Judd Gregg

Jason Linkins

Pat Buchanan's Disagrees With 'Obama Is The New Nixon' Comparisons

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 10.23.2009 | Media


Pat Buchanan, who was a close confidant of Nixon, recently scoffed at the idea that the Obama White House is comparable to Nixon, calling it "idiotic," because, duh, Nixon was a historically unlovable bastard-creature, who left trails of foul-smelling ichor all over the Oval Office, like a slug. And no one liked Nixon, except for the "Perotistas, and what you might call the tea-party folk" who loved him immensely. Irony!

The Wyden - Bennett Healthy Americans Act: Why Not Just Say Yes?

Lanny Davis | Posted 09.22.2009 | Politics


Lanny Davis

What exactly does the HAA accomplish that could possibly attract such broad, bipartisan support in the U.S. Senate? Universal health insurance coverage and immediate deficit neutrality in the first two years.

Cloture Passes On Cass Sunstein, 63-35

Washington Independent | David Weigel | Posted 11.09.2009 | Politics


On a 63-35 vote, the Senate has broken the filibuster against Cass Sunstein, President Obama's nominee for Administrator of the White House Office of ...

Reconciliation May Force A Public Option Too Liberal For Some Dems

Talking Points Memo | Brian Beutler | Posted 10.17.2009 | Politics


As Senate leaders begin work on a Democrat-only health care bill, they're finding themselves confronted with an unexpected irony: Though the caucus ha...

Senate GOPers: We'll Block Health Care Under Reconciliation

The Hill | Alexander Bolton | Posted 10.17.2009 | Politics


Sen. Judd Gregg has hundreds of procedural objections ready for a healthcare plan Democrats leaders want to speed through the Senate....

GOP Sen. Gregg To Vote For Sotomayor

AP | JULIE HIRSCHFELD DAVIS | Posted 09.05.2009 | Politics


WASHINGTON — Republican Sen. Judd Gregg says he'll vote for Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor, breaking with most of his fellow Republicans....

Bank Bailout Fund: $328 Billion Still Remains

AP | ANNE FLAHERTY | Posted 08.09.2009 | Business


WASHINGTON — The government has tens of billions of dollars left in the eye-popping $700 billion bank bailout fund created last fall, prompting ...

Olbermann: Bush Returns To Make "World's Worst Person" (VIDEO)

Huffington Post | Nicholas Graham | Posted 07.24.2009 | Politics


The 'Worst Persons in the World' tonight on "Countdown" included Republican Senator Judd Gregg, Newt Gingrich, and former President George W. Bush. G...

Dem Sen Hits Back At Judd Gregg: We'd Prefer Karl Marx To Darth Vader On Health Care

nytimes.com | David M. Herszenhorn | Posted 07.18.2009 | Politics


Senator Judd Gregg, Republican of New Hampshire, delivered a brutal critique this morning of the draft health care legislation put forward by Democrat...

Is Congress Driving Drunk?

Ashley Rindsberg | Posted 07.18.2009 | Politics


Ashley Rindsberg

Unless urgent action is taken a sensible, environmentally responsible, and economically meaningful piece of legislation will be sunk by a procedural rule.

Five Current Republican Senators Voted For Sotomayor in '98

Politico | Posted 06.26.2009 | Politics


A bit of relevant history: Five Seven current Senate Republicans -- plus Arlen Specter -- voted for Sonia Sotomayor during her highly contested federa...

Same-Sex Marriage Passes NH House/Senate: Heated Battle Awaits Governor's Decision

Jennifer Donahue | Posted 06.07.2009 | Politics


Jennifer Donahue

"Any person ... may marry any other eligible person regardless of gender," is the wording of the House and Senate passed bill now on the Governor's desk in New Hampshire.

Sen. Gregg Makes Up "Light Switch Tax" To Bash Obama Budget

Washington Monthly | Posted 05.02.2009 | Politics


THERE'S NO SUCH THING AS A 'LIGHT-SWITCH TAX'.... In an apparent effort to be an even more shameless hack, Sen. Judd Gregg (R-N.H.) argues in a Washin...

Get on Board or Get Outta the Way

Lance Simmens | Posted 04.27.2009 | Politics


Lance Simmens

Is the faux-fiscal responsibility conviction merely a convenient excuse to say no when difficult political decisions require foresight and sacrifice?

Learning Deficits

Robert L. Borosage | Posted 04.25.2009 | Politics


Robert L. Borosage

Will Obama's transformative budget survive? As his press conference last night illustrated, it runs a serious risk of drowning in a swamp of cant.

Ryan Grim

Republican Leaders Split On Geithner Plan

HuffingtonPost.com | Ryan Grim | Posted 04.23.2009 | Politics


Republican leaders in Congress offered a range of reactions on Monday to Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner's plan to partner with private investors to b...

Post-Post-Partisanship

Mike Lux | Posted 04.18.2009 | Politics


Mike Lux

Lincoln, FDR, and LBJ all did what they had to do, played the hardball that had to be played, to change the country. Obama should follow their example.

Gregg May Have Had Conflict Of Interest In Commerce: AP

AP | SHARON THEIMER | Posted 03.30.2009 | Politics


WASHINGTON — Sen. Judd Gregg, President Barack Obama's former nominee for commerce secretary, won taxpayer money for redevelopment of a shuttere...

The Best Cabinet Money Can't Buy

Will Durst | Posted 03.23.2009 | Comedy


Will Durst

Two Secretary of Commerce nominees have slunk away like hyenas chastised from a zebra carcass by a pride of dusty lionesses.

Republicans Still Outraged By White House Involvement In Census

Washington Post | Posted 03.23.2009 | Politics


Even if the Obama White House isn't politicizing the 2010 census, as Republicans allege, there's plenty of politics at play (as usual around this time...

Gregg Gets White House Invite, Despite About-Face

Boston Globe | Posted 03.21.2009 | Politics


President Obama is apparently not one to hold grudges. Senator Judd Gregg, a New Hampshire Republican, didn't help Obama -- and actually embarrassed ...

Judd Gregg's Profile In Petulance: Politico

Politico | Roger Simon | Posted 03.20.2009 | Politics


I am relieved that President Barack Obama has decided to abandon the idea of a "car czar" to fix the auto industry. If Obama had gone with a czar, his...

Mr. President, They're Just Not That Into You

Ari Melber | Posted 03.19.2009 | Politics


Ari Melber

Less than a month into his presidency, Obama has found that no one is really buying bipartisanship. The notion that a bipartisan process will yield more GOP support has been officially shredded.

Advice to the President: Abolish the Commerce Department

Derek Shearer | Posted 03.19.2009 | Politics


Derek Shearer

The Commerce Department, where I once worked as Deputy Under Secretary, is a hodge podge of agencies with no central purpose.

Obama Dislocates Shoulder Reaching Across the Aisle

Robert Lanham | Posted 03.18.2009 | Comedy


Robert Lanham

"With all due respect to the president, he shouldn't have his arms and feet blocking the aisle," said Boehner, who sustained minor injuries. "Everyone knows he's lanky."