Obama Picks Romney Aide Who Knocked His Social Security Plan for Social Security Board

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71. The composition of the board and the designation of the party representatives

is explained in detail.

You are correct that Mr. McConnell's name is actually not listed in the legislation. For the Speaker's and Majority leader it can designate "ranking minority member" because that is a fixed position within the structure.

They can't do that with the President because the ranking minority member equivalent might be a Senator or Congressperson depending if they are the same party or differeing parties. To avoid needless and listing every possible permutation they didn't define who the 'ranking minority member' was but it is obvious that is the intention and currently McConnell is the "ranking minority member" in the party opposed to the President.

Now if you are going for the most obtuse possible observation why don't you extend your logic and state that the name "Republican" isn't listed and only tradition requires him to pick a Republican, why didn't he pick a member from the "Green Party" instead.

This is for a bipartisan board that has no voting or legal power at all. It is simply a way for the party structures to remain "in the loop" on key areas so they can appoint technocrats who are more familiar with the actual working than the elected representatives who are usually not experts in the particular field. It has been going on for decades with no real problems or conflicts of any kind.

What this shows is just how deep the animus against the President is by a few "so called" Democrats who will search out any possible excuse to make a wild criticism against the President without any regard how reckless the charge, how it lacks foundation or historical context. The only thing that matters is to fluff some possible arcane bizarre charge against the President.

You may now proceed with that task M/M Merrily.