EST
         Really hard to bite my tongue here - (drook) - (6) - Feb. 3, 2009, 03:45:29 PM EST
             not all of them diddle the pages - (boxley) - Feb. 3, 2009, 03:49:03 PM EST
             Yup. - (Another Scott) - (4) - Feb. 3, 2009, 03:56:34 PM EST
                 But ... - (drook) - (2) - Feb. 3, 2009, 04:24:52 PM EST
                     Good point. - (Another Scott) - (1) - Feb. 3, 2009, 04:47:41 PM EST
                         I would suggest that - (boxley) - Feb. 3, 2009, 04:59:39 PM EST
                 Of course I am - (beepster) - Feb. 3, 2009, 05:48:32 PM EST
         Synchronicity: 'Snark' - new book - (Ashton) - (1) - Feb. 4, 2009, 04:22:32 AM EST
             Yeah, it's a big problem. - (Another Scott) - Feb. 4, 2009, 07:31:16 AM EST
         Equal opportunity, as you know. - (Another Scott) - (2) - Feb. 4, 2009, 08:12:33 PM EST
             Absolutely - (beepster) - (1) - Feb. 4, 2009, 09:03:13 PM EST
                 We'll see. -NT - (Another Scott) - Feb. 4, 2009, 09:23:56 PM EST

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