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In reply to the discussion: NO! [View all]msanthrope
(37,549 posts)51. No, he didn't. You are incorrect, and you've been repeatedly corrected....
But that's not quite the full story. The board is independent and its membership is bipartisan. Although the president nominates members, the nominees alternate between the political parties. This vacancy was for a Republican member, a White House aide explained, and Chen was actually the pick of Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.).
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/post-politics/wp/2013/09/30/obama-to-nominate-former-romney-adviser-chen-to-administration-post/
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/post-politics/wp/2013/09/30/obama-to-nominate-former-romney-adviser-chen-to-administration-post/
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That's so ridiculous it has to be a right-wing meme designed to stifle support for EW to run.
Scuba
Oct 2013
#25
She has financial talent and there are Senate committees that need her leadership.
MADem
Oct 2013
#27
"She has more opportunity to get things done and be a true leader as a Senator than ..."
Scuba
Oct 2013
#29
If a senator can get more done than the president, then why doesn't Hillary Clinton run again
JDPriestly
Oct 2013
#46
can we start refering to her as "The Lioness", or would that qualify as an Official Title?
Volaris
Sep 2013
#17
Meanwhile, Obama Appoints Another Romney Advisor to Social Security Catfood Commission:
blkmusclmachine
Sep 2013
#11
Good catch. But you might want to respond to post I replied to because he's putting it everywhere.
ctsnowman
Oct 2013
#58
Right wing Republicans do not care... they are in a position to hold the country hostage..
yuiyoshida
Sep 2013
#13
But you *do* get to shut the whole thing down and possibly destroy the world economy.
Kablooie
Sep 2013
#14