michellemalkin.com - 8/27/2009
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foxnews.com - 8/27/2009
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foxnews.com —
SANTA FE, N.M. -- New Mexico Gov. Bill
Richardson and former high-ranking members of his administration won't...
be criminally charged in a yearlong federal investigation into pay-to-play allegations involving one of the Democratic governor's large ...
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Richardson Probe 'Was Killed in Washington' - Political News
news.yahoo.com - 8/27/2009
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SANTA FE, N.M. New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson
and former high-ranking members of his administration won't be...
criminally charged in a yearlong federal investigation into pay-to-play allegations involving one of the Democratic governor's large ...
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NM Gov. Richardson said to be clear of fed probe - ...
google.com - 8/27/2009
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google.com —
9 hours ago SANTA FE, N.M. New Mexico
Gov. Bill Richardson and former high-ranking members of his...
administration won't be criminally charged in a yearlong federal investigation into pay-to-play allegations involving one of the Democratic governor's ...
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The Associated Press: NM Gov. Richardson said to be ...
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El Culture De Corruption
Babalú Blog: an island on the net without a bearded dictator —
Another Obama Administration crook avoids the pokey:
...This week, it’s failed Commerce Secretary nominee Bill Richardson. The decision to drop federal corruption charges against Richardson was made by…top officials in crime-coddling Attorney General Eric Holder’s Department of Injustice.
Well now, guess where old Bill was when Obama accepted his Get Out Of Jail Free card?
“I think enhancing cultural and artistic and educational ties is a prelude to diplomatic and commercial ties. It always ...
Bruce’s Two-Bits
Maggie's Farm —
... If any of this happened in reverse under Bush, with skinheads toting billy clubs at a polling place or a GOP governor suddenly let off the hook, the NYTimes would have had it in large print headlines, and the major networks would have been all over it, the talk shows would all be babbling about it, etc. But as they say "that was then, this is now". Aren't "Chicago politics" great?
More info here. And, of course, Malkin has more.
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tpmmuckraker.talkingpointsmemo.com 8/29/2009 — Remember that federal investigation into an alleged pay-to-play deal that derailed New Mexico governor Bill Richardson's bid to be commerce secretary? Well, it's looking like the governor and his top aides will avoid charges.
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latimesblogs.latimes.com 1/5/2009 —
New Mexico Democratic Gov. Bill Richardson withdrew his name as Commerce Secretary-designate this afternoon for the new administration of President-elect Barack Obama .
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washingtonmonthly.com 1/4/2009 — REPORT: BILL RICHARDSON TO WITHDRAW.... The lead headline on MSNBC right now reads, "Bill Richardson will withdraw as Commerce secretary, NBC News has learned." At this point, I haven't seen or heard confirmation of this anywhere else, but that's the...
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CNN.com - Politics 8/27/2009
With a sign from Dunganstown, Ireland, hanging in his U.S. Capitol office, a reminder of the famine-ravished farm where his ancestors began, Sen. Edward "Ted" Kennedy always seemed to understand that the Kennedys were perhaps America's greatest ...
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