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2009-02-26 Home Front: Politix

Locke's China work complicates bid for commerce secretary

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Posted by Steve White 2009-02-26 00:00|| || Front Page|| [3 views ] Top

#1 How bad would it be were the position not filled for a few years?

Posted by trailing wife">trailing wife 2009-02-26 00:41|| 2009-02-26 00:41|| Front Page Top

#2 Michelle Malkin was a reporter in the Seattle area and has the skinny on this guy.

http://michellemalkin.com/2009/02/24/and-yet-more-reasons-gary-locke-is-another-obama-mispick/

Posted by tipover 2009-02-26 01:22|| 2009-02-26 01:22|| Front Page Top

#3 Discloser: I live in Olympia, WA. I have a close relationship with people who know and worked with Locke. I am not a Dem. I have never worked for the State or Feds except as a lowly US Navy sailor.

Locke is by all reports a amazing brainiac and a man that most people would call a overachiever. He is, of course, a social liberal though not a ideologue. He could also be described as a fiscal realist, perhaps not a fiscal conservative but he can identify waste and within the limits of our screwed up system, he will try to improve things. Several people I know and trust feel he is as clean as its possible to be in our political system.
About China: Here in WA, trade with the Pacific Rim is very important, it's also important to the US as a whole. Even though he can't speak chinese, being about 110% assimilated, he is well known throughout the Rim area. He has lot of experience with the high tech industry here in WA. This is not a negative when we need to export ourselves out of this hole we are in.
In my opinion, Obama has blundered into a wise choice for the US.
Extra credit! I have not seen a recent photo but he also a hot looking wife.

Posted by Dogsbody 2009-02-26 01:42|| 2009-02-26 01:42|| Front Page Top

#4 Sorry people, the last line should read,
He also has a hot looking wife.

As much as I admire M Malkin, a tough woman indeed, she has dredged up a bunch of crud that was hashed and rehashed by the local press and never went anywhere. I would suggest that if she wants to work over a WA politician she should fixate on that lowlife traitor Jim McDermott(D WA). If she wants to catch a pol stealing a red hot stove, I suggest she keep a eye on Ron Sims (D WA), from Seattle. I think he was recently appointed to a job at HUD.

Posted by Dogsbody 2009-02-26 02:50|| 2009-02-26 02:50|| Front Page Top

#5 You can't say "a hot looking wife" without a pic.

Posted by bman 2009-02-26 10:55|| 2009-02-26 10:55|| Front Page Top

#6 somebody named Kushibo has a pic on his blog that may be Locke's wife.

Posted by mhw 2009-02-26 11:26|| 2009-02-26 11:26|| Front Page Top

#7 That be her! But only a full length photo will do her justice.

Posted by Dogsbody 2009-02-26 12:01|| 2009-02-26 12:01|| Front Page Top

#8 So now we are judging people by the hotness of their spouse? (But she is damn cute :)

As I recall Locke at one time went to tour the schools in China to see 'what we can learn from them'. At a different time they discovered bats in the attic of the Governor's mansion. (talk about bats in the belfry...).

My impression is that Locke isn't quite as bad as some of the Pols around here in the Peoples Republic - like Ron Sims.

Posted by CrazyFool 2009-02-26 12:26|| 2009-02-26 12:26|| Front Page Top

#9 The problem is that Locke, a partner in an international law firms China division, has advocated for Microsoft, Starbucks, and banking, timber and shipping interests in recent years, raising potential conflicts for him as head of a department charged with promoting U.S. trade around the globe.

The fact that he worked for American interests in China, instead of Chinese interests in America, would seem to be a plus.

Posted by Zhang Fei 2009-02-26 20:08|| http://timurileng.blogspot.com]">[http://timurileng.blogspot.com] 2009-02-26 20:08|| Front Page Top

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