firstread.msnbc.msn.com - 1/9/2009
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From Chuck Todd, Mark Murray, Domenico Montanaro, and Carrie Dann*** A bumpier 2009? You could chalk up the Richardson flap to a simple vetting mistake about the New Mexico governor’s ties to an alleged pay-to-play scheme, or a lack of communication between the Obama and Richardson folks. Yet any big controversy ended as soon as Richardson withdrew his nomination over the weekend; it prevented a rough confirmation hearing. But now Obama's pick of Leon Panetta to head the CIA has drawn new ...
blogs.abcnews.com - 1/4/2009
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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 ...
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 ...
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Billygate: Why Obama dumped Gov. Richardson now
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Democrats quietly toss term limits on congressional chairs
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... And it did for the folks over at MSNBC's savvy First Read, who point out that one of the silent changes throws away term limits for congressional committee chairs, all of whom at the moment just happen to be, of course, Democrats. ...
Democrats quietly toss term limits on congressional chairs
Democratic Underground Latest Breaking News —
... one of the silent changes throws away term limits for congressional committee chairs, all of whom at the moment just happen to be, of course, Democrats. The MSNBC crew points out that of the 22 committee chairs, 16 have been in office since long before Bill Clinton left Arkansas. The changes mean that a chairman like, oh, say, Charlie Rangel of New York (see photo) can hold the gavel for as long as he wants. Read more: http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/washington/2009/01/demo... http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2009/01/06/17334...
Democrats Rescind Congressional Chair Term Limits
Patterico's Pontifications —
[Guest post by DRJ]
There’s a new Congress in town and MSNBC’s First Read notices the rules are already changing:
“Democrats released a new “rules package,” intended as “Common-sense Reforms to Keep Congress Working for America, Continue to Restore Integrity to Institution,” the press releases subhead reads. But one of those changes rescinds term limits from committee chairs. Is this really a reform? Is this a healthy thing for the Democratic Party? There are just six chairs who were elected ...
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powerlineblog.com 1/4/2009 — Bill Richardson has withdrawn as Barack Obama's nominee for Commerce Secretary, in what appears to have been a surprise to most in Washington. The cause is a federal grand jury's "pay to play" investigation that is looking into whether a company called CDR Financial Products received lucrative ...
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breitbart.com 1/4/2009 — WASHINGTON (AP) - New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson on Sunday announced that he was withdrawing his nomination to be President-elect Barack Obama's commerce secretary amid a grand jury investigation into how some of his political donors won a lucrative ...
Report: Bill Richardson to withdraw
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...
Richardson Withdrawing Nomination
blogs.abcnews.com 1/4/2009 — Under investigation for "pay-to-play" allegations, New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson has told President-elect Barack Obama that he is withdrawing his name as a nominee for secretary of the commerce in the pending Obama administration. Obama accepted the ...
Beyond Bill Richardson
spectator.org 1/6/2009 —
The Obama transition team was aware of New Mexico Gov.
Bill Richardson 's relationship with the firm
currently being investigated, CDR Financial Products, because
Richardson had introduced the firm's founder, David
Rubin , to Obama fundraisers ...
Now, feds probe Gov. Richardson of Obama Cabinet for 'pay-to-play'
latimesblogs.latimes.com 12/26/2008 — It seems that Illinois' legally-challenged Gov. Rod Blagojevich is not the only close Barack Obama associate and Democratic governor being investigated by the feds for possibly selling government business in return for campaign contributions.
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Obama defense choices include lobbyist —
CNN.com - Politics 1/9/2009
President-elect Barack Obama, who campaigned on lessening lobbyist influence in government, has chosen a defense expert who is currently a vice president and lobbyist for one of the country's biggest defense contractors to be his deputy secretary of ...
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