Not surprising, he had no real close ties to Obama or his people and waffled on endorsing him until June 3. He surely would have been better for the position than some of the names thrown out there (Kennedy, Powell) but hey that Appropriations gig is pretty cushy.
On an education note my old high school district (and the one Honda used to teach at) plans to cut every single sport program altogether. Sadly this is just $2.1 million out of the $11 million total in proposed cuts to get out of the red. They are so screwed.
Well to be fair, Salazar is getting a post and he did the same thing.
Sorry to here that. Things were bad a few years ago too: a high school had to do a giant fundraiser to save 7th period.