UK Newspaper Names Judd Gregg To Top US Conservative List
January 13, 2010The Telegraph newspaper in the UK is once again releasing the top 100 Conservatives and Liberals in the US. This year, they named Sen. Judd Gregg to 73 on the list. He placed higher then Ann Coulter (74), but lower then Olympia Snowe (69?!!?) on the list.
73. Judd Gregg (-)
Senator for New Hampshire
The conservative New Englander rocked the Republican party by accepting the post of Commerce Secretary in the Obama administration. Even in the heady atmosphere of Obama it seemed to make no sense and so it proved when Gregg abruptly pulled himself out of consideration, citing “irresolvable conflicts” on issues like the economic stimulus package and the 2010 census.
“Prior to accepting this post, we had discussed these and other potential differences, but unfortunately we did not adequately focus on these concerns,” he said. A deficit hawk, he has since become an unrelenting critic of the Obama administration’s economic policies. As a Senor for New Hampshire, he is a perennial potential kingmaker in the early-voting state and could be an important ally for Mitt Romney there in 2012. Has said he will not stand for re-election this year but his influence will endure.
