Tired and confused, yes I am

Is Republican Senator Judd Gregg really so essential to head the Commerce Department, that a Democratic governor is agreeing to appoint a Republican to fill his seat in a blue state, particularly where the guy has announced that he isn't going to help out the President in getting a stimulus bill passed?

Seems like the only "bipartisanship" is coming from the President.

Explain to me what's going on here, because it seems like ever since Rahm started playing point guard, the Obama Team has started turning the ball over a whole lot. He's stuck in an old gameplan, using the three-corners (triangulation) strategy, which only works for a team that revels in conflict. And that's just not Obama. You've gotta play the game with the players you've got, with everyone playing as a team - and against the players that have come to play on the other side of the court.

Unfortunately, the Republicans are not playing by the same rules, or even the same game - their goal is not to move America forward, it is to destroy Obama, and the economic security of Americans is just collateral damage in that struggle.

This is giving me a headache.

UPDATE: To prove the point.