Six months into a new administration, plenty of jobs are still being filled, and plenty of new policies enacted. But in some key cases--a few very prominent, some obscure, agency chairs are sitting vacant. For the most part, the nominees have been picked, are ready and waiting. But for various reasons, sometimes purely spiteful and petty, sometimes principled, Republican Senators are refusing to allow the nominations to go forward. That's what's happening now with two key Interior positions, where John McCain's ego seems to be holding up the works on a number of policy fronts.
A local newspaper is important to holding a community together, so it carries the responsibility of making good choices for the community. I'm an optimist, and I figure that if we become more critical readers and hold the editors accountable for what they're doing, including when they're doing right, we can gradually help make it better.
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Not exactly puttering, but reading this article made me splutter:
John McCain Holds Up Interior
via NewWest.Net All Headlines on 7/17/09
Six months into a new administration, plenty of jobs are still being filled, and plenty of new policies enacted. But in some key cases--a few very prominent, some obscure, agency chairs are sitting vacant. For the most part, the nominees have been picked, are ready and waiting. But for various reasons, sometimes purely spiteful and petty, sometimes principled, Republican Senators are refusing to allow the nominations to go forward. That's what's happening now with two key Interior positions, where John McCain's ego seems to be holding up the works on a number of policy fronts.
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