YOU WANNA WORK THERE? – AT 6:23 P.M. ET:   What an example of the way Washington really works.  Even weddings aren't sacred.  From The Politico:

Peter Orszag, the former White House budget director, won’t have the West Wing firepower he’d hoped for when he marries ABC News anchor Bianna Golodryga in Manhattan on Saturday.

White House chief of staff Rahm Emanuel and senior advisers David Axelrod and Valerie Jarrett have all sent regrets.

The New York Post's “Page Six” gossip column reported: “The Obama power trio were expected at the lavish nuptials, but decided not to come at the last minute. The snub comes after Orszag, who resigned as budget director in late July, wrote an op-ed column that clashed with the Obama administration's stance in favor of raising taxes on earners of more than $250,000 a year.”

Now, of course, anonymous sources assure the Politico that the terrible trio had never planned to come in the first place.  You mean, all three?  You believe that? 

Look, it's the game down there.  Once you leave, you're toast.  If you say anything negative after you leave, you're burnt toast.

Harry Truman once famously said that if you want a friend in Washington, get a cocker spaniel.  But, the way things have degenerated, even a cocker spaniel would have sent regrets to Orszag.

I'm sure it will be a lovely wedding without the White House staff, and a good time will be had by all.

Oh, there's some leftover food from three empty places.  Anyone interested?

September 25, 2010