In the language of White House press secretaries, this is actually a pretty tough statement from Obama's spokesman Robert Gibbs. The White House sent it out via email after Gregg quit:
“Senator Gregg reached out to the President and offered his name for Secretary of Commerce. He was very clear throughout the interviewing process that despite past disagreements about policies, he would support, embrace, and move forward with the President’s agenda. Once it became clear after his nomination that Senator Gregg was not going to be supporting some of President Obama’s key economic priorities, it became necessary for Senator Gregg and the Obama administration to part ways. We regret that he has had a change of heart”.We regret that Obama named Gregg in the first place. But, it's pretty clear the Obama team was backstabbed by the NH Senator. Those Republicans are a nasty lot.
