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Bill Richardson: Obama's Commerce Secretary?
The Huffington Post | Full News Feed —
... More news is coming out about Obama's cabinet. With Penny Pritzker withdrawing herself for consideration, Chris Cillizza of The Washington Post reports that New Mexico Governor Bill Richardson is now in contention for Commerce Secretary: ...
Bill Richardson: Obama's Commerce Secretary?
Politics on HuffingtonPost.com —
... More news is coming out about Obama's cabinet. With Penny Pritzker withdrawing herself for consideration, Chris Cillizza of The Washington Post reports that New Mexico Governor Bill Richardson is now in contention for Commerce Secretary: ...
Richardson a Leading Candidate at Commerce
Political Punch —
... is not as far along as some of the others jobs being discussed out there such as Sen. Hillary Clinton, D-NY, going to the State Department. If Richardson ultimately takes a job in the Obama administration, he could be the third former primary opponent that Obama has brought into his Team of Rivals, the other two being Vice President-elect Joe Biden and possible Secretary of State Clinton. The news that Richardson had emerged as a serious contender for Commerce was first broken by Chris Cillizza of the Washington Post . Richardson -- a former United Nations Ambassador and ...
Stocking a cabinet
Political Animal —
... personally announce the team and answer questions -- part of an effort to reassure markets. Barring last minute changes, the nominee for Treasury Secretary will be NY Fed President Tim Geithner -- a career Treasury official under both Bob Rubin and Larry Summers -- who actually had worked at the Treasury in three administrations under five Secretaries -- going back to 1988. And in still more cabinet news, the Washington Post's Chris Cillizza reports that Bill Richardson may be headed for Commerce . New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson has emerged as a "serious contender" to ...
Bill Richardson may be asked to head Commerce Dept.
AMERICAblog News —
From the Wash Post: New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson has emerged as a "serious contender" to head the Commerce Department under President-elect Barack Obama, according to a Democratic official close to the proceedings. Richardson was originally in the mix to be the secretary of State but Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton (N.Y.) is now expected be announced for that post after the Thanksgiving holiday. Commerce was originally rumored to be going to Penny Pritzker, the finance chairwoman of Obama's campaign and a close friend of the Illinois senator, but she ...
Whither Bill "Judas" Richardson?
Tennessee Guerilla Women —
... since Richardson was well-known as an NCLB-hater on the campaign trail. (See, I’m terrible at placing bets because I always gamble on the horse I want to win, rather than the horse most likely to win. And a pro-accountability, anti-NCLB governor sounds good to me!) And now, The Fix is saying that Richardson is being “seriously considered” for Commerce. Well, Bill, it was fun while it lasted. ...
Tim Geithner Worked Out Just Fine For Me... Today
DownWithTyranny! —
I know I wasn't a typical corporate executive. As president of Reprise Records, a division of TimeWarner and, horribly, AOLTimeWarner for a brief but fatal moment in time, I had access to one of the company's corporate jets. They're very comfy and convenient, especially for international travel. I sometimes flew with other CEOs and chairmen and presidents on them. But they cost tens of thousands of dollars to operate on flights across country so I asked to use one exactly zero times. Never, not once. Just contemplating the idea made me nauseous. All that money that could be used for so many more worthwhile things... and what a colossal rip-off of the ...
The Obama Cabinet... Where Have We Seen This Bunch Before?
Gateway Pundit —
Who knew?... The odds were about 50-50 that if you made it to a couple of Democratic Primary debates that you'd end up on the President's cabinet? On stage before the Des Moines Register Iowa Democratic Debate last December, stands the current President-elect Obama, Commerce Secretary Bill Richardson, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and Vice President Joe Biden. Who's next?... Secretary of Defense Dennis Kucinich?
