Former Air Force General with limited NASA experience to be the new NASA Administrator?

I've been reading a lot of reports that former Air Force general Scott Gration might be Obama's pick to be the next NASA administrator. Today that pick seems to be in a bit more doubt. On the face of things, it seems like kind of a dubious pick. I think a commenter on the spacepolitics blog kind of nailed it:

"If he’s appointed, the signal sent to the entire space community will be that NASA is nothing more than a consolation prize for the Presidents’ buddy who couldn’t get the job he wanted. Or, at best, maybe NASA is some kind of training wheels for Gration to prove his management abilities."