I’m sure it’s all a coincidence. But when Penny Pritzker was appointed Commerce Secretary in the 2nd Obama administration, liberals went fucking apeshit about it.
Via Politico
On one level, it’s astonishing that Pritzker — who withdrew from consideration for the same job four years ago — would have such an easy path through the Senate. Republicans have proven more than willing to fight over Obama’s Cabinet nominations, even for lower-profile departments like Labor and the Environmental Protection Agency. Earlier this year, the Senate GOP waged an all-out war — in the Armed Services Committee and on the national airwaves — against their former colleague Chuck Hagel’s nomination to lead the Pentagon.
At a glance, Pritzker seems to be a more inviting target than Hagel — or Labor nominee Tom Perez, EPA nominee Gina McCarthy or Consumer Financial Protection Bureau nominee Richard Cordray, all Obama picks who face uncertain prospects in the Senate. Pritzker is not a decorated military veteran like Hagel or a career public servant such as Perez or McCarthy. She doesn’t represent a core wing of the Democratic coalition beyond the ultra-wealthy donor class.
Maybe, just maybe, the reason why Penny was so easily ushered into the Obama cabinet is because of THIS:
Indeud.
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