washingtonpost.com - 1/5/2009
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Washington Post Staff Writers Tuesday, January 6, 2009; Page A01
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 ...
washingtonmonthly.com - 1/4/2009
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washingtonmonthly.com —
RICHARDSON FALLOUT?.... OK, so Bill Richardson is out
as Commerce Secretary, and the Obama transition team will
no doubt have to scramble to quickly find a capable replacement. (Atrios and Matt both seem interested in the gig. The confirmation hearings...
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Richardson fallout?
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Richardson, Obama Teams Trade Blame
The Page by Mark Halperin —
... Wash Post looks at the grand jury investigation that had been focusing on Richardson's gubernatorial office.
Plus: ...
Richardson, Obama Teams Trade Blame
The Page by Mark Halperin —
... WashPost looks at the grand jury investigation that had been focusing on Richardson's gubernatorial office -- and how the Obama team missed this as an issue.
Plus: ...
Where Were the Media In Finding Richardson's Budding Ethics Issue?
NewsBusters.org - Exposing Liberal Media Bias —
... The Washington Post put the vanishing Bill Richardson nomination on the front page again Tuesday with the headline "Richardson, Obama Teams Trade Blame." The real surprise in the story by Carol Leonnig and Michael D. Shear came in the very last paragraph, when a Republican was allowed to express skepticism: ...
Transition News 1/06
The Stump —
Obama courts Congress on his stimulus plan. Leon Panetta's expected nomination as CIA director is met with mixed reviews. Marc Ambinder interviews Tim Roemer, who offers a case for Panetta. Who's the blame for the Bill Richardson flap? Bill Richardson's return to New Mexico isn't thrilling everyone in Santa Fe--even some Democrats. Eliot Spitzer says Obama is planning bridges to nowhere, while John Dickerson says the PEOTUS is too slow on the stimulus. What could an Obama ...
Team Obama Hit by Controversy Before Inauguration
PoliGazette —
... The New Mexico governor probably interpreted the events as such since he and his closest aides started a PR and media offensive against Team Obama one day after the forced withdrawal while Team Obama does everything in its power to put all the blame for the controversy on Richardson. ”This was out there, and he told them,” said a senior Richardson aide, speaking on the condition of anonymity because of the ongoing investigation. “I feel that they just missed the boat on it. The FBI or the campaign or something. I don’t think it’s ...
Dumb and dumberer
The Reaction —
By Carl I had a feeling this might happen: Weeks before President-elect Barack Obama chose New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson to head the Commerce Department, a small group of volunteers with ethics, tax and investigative expertise -- most of them lawyers -- scoured his background looking for embarrassing facts or political problems. [...]Sources within the transition and the Justice Department said that Richardson had played down the ...
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Text of Obama’s Remarks on Bill Richardson
blogs.wsj.com 12/3/2008 — Here are remarks by President-Elect Barack Obama in Chicago announcing Bill Richardson as his choice for secretary of commerce.
As prepared for delivery.
Last week, Vice President-Elect Biden and I began the process of ...
Richardson Withdraws as Commerce Nominee
nytimes.com 1/4/2009 — Gov. Bill Richardson withdrew his nomination as commerce secretary amid a grand jury investigation into the awarding of a state contract in New Mexico. >
Transition: Richardson's out —
First Read 1/5/2009
First reported by NBC’s Andrea Mitchell, Bill Richardson yesterday withdrew his nomination as Commerce secretary.
The Washington Post says that Richardson “becomes the first political casualty in Obama's Cabinet, and his withdrawal marked the ...
Richardson: "It was my idea to withdraw" —
First Read 1/5/2009
From NBC's Lauren Appelbaum After withdrawing as Obama's nominee for Commerce Secretary, New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson insisted today he made the choice by himself and was not pressured by the transition team. "It was my idea to ...
Transition: How Panetta's playing —
First Read 1/6/2009
The Washington Post : “President-elect Barack Obama stunned the national intelligence community by selecting Clinton White House chief of staff Leon E. Panetta, a longtime Washington insider with little intelligence experience, to serve as the ...
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