NP: Who Wants to be Secretary of Commerce?

[Robin Landseadel]

Gail Collins comes up with a hot new TV series in today's NYT:

	. . . Who Wants to Be a Secretary of Commerce? has proved to

  be one of the administration’s most popular TV contests. Its ratings

  have been second only to Survivor: Department of Health,

  Education and Human Services. The nation gave its heart to the

  spunky Barbara Mikulski and wept when John Edwards beat her in

  a fire-starting contest to win the final challenge.



	The only slightly less popular So You Think You Can Run the

  Labor Department riveted the nation when, in a shocking surprise

  ending, Dennis Kucinich beat out the fan favorite, Chris Matthews,

  with a crowd-pleasing performance in which Dennis and stunning

  wife Elizabeth sang “The Ballad of Joe Hill” while dancing the

  Macarena.



http://www.nytimes.com/2009/02/14/opinion/14collins.html?_r=1