Thursday Morning Musings 1-28-2010

Mr. Obama has brought his campaign guru back to help jump start year two.  Bad idea.  Most of this President's problems come from the gaping void between promises candidate Obama made and his actions as president.  So making it more of a campaign than it has been could only make it worse.  And it already has.

The SOTU was boring, long winded, and bent the reality curve.  The single biggest lie was this...

"That's what I came to Washington to do. That's why - for the first time in history - my Administration posts our White House visitors online. And that's why we've excluded lobbyists from policy-making jobs or seats on federal boards and commissions."

And it's catastrophic.  It degrades everything else he said.  The only thing transparent is his willingness to treat us like idiots; to speak and expect us to believe.  It's absurd.

Red State listed some of the lobbyists working for Obama.

Eric Holder, attorney general nominee, was registered to lobby until 2004 on behalf of clients including Global Crossing, a bankrupt telecommunications firm [now confirmed].

Tom Vilsack, secretary of agriculture nominee, was registered to lobby as recently as last year on behalf of the National Education Association.

William Lynn, deputy defense secretary nominee, was registered to lobby as recently as last year for defense contractor Raytheon, where he was a top executive.

WilliamCorr, deputy health and human services secretary nominee, was registered to lobby until last year for the Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids, a non-profit that pushes to limit tobacco use.

David Hayes, deputy interior secretary nominee, was registered to lobby until 2006 for clients, including the regional utility San Diego Gas & Electric.

Mark Patterson, chief of staffto Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner, was registered to lobby as recently as last year for financial giant Goldman Sachs.

Ron Klain, chief of staff to Vice President Joe Biden, was registered to lobby until 2005 for clients, including the Coalition for Asbestos Resolution, U.S. Airways, Airborne Express and drug-maker ImClone.

Mona Sutphen, deputy White House chief of staff, was registered to lobby for clients, including Angliss International in 2003.

Melody Barnes, domestic policy council director, lobbied in 2003 and 2004 for liberal advocacy groups, including the American Civil Liberties Union, the Leadership Conference on Civil Rights, the American Constitution Society and the Center for Reproductive Rights.

Cecilia Munoz, White House director of intergovernmental affairs, was a lobbyist as recently as last year for the National Council of La Raza, a Hispanic advocacy group.

Patrick Gaspard, White House political affairs director, was a lobbyist for the Service Employees International Union.

Michael Strautmanis, chief of staff to the president's assistant for intergovernmental relations, lobbied for the American Association of Justice from 2001 until 2005.

They also point out that he put William Lynn in the Pentagon as Deputy Defense Secretary. Mr. Lynn was a lobbyist for Defense ContractorRatheon. I guess the Deputy Defense Secretary is not a policy-making job.

I think there are other suspects as well.  (The hypocrisy here is outrageous)

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JUA ruling due out today on whether the State can rob 100 million from a doctors fund.

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Tonight on NHTR Candidate for governor Jack Kimball will be our guest from 6-8 PM