By Steve Rhodes
President Obama totally did not add to the political cynicism he so often pretends to abhor by nominating billionaire hotel heiress and major campaign bundler Penny Pritzker as his next Commerce Secretary today.
Instead, he chose a self-made woman and noted education expert whose desire to serve her ego is nearly unmatched in America.
Bravo!
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1st time Pritzker in running for Commerce, I dug into her past & sent q’s to transition team; hrs later she withdrew nytimes.com/2008/11/21/us/…
— Charlie Savage (@charlie_savage) May 2, 2013
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In fairness, Penny Pritzker knows a lot about how to succeed. It starts with having billionaire hotel co-founders as your parents.
— Zaid Jilani (@ZaidJilani) May 2, 2013
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Penny Pritzker is a figure that Chicago’s educational and progressive community loathed youtube.com/watch?v=IMUboO…
— Zaid Jilani (@ZaidJilani) May 2, 2013
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#Obama to Penny Pritzker: “For your birthday present, you’re going to get to go through confirmation. It’s gonna be great.”
— ABC 7 Chicago(@ABC7Chicago) May 2, 2013
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.@resnikoff on Commerce nominee-Hyatt board member/ heir Penny Pritzker: tv.msnbc.com/2013/02/01/hei… Hyatt worker reaction on #Belabored tmrw #1u
— Josh Eidelson (@josheidelson) May 2, 2013
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Thrilled to attend WH announcement ofappts to Cabinet of Penny Pritzker and Mike Froman–2 of the finest and mostable people I know.
— David Axelrod (@davidaxelrod) May 2, 2013
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In fairness to WH, they did avoid embarrassment of nominating for Commerce Penny Pritzker, embrolied in a labor fight at Hyatt, on May Day
— David Dayen (@ddayen) May 2, 2013
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More on Penny Pritzker, the Hyatt heiress who might be our next secretary of commerce: propub.ca/ZnQCWT
— ProPublica (@ProPublica) March 11, 2013
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Unravelling the Chicago billions of Hyatt heiress Penny Pritzker — WATCH: bloom.bg/Xqvpa0
— Bloomberg News (@BloombergNews) February 14, 2013
Posted on May 2, 2013