The reality is, as has been posted earlier, when black and Hispanic groups thought Judd Gregg was going to be in control of the census, the President promised to move it from Commerce. That move spooked the Republicans, because there are obviously people in the White House they don't trust, and Judd Gregg didn't want to take over of an emasculated Commerce Department so he withdrew. Now, if the president wants to nominate a Democratic Commerce Secretary, the blacks and Hispanics will drop their objections, and the census can be moved back to Commerce.

                   It's just another case of the government being pushed around by special interest groups. That's what Obama promised would not happen.

                   The census, it seems to me, is a really big deal. Clinton was in office in 2000, and now Obama, so the Republicans really might have a legitimate complaint.