msnbc.msn.com - 1/4/2009
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msnbc.msn.com —
New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson, tapped in December
by President-elect Barack Obama to serve as secretary of
Commerce, has withdrawn his name for the position, citing a pending investigation into a company that has done business with his state.
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Richardson to withdraw as Commerce secretary
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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Richardson bows out of Obama cabinet amid NM “pay to play” investigation
Flopping Aces —
UPDATE: Hot Air’s Ed Morrissey cites Jake Tapper’s blogpost Evidently the PEBO transition team is whining about Richardson being less than “forthcoming” … making ‘em look bad. Ah… it seems once a “victim”, *always* a “victim”. ...
Obama’s Bus Flattens Another
Patterico's Pontifications —
This is not the Bill Richardson I knew.
Thanks to Joe.
Obama Administration: Bill Richardson is a Dirty Liar
The Sundries Shack —
... , his grandmother, his aunt, and his stepbrother, among many. Once upon a time, we didn’t call that efficient. We called it incompetent. I can’t help but wonder how a good chunk of Obama’s base that likes Richardson (or Richardson’s Hispanic background) is going to like how their guy was dumped. (via Hot Air )
Hope and Change!
Sound Politics —
... isn't exactly typical. To be fair to Team Obama, it may well have been Richardson's fault for not ponying up the full and complete story during the vetting process. Either way it becomes a modest stain on what has been an otherwise smooth transition process (regardless of one's partisan views). The real interesting twist to all this though is the optics. Many a smart Democrat will admit that a large part of Obama's image, and thus his success in 2008, was a function of perception, not necessarily full, unvarnished reality. Now, regardless of Obama's complicity or lack ...
The Bill Richardson Debacle: An Epic Fail For Obama
Pajamas Media —
... represents a remarkable stumble by a transition process that has been notable until now for its sure-footedness and its ability to garner praise from both Democrats and Republicans for the professionalism of its execution and for the quality of its appointees. It promoted the president-elect to say that Richardson “would have brought to the job of commerce secretary and our economic team great insights accumulated through an extraordinary career in federal and state office,” just before throwing Richardson under the bus . To this comment, my ...
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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 ...
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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