Wanted: New Postmaster General; Must Be Able to Kiss 535 Backsides Simultaneously

Now the Congressional silliness regarding Postmaster General Pat Donahoe has gone bipartisan. Rep. Dennis Ross indicated a few days ago that Donahoe should be fired—apparently for bowing to pressure from 20 senators and agreeing to a mostly meaningless moratorium on the closing of postal facilities. The Republican subcommittee chairman’s attack comes less than two weeks after Democratic Congressman Peter DeFazio said Donahoe should be canned for trying to save money by lowering the Postal Service’s delivery standards.

Can Donahoe focus on building new revenue sources or developing long-range plans, the way the CEO of any other multibillion-dollar business would? Nope,