Comments on: Tauscher stepping down from federal post

By: John W

John W — Sat, 28 Jan 2012 22:14:47 +0000

If Obama should be re-elected, Hillary would be an outstanding appointment. The court used to have more people from non-judicial backgrouonds in the mix. When some of these appointees started going rogue (i.e., properly exercising judicial independence), presidents and the Senate shifted more to people from the appeals courts; so that they could look at the judges’ opinions as a way of predicting how they would rule in Supreme Court cases. That has led to a highly polarized SCOTUS, where you can nearly always predict who will vote which way before the cases are even argued.

By: RR, Senile Columnist

RR, Senile Columnist — Sat, 28 Jan 2012 17:26:55 +0000

It is sad to note Hillary will not achieve her greatest ambition : Chief Justice of the US

By: John W

John W — Sat, 28 Jan 2012 09:16:44 +0000

Tauscher’s personal circumstances are involved here, but rotation among top people happens in any administration as the end of a term nears, regardless of re-election prospects. There’s another Bay Area person from Stanford who held top Defense and NSA positions under both Clinton and Obama while her husband maintained his medical practice back here in the East Bay. I imagine she and her family are ready for a break too. Hillary has given a thousand percent to the Sec of State job, has done a great job but looks totally fried. Geithner, regardless of what people may think of him, has toughed it out under incredibly challenging circumstances and has been constantly beat up. It’s not like the pay is great.

By: Ralph Hoffmann

Ralph Hoffmann — Sat, 28 Jan 2012 03:38:46 +0000

All of the really great people at the Federal level are stepping down, such as Hillary Clinton and Ellen Tauscher.
I’ve got a neme for this phenomenon; Electile Disfunction. If you can imagine Uncle Sam, holding a map of Florida, where the next Primary will be held, just below his waist, you’ll get the message.