Jarrett Tried to Kill Pritzker Nomination

White House confidant Valerie Jarrett and Commerce Secretary nominee Penny Pritzker “will have overlapping portfolios of outreach to corporate America” but BuzzFeed notes “there is no love lost between the two women, people who know both say: Indeed, Jarrett tried to torpedo the appointment… And their tense relationship could help define the Administration’s attempts to mend ties with the business world that frayed badly during the first term.”

Meanwhile, McClatchy reports Pritzker’s nomination may hit a snag over her role as a pioneer in the troubled mortgage-backed securities industry.