This is excellent news. It was apparent that Gregg was nothing more than window dressing and as a fiscal conservative he would never fit with this very liberal White House.
Here is an excerpt from Fox News (emphasis added)…
Republican Sen. Judd Gregg withdrew his nomination to be President Obama’s commerce secretary on Thursday, citing “irresolvable conflicts” over issues like the economic stimulus package and the census.
“It has become apparent during this process that this will not work for me as I have found that on issues such as the stimulus package and the census there are irresolvable conflicts for me,” Gregg of New Hampshire said in a written statement.
Obama called Gregg’s withdrawal “something of a surprise,” and the White House issued a statement saying it regrets Gregg’s “change of heart.” Other Cabinet nominees have dropped out of the process, but Gregg was the first to do so in protest.