Commerce

At a panel discussion on Republicans and the Hispanic vote, held at the Capitol Hill Club next door to the Republican National Committee offices, former President George W. Bush’s second Secretary of Commerce Carlos Gutierrez attacked the stimulus package as a deficit-ballooning mistake that “ignores small business.”
“We’re heading toward a European economic model,” said Gutierrez. [...]

Many in the punditocracy wondered aloud why New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson — a former congressman, energy secretary, and ambassador to the United Nations and presidential candidate — would be willing to take the historically low-profile position of secretary of commerce. (Quick, name either of the men who held the job in the current administration.)
Well, [...]

Not Rep. Henry A. Waxman (D-CA) if he can help it.
As Mike flagged yesterday, Waxman, the chairman of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, will challenge Rep. John Dingell (D-MI) for the post of House Energy and Commerce Committee chair. Waxman called Dingell this morning. A Dingell spokesman has called the challenge “unhealthy.”
Dingell [...]