So, it looks like Obama is considering appointing New Hampshire Republican Senator Judd Gregg as Commerce Secretary. Seeing as NH’s Governor is a Democrat and gets to appoint a new Senator, that sounds like a pretty good move to me. Once Al Franken is finally sworn in, that would give Democrats 59 Senate seats. If you add the two Independents (Bernie Sanders and he who shall not be named), that would give the Democratic caucus 60 votes. I hesitate to call that filibuster-proof, since getting Democrats to all vote the same way is tougher than herding cats, and we all know what a traitor that Independent from CT is.

Still, it’s a move that would at least piss off the Republicans, so that’s worth it all by itself. Of course, Republicans are already putting the screws to Gregg to keep him from accepting the job if offered. NH tends to be a pretty independent-minded state, but Republicans generally do what they’re told. I don’t know if there’s more potential graft available as Commerce Secretary than as a NH Senator, so it’ll be interesting to see how this plays out.

Otherwise, it’s the end of another long week. We’ve got a bit of a reprieve from the snow (not much yesterday and nothing predicted for today), but there a couple more storms brewing for next week. We’re up over the ten foot mark for the season, so I’m hoping we can pull out another 80 inches before summer gets here and break the 200 inch mark.

First off, though, gotta get this week over with.