Obama to nominate State Department official Lew as budget director

washington examinser ^ | 7/13/10 | ap

[Nachum]

WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama will nominate Deputy Secretary of State Jacob Lew to serve as director of the Office of Management and Budget, a Cabinet-level post that plays a crucial role in shaping how the administration spends the public's money.

In a statement, Obama said Lew will be "an extraordinary asset to this administration's efforts to cut down the deficit and put our nation back on a fiscally responsible path."

[70th Division]

“an extraordinary asset to this administration’s efforts to cut down the deficit and put our nation back on a fiscally responsible path.”

In other words he has no real qualifications.

[RobinOfKingston]

Jacob Lew ... obviously a renaissance man ... a man for all seasons ... skilled at all levels of human endeavor. Able to go from the State Department to the Office of Management and Budget in a single bound. No need to unpack his desk. Just push it up the street to the new building. There is no skill this magnificent man has not conquered. If we were to ask, we would be told that he can even wipe his butt with either hand.

Someday, someone new, different and, more importantly, accomplished at his or her assigned job will be hired in Washington DC. Someday ... but not today. Today we get Jacob Lew in a new position.