I just watched the Press Conference announcing Salazar and Vilsack,  
Obama’s statement, their statements, and the questioning of Obama.  
Obama seemed to lay out, and both Salazar and Vilsack reiterated some  
very good sounding goals. Now we need to help them unpack and sell the  
parts of those we support and work to get their commitment to enhanced  
positive outcomes solidified. Lots better than anything we have had  
recently.

Lyle


On Dec 17, 2008, at 10:13 a, Bill Witt wrote:

> I suspect that the TV appointment comes first as a favor to Tom
> Harkin, who'll want a well-placed ally to help him put a more
> midwestern ag* slant to the next Farm Bill, and second as another
> mutation in the ongoing morphing of "Hope" into "Clinton III."
>
> In 2002, TV did deserve Sierra Club's scorn for his behind the scenes
> gaming of the Water Quality Initiative and then the CAFO bill, in both
> cases to feather his political nest at the expense of independent
> farmers and the environment.  Would Jim Nussle have done worse as
> Governor?  Of course.  I suppose in that context, Vilsack's promise to
> serve only two terms offered some justification.
>
> Bill Witt

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