Christie Todd Whitman turned in her resignation today putting the Bush administration on the spot to find a decent EPA Administrator that will placate the base and suburban swing voters.
The interesting part of the story appears to be the quick nature of it and one has to wonder whether she is leaving over a policy decision–now is about the last time to drop an anti-environmental bomb before the campaign gets underway (oy vey–it is May of 2003) or is something she has done caused concern in the Beltway Press?
Usually I accept lines about spending time with one’s family because public service is very demanding, something commentators poo-poo all too easily. However, the timing and difficult time she has been having seem to signal a bit more.