Don’t know a lot about him other than he just retired from Congress, is one of the more moderate republicans and is well-liked by people in both parties.
http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITI…
CHICAGO, Illinois (CNN) — President-elect Barack Obama has picked GOP Rep. Ray LaHood of Illinois to be his nominee for transportation secretary, two sources told CNN on Wednesday.
Two Democratic sources also said Obama will tap Mary Schapiro to head the Securities and Exchange Commission.
Schapiro is CEO of the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, the largest nongovernment regulator for all securities firms doing business with the U.S. public. She is a former SEC commissioner and served as chairman of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission in 1994 during the Clinton Administration.
Obama will formally announce his choice of LaHood, a seven-term congressman from Peoria, at a press conference in Chicago on Thursday morning, the sources said.
LaHood is well-respected by Democrats and Republicans on Capitol Hill.
Obama will set policy, and LaHood is supposed to be a moderate. Its makes Obama look more bipartisan, I like it.
Hadn’t been so egotistical, he’d probably be Governor of Illinois right now. Becaue while he may not have been able to get through a primary, he would’ve beaten Blago in a general.
Look at his crap record on transportation issues. It’s such a letdown that Obama, the most cosmopolitan president of our lifetimes, tapped a rural Republican who has probably has had little use for a subway during his whole life. Just check out this ugly-ass quote:
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