Feb 122009
 

Are the rats leaving the sinking ship? Well, one rat, anyway.

Gregg said he pulled out because of “irresolvable” differences over policy issues, including the $789 billion economic stimulus package that has so far drawn support from only a handful of Republican lawmakers.

A clearly annoyed White House said in a terse statement it regretted that Gregg withdrew after he had pursued the job.

Or is it a case of Gregg suddenly deciding that the Senate minority will have a role to play, after all?


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