And the next FCC Chairman/woman if Democrats win the Whitehouse will be....

By SDH FCC Charboy Kevin Martin has seen his days of battle since taking over from Mike Powell. He is accused of sitting on his hands and dragging out the approval process on requests that come across his desk. Democrats are hoping to get the chance to shake up the FCC starting with Martin's departure if the Dems take the White House. Though there is no clear Democratic nominee, people within the circles of both Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama are already throwing out names and speculating about who would become the next FCC Chairman/woman under a Clinton or Obama administration. Anyone would do for us as long as Martin is long gone. If Sen. Hillary Clinton takes the prize, Susan Ness is the name bandied about among the tele-cognesceti. Ness, a former commissioner, has strong ties to the Clintons. If Sen. Barack Obama wins, his campaign and Senate staffs are dotted with people who have close ties to the FCC. Connecting those dots, however, is Julius Genachowski, a former aide to Hundt and Kennard and a close friend of Obama's since they attended Harvard Law School.