Apparently Obama has discovered a small problem with having Republicans in his cabinet: he can’t trust them. With the nomination of Judd Gregg to the post of Commerce Secretary, the Obama administration is making what looks like an unprecedented move to control the census. Typically, the census is overseen by the Secretary of Commerce, but with Gregg slated to take that spot, Democrats in Congress — particularly the CBC — pushed Obama to move the operation into the White House, where Rahm Emanuel can oversee the head count. Robert Gibbs defended the move late last week:
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