From The Hill, yesterday afternoon:
Another woman named as a possible Transportation secretary by some sources is Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison (R-Texas), who left Congress this month after serving 20 years in the Senate and would give Obama a chance to add a Republican to his Cabinet.
Hutchison is a former ranking member of the Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee and was a member of the Senate Appropriations Committee’s Transportation, Housing and Urban Development subcommittee. She pushed successfully for the passage of more stringent bus safety regulations, including requiring seatbelts and stronger windows, after a string of deadly crashes.
But:
Spokeswoman says fmr #TX Senator Hutchison wouldn’t consider any cabinet position after report mentions her for Transportation Secy @cbsdfw
— Jack Fink (@cbs11jack) January 11, 2013
Spokeswoman says fmr #TX Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison wants a career in the private sector, not a job in the Obama administration.
— Jack Fink (@cbs11jack) January 11, 2013
So that’s settled until it’s not.