The Republicans have similarly used their powers to hold up the appointment of administration nominees for diplomatic jobs whom they consider too conciliatory towards Mr Chávez and his friends.
Given that history, it is fascinating that Mr. Corzine, now the governor-elect, has used one of the first major appointments of his administration to hit the bosses with the political equivalent of an uppercut.
He has given two of the best appointments of his administration to people who are not the best and the brightest.
Political appointments of previous administrations have ranged from Postmaster General to Secretary of the Interior to the top trade representative at USTR.
The next year, on January 18 , 1999 during a scheduled medical appointment for administration of intravenous (daunorubicin and vincristine) and intrathecal (methotrexate, cytarabine, and hydroxyvrea) chemotherapy in addition to oral dexamethasone, the now 17-month-old girl again had nasal congestion and nonproductive cough.
Mr Emanuel seemed the perfect choice when Mr Obama made him the first appointment of his administration.
After Mr. Bloomberg canceled his announcement of the first major appointment of his administration -- Raymond W. Kelly as police commissioner -- he and his aides weighed exactly what to do, including possibly going to the Rockaway crash site.
Rent owed to a landlord prior to the appointment of administrators is not treated as a cost of the administration.
Badly conceived bills die a thousand political deaths — in the appropriations process, in the states, through electoral retribution, in the executive appointments of a succeeding administration and ultimately in amendment and repeal.
Mr. Bositis said that Mr. Gore would inherit the good relations with blacks that the president had built up, stemming from the record economic expansion, low unemployment among blacks, numerous appointments of blacks to administration positions and falling crime rates.
