LaHood...?

does anyone know anything about this guy? i spent the last half hour looking for anything transportation related, the only thing i could find is that he got a big highway project for his home district, a grant for Caterpillar (based in his home district), and he voted for Amtrak. thats a thin resume at best.

the department of transportation was a big one for this regime seeing as Obama has promised big spending on infrastructure. i had hoped his pick would have been a mass transit advocate. this guy could go either way.

in my opinion what we need is spending on maintenance of our highways and construction of public mass transit and the upgrade of the national rail systems. this would pump money into places like Detroit, assuming they can come up with a plan, as well as keeping NYC's and DC's systems up to par and providing money to the heartland and a faster, simpler, cleaner way to move goods withing the US. funding needs to be put toward new rail, bus, light rail, and cross country shipping. i just dont know what this guy will do and i hope, since hes a republican, maybe he wont just slide through confirmations. whats LaHood really going to do?

i think for the state of the nation and the economy the two most important posts after secretary of state, is transportation and energy. there are big opportunities for changes and upgrades in technology that can make America cleaner and richer within Obama's term, and definitely within two terms if that were to happen. i think Steven Chu was a good choice, but LaHood is an unknown factor as far as transportation goes. heres hoping. and do inform me if you know something i dont as the facts shake out on Mr. LaHood.