Of course, that's assuming Genachowski, who is the White House's nominee to chair the FCC, is confirmed as its new steward today, as widely expected. It's also entirely unfair, considering the problems faced by the FCC are hardly limited to a lack of strong leadership.

But Genachowski was on the hot seat regardless Tuesday, getting grilled by Senators during his confirmation testimony.

"Fix this agency, and prove to us that the FCC is not battered beyond repair" warned Sen. Jay Rockefeller (D-WV), chairman of the Senate Commitee On Commerce, Science and Transportation, according to published remarks from the committee meeting. "Or we will fix it for you."

During the hearing, Rockefeller was said to remind Genachowski that the under former chairman Kevin J. Martin's FCC leadership, the FCC was under investigation by Congress and getting lit up by the Government Accountability Office on a regular basis for mismanagement of data and a lack of transparency.

But Washington has been undoubtedly supportive of Genachowski, President Obama's long-rumored FCC pick and at one point said to be a finalist for the federal CIO job that later went to Vivek Kundra. Genachowski is an ardent support of both wireless technologies and broadband proliferation, and told the Committee, "I believe we have an opportunity for America to lead the world in mobile," according to his remarks.

Genachowski was President Obama's technology adviser during the Obama campaign and served in a similar capacity on Obama's transition team. He is also a former Supreme Court clerk and general counsel to former FCC chairman Reed Hunt.