At long last, CPSC to get new leadership

At long last, President Obama has named his choice for a new leader of the Consumer Product Safety Commission. But the choice of Inez Tenenbaum is a bit out of left field. She is a prominent Democrat, rumored at one point to become Obama's education secretary. She has no background in product safety.

Obama also proposed raising the CPSC budget by 71% to $107 million -- short of his pledge to double the safety agency's annual spending. Boosting the budget certainly could help the beleaguered agency become more proactive than it has been and step up enforcement.

But while consumer advocates cheer the end of Nancy Nord's leadership, checkered by accusations of her coziness with industry, it's not clear what impact Tenenbaum is going to have on the CPSC.