"Genachowski’s replacement could be Tom Wheeler, while House and Senate Republican leaders will make their own recommendation to the White House. But getting them to agree on a single candidate could take a while, and during that period, you can forget about action on the media ownership proceeding and other major issues. That will all wait for the next Chair. How long will it take to re-stock the 8th Floor? Obama will want to move his choice as Chairman and the Republican nominee together as a package, through Senate confirmation. We could be looking at this Fall, if not later. The prediction here is that for the first time, we’ll have a female interim Chair, probably Commissioner Mignon Clyburn. She may have the gavel in her hands for many months."
Clyburn has one of the greatest first names in government history (Mignon). I will not be happy unless we get another commissioner named either Cutlet or Bouillabaisse.
