For Pete's Sake! HuffPost Commenters Declare Their Love For Budget Director Orszag (SLIDESHOW)

Ask and you shall receive! When we posed the question "Who's the hottest person in the White House?" last Wednesday, we neglected to include Obama's Budget Director Peter R. Orszag, and a number of commenters were not gonna let that slide.

For example, givepeace05401 said:

Ladies and gentlemen,

Introducting the sexist man in the White House (other than the President)...
OMB Director Peter Orszag!!!!!

Davonne Rushing responded:

I was hoping his name would be in the poll but it wasn't. My sister wanted to vote for him.

Jaxy remarked:

Yup, that Peter Orszag is a definite cutie. Smart and debonair too.

thegiantpaperpanda wrote:

I think they're all pretty appealing in their own ways. But hey! Where's ORZAG! [sic];-)

To which wineandjazz replied:

Yes!! He's really cute too! Thanks for mentioning him.

So before we announce the winner of White House's Hottest this Wednesday--and you can still cast your vote here!--we offer this White House Hottest Honorable Mention to Mr. Orszag. Scroll down for the slideshow.

Read a lot more about Peter Orszag here.

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Peter R. Orszag, 40
Office of Management and Budget Director
Romantic Status: Divorced; two children
Fun Facts: Well, he's pretty much brilliant. Orszag attended Exeter, Princeton, and the London School of Economics, and is a Marshall Scholar and member of Phi Beta Kappa. He also loves country music, and frequently quotes its stars during hearings. On March 3rd, he borrowed a line from singer Toby Keith, telling the House Budget Committee "There ain't no right way to do the wrong thing."

Comments

[nogimmicks]

This is all very cute, the only snag is that Peter Orszag put together the most outrageous budget in the US history with a 1.75 TRILLION dollars deficit by borrowing from the future children of his little boy apparently without their consent. Other than that...

[bygollymissmolly]

Ok, he's got my vote. Adorable and brilliant. What a combination.

[impatient]

Imust be missing something. I am not seeing the cute or hot or adoreable AT ALL

[kloche]

He is not cute with that Kangol hair hat on his head. And when he speaks he sounds like one of the guys from the Revenge of the Nerds. Eric Holder is hotter.

[wagadog]

Wha wha whats so wrong with Revenge of the Nerds? I really LIKED that movie! (voice cracks on the LIKED part!) And, uh, his dad DID co-author the foremost text on engineering mathematics, so what do you expect, Tom Cruise?

I like him a whole lot more than that, that...Larry Summers, that's for sure. And poor Timmy always gets photographed with that boor hanging around like a bad smell. Timmy's like the hot girl keeping the fat girlfriend around to make herself look better by comparison.

Young Orszag on the other hand, stands up on his own.

[retroredux]

Ohh, he's got that nerd vibe that I so like!
(happily married to my nerd for 20 years-we met in a comic book store, so I know all about nerds:)

[jobseeker]

Since the first time I saw Peter on CSPAN I've thought he was Mr. Hot.
He's smart, funny (see him on Rachel Maddow?) and he explains things in a clear way.
Can Obama make him Sec. of Treasury?

[impossibleisnothing]

My God...picture no.2...he is hooooooooot!

[eden4barack08]

LOL, is that a pitcher of coca cola in photo 6?

[Mayoyo]

Peter is the man...I am watching him right now on C-Span. And I never watch those stupid depositions...he makes numbers and policy sexy.
And I loooooooove the nose.

[yuhaniz]

I WANT THE VOTING TO START OVER WITH THE PREZ INCLUDED IN THE LINE UP...HE WORKS IN THE WHITE HOUSE TOO!!

[wineandjazz]

He is such a a cutie patootie!! I can work with that. LOL.

[kapalabhati]

I was all about Geithner and Reggie Love last week, but Orszag beaming at his son at the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee meeting, no less? It does this geeky-wonk-lover's heart proud. Dare I say it? I might be able to overlook the country music.

[goosie29]

NOTTIE!

[roquelaure]

Definitely too cute to be left out of the poll! I don't know if he'll win, but I'm going to pull a Coleman here and suggest a re-vote. :)

[LemonGrass2]

Someone asked if he's wearing a "Hair Hat". If that means "Toupee", I vote yes. He is wearing a Toupee. There is no part in his hair! And the top of it doesn't blend with the sides.

What's UP with that? Didn't anyone tell him bald is cool?????

[bygollymissmolly]

What are you talking about. He has a very visible part and in one of the pictures he looks like he has a cowlick on his part.

[lmvd3]

Perhaps if he didn't have Republican hair...

[dandypuddin]

I wouldn't call it republican hair, I'd call it number cruncher hair.