The Washington Times reports:
President Obama’s nominee to head the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission is coordinating his campaign with two lobbyists for energy companies, a Democratic strategy firm and several other green-technology strategists, according to emails that show an unprecedented effort to gain a position on the obscure board.
Ron Binz, the former head of Colorado’s Public Utilities Commission, has become an unlikely nomination battleground in the Senate, where commissioners for FERC, a regulatory agency that oversees the interstate transmission of electricity, oil and gas, are usually accepted without any problems.
Isn’t that what lobbyists do? Advocate for whatever benefits their employer? Sorry, failing to see the issue here.
I despise Obama, I assume any appointee of his is a bad choice until proven otherwise (his Defense picks have been good (Gates) or better than I expected (Panetta)) — but it’s also normal for appointees to have advocates. A president represents many constituencies and so do appointees or candidates; their friends are sure to put in a good word. I’m fine with that.
As we know (or should!), elections have consequences. This is another one – every possible position that O can fill is (and has been) going to be with an ultra-left, anti-human radical. There will be more.