latimesblogs.latimes.com - 1/5/2009
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New Mexico Democratic Gov. Bill Richardson withdrew his name as Commerce Secretary-designate this afternoon for the new administration of President-elect Barack Obama .
With an almost audible sigh of relief barely two weeks before his inauguration Obama, in a printed statement that ...
blogs.abcnews.com - 1/4/2009
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blogs.abcnews.com —
Sources tell ABC News that officials on the
Obama Transition Team feel that before he was formally
offered the job of commerce secretary, New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson was not forthcoming with them about the federal investigation that is looking...
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Obama Team Feels Richardson Wasn't Forthcoming About ...
foxnews.com - 1/4/2009
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foxnews.com —
Bill Richardson is withdrawing his nomination to be
commerce secretary, FOX News confirmed Sunday. Richardson, who will
remain governor of New Mexico, is facing a federal grand jury investigation into whether he exchanged government contracts for ...
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Bill Richardson Withdraws as Commerce ...
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ANDREW MALCOLM, L.A. TIMES: Billygate: Why Obama Dumped Gov. Richardson Now….
Instapundit —
ANDREW MALCOLM, L.A. TIMES: Billygate: Why Obama Dumped Gov. Richardson Now.
They’ll Piss On His Grave
Daily Pundit —
Billygate: Why Obama dumped Gov. Richardson now | Top of the Ticket | Los Angeles Times
Both Richardson and Blagojevich deny any wrongdoing. In his statement today the New Mexico governor, who sought the Democratic presidential nomination himself, and whose perfectly-timed rejection of Sen. Hillary Clinton’s candidacy and endorsement of Obama boosted the Illinois senator’s campaign significantly.
Say…you don’t suppose any Clintonites have been feeding investigators some juicy bits about Richardson, by way of ...
This is Begining to Look and Sound Familiar
Wizbang —
... with the sub prime mess. Bad timing, one might say, to appoint as Secretary of Commerce the principle owner of a failed sub prime lender. But an undaunted Team Obama doubled down on the Commerce appointment and nominated Bill Richardson who, it turns out, had his own Blogo type problem that doomed his nomination. Perhaps all of this is just some bad ...
Our Favorite New Mexican Quits Obama’s Cabinet!
Wonkette » top —
... in New Mexico! (Allegedly.) A California business got a contract maybe through some agency (?) in New Mexico, and this is tied to the Governor’s Department, and Bill Richardson is (still) the governor of N.M., so now he is bowing out of the Commerce Department cabinet post because of the Great Cloud of Scandal, which could get its Taint on Big Bill, and that’s it for Hispanics in Politics, the end. This is all Rod Blagojevich’s fault! [Washington Post/Top of the Ticket]
Where, Where the Hell Is Bill?
Hit & Run —
... to let an ongoing New Mexico influence-peddling investigation muck up his confirmation as Commerce Secretary, and so good-bye. Mildly bad news, maybe, for those of us who cling to any ...
Richardson Withdrawal: Well-Timed, Or a Little Late?
The Opinionator —
... as Commerce secretary seems to have had that effect on the blogosphere, in the form of universal displeasure. “With an almost audible sigh of relief barely two weeks before his inauguration Obama, in a printed statement that won’t provide archival video footage, said he accepted the resignation-before-actually-taking-office ‘with deep regret,’ ” reports the Los Angeles Times’s Andrew Malcolm . “And 16 days before becoming president, Obama sought to turn the PR smudge and federal probe of Richardson, his first Latino Cabinet pick, and his government into a patriotic plus: ‘It ...
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Obama picks Richardson for Commerce
swamppolitics.com 12/2/2008 — by Frank James
New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson will be named President-elect Barack Obama's Commerce Secretary at a Chicago press conference tomorrow.
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Richardson withdraws name for cabinet —
First Read 1/4/2009
From NBC’s Domenico Montanaro Bill Richardson has withdrawn his name from nomination for Commerce Secretary, citing an ongoing grand jury investigation in his home state. NBC’s Lisa Myers ’
reported last month on the grand jury investigation: ...
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