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Fred Being Fred
Alas, Nancy is also being Nancy. Then there's Alberto.
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and
current Securities and Exchange Commission Chairman
Chris
Cox
. But after some initial internal discussion, according
to White House insiders, plans to dump Gonzales were dropped.
/p>
Why?
“Even if we’d nominated someone like Cornyn, it wasn’t clear that we had the strategy or the chits to call in to get him confirmed in a timely manner,” says a White House insider with knowledge of the discussions. “And Cox has been a disappointment at the SEC. He’s shown too much of willingness to work with the Democratic members of the commission.”
Given the White House’s penchant for trying to do just that in inopportune moments, one would think that Cox’s approach would have made him the No. 1 candidate.
As it stands, look for a cleaning of the house in lower ranks of Justice Department’s political appointees, with Gonzales staying on for a period.
p> IMAGE DEFLATORS br> On Saturday, a “Draft Fred Thompson ” rally was held in the small, out of the way town of Cookeville, Tennessee. The media is reporting attendance for the get-together at 300. /p>But the petition that attendees signed had more than 500 names attached.
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