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One of Senator Harry Reids’ recent press releases was whining about the GOP holding up confirmation of Obama nominees. It was stated that this is hurting the country by not allowing the administration to get on with their agenda. The Democratic party may have nothing to offer but they have excuses. How about the long list of Obama nominees who bowed out after being exposed as, most commonly, tax evaders. Yet they still managed to get Tax Cheat Tim Geithner confirmed as Secretary of the Treasury. A department that has been plagued by incompetence in this and the previous administration. So what else is going on with Obama staffers?

Well, for all practical purposes Anita’s Dunn. It’s great when a person’s name fits the story like that. A low-profile aide to President Obama will soon be managing the public face of his Administration. Dan Pfeiffer was named the next White House communications director on Nov. 10, following the announcement that current communications chief Anita Dunn will step down by the end of the year.

Other reports on Dunn’s exit come in two flavors. The right claims she is being thrown under the bus for the Fox News fiasco and generally not performing to the Messiah’s satisfaction. The left echoes the White House claim she only planned on staying a matter of months due to family considerations. You would think those looking for a public statement to explain getting fired could come up with a new one. The family considerations angle is really cliche as well as not believable.

(CNSNews.com) – The acting inspector general of AmeriCorps said he shredded White House documents at the request of an agency press spokeswoman that pertained to the controversial firing of the previous inspector general, who was ousted after investigating a political ally of President Obama.

That’s a pretty good story. Considering the former IG was fired for spanking those involved in the misuse of Americorps funds. Apparently President Obama was not fond of that transparency and accountability.

White House Counsel Greg Craig is expected to announce as early as Friday that he plans to step down from his post following a rocky tenure, people familiar with the matter said.

Craig, the top lawyer at the White House and a close aide to President Barack Obama, has helped lead the administration’s efforts on several national-security policies that initially enjoyed popular support but have since become liabilities for Obama.

So to Senator Reid’s accusation the GOP is hurting America by holding up Obama nominations one could answer this way. Hey Harry, if the GOP is in fact holding up your nominees they may be doin’ y’all a favor. The ones that make it past getting nominated are not doing so well. Those who bowed out under scrutiny before the process indicate poor choices as well. And this post only reviews a tiny fraction of the failures. So just to improve the coverage let’s just mention one more, Van Jones.

Add Congress to the White House record of incompetence and a power grab agenda that includes healthcare and other parts of the private sector and you have the liberal recipe for disaster. Too bad it’s the only recipe they know. With any luck at all we can make it to the 2010 elections, clean house and repair the damage done.

Stanford Matthews
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