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Mike Leavitt and Homeland Security
What are the chances of Mike Leavitt taking over Homeland Security? Here’s what one Washington insider had to say:
“If you look at it from the President’s perspective, you have someone at EPA who is doing a fantastic job. That person has your trust and confidence and no one is complaining loudly at that person’s performance. EPA Administrator is one of the toughest jobs in Washington to fill. So, having said that, I think that Leavitt stays in his current position. But, stay tuned, because our information is that he is one of three people under consideration for the DHS job along with Asa Hutchison, the Undersecretary for Border and Transportation Security, and White House homeland security adviser Frances Townsend.”
Reader Response
Enough of Dan Rather
Here’s a response from Del Draper to my Tuesday comments on bloggers getting involved in the Daschle-Thune race:
“I think that a better example of the work of bloggers than the Dan Rather incident cited so frequently is the quick response to the Cheney/ Edwards debate. After the Vice President said “ I have presided over the Senate for the past two years and tonight, Mr Edwards, is the first time I have ever met you in person,” it was only a matter of hours before several bloggers had uncovered pictures of Edwards and Cheney seated side by side at several events. Enough of the Dan Rather story. I enjoy your column and the service.”
New EDCU Leader
Congratulations to Jeff Edwards, who has been named interim president and CEO of the Economic Development Corporation of Utah. He replaces Chris Roybal, who has joined the Huntsman administration as economic development advisor. Edwards has been with EDCUTAH for more than three years as vice president of client services, which is responsible for recruiting new businesses to Utah by working with corporations and site consultants across the United States. The client services team also conducts economic research and analyses, and provides assistance to existing Utah businesses with expansion and financing resources. Edwards has a background of marketing and communications in the high-tech industry and has also been involved in political campaigns and events for many years. Jeff is a good guy and capable administrator and will do a terrific job for EDCUTAH.
Campaign Finance Reform
"[T]he entire concept of driving money out of politics is itself ridiculous. Money, like water in a flood plain, will always find its level in the politics of a free country. One might as well try to ban the air we breathe as to proscribe the spending of campaign money. ... What we need is less legislation and fewer artificial limits on political speech, and more transparency that would enable us to see exactly who is financing what. The reforms that gave us the 527s, such as previous ones that gave us the PACs, wind up doing just the opposite." --Jonathan Tobin (Source: The Federalist Patriot) |
