Liberals Rejoice!

[MG1968]

maybe so, but an appointee still serves at the President's convenience. I don't buy the "if he calls, you have to answer" excuse. Judd Gregg refused the appointment, although it looked like he would take it to begin with.

 

[TennTradition]

maybe so, but an appointee still serves at the President's convenience. I don't buy the "if he calls, you have to answer" excuse. Judd Gregg refused the appointment, although it looked like he would take it to begin with.

That's why I used the word typically in my post. I don't think that it is a mandate that you must accept the president's call - but it is a difficult choice not to. There are times when your work (whether it be being an elected official or maybe a doctor/businessman/etc.) or your family are deemed to trump the president's request. That can be a legitimate reason to turn him/her down...but it isn't a decision that is lightly made.

I don't think that this resignation falls into that category. I don't know what her higher calling is, because she's talked about how she can do more good outside of government than in right now (so maybe there is a higher calling there), but at the same time talked referenced the increasing difficulty in doing her job as governor due to the littany of complaints and information requests that were coming down the line. I don't know what to think about her resignation, or how to assess how wrong or right the move was.

As for Gregg, there was a lot of tension there...I'm not sure that decision to reject the nomination was all his doing...I think the administration was equally ready for him to part ways. IMO, Gregg has some legitimate complaints about the census, but I'm just saying it isn't like Gregg walked away for a higher purpose.