Comments on: Bill Richardson Withdraws From Commerce Post

By: Floyd

Floyd — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 05:46:31 +0000

""Good for Richardson for doing the honorable thing"" """""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""" First time for everything!

By: Drew

Drew — Mon, 05 Jan 2009 20:37:09 +0000

Richardson was nothing more than a college professor and aquaintance who lived in my neighborhood.....oh, wait, I already used that one.

Ummm, Richardson isn't the person I knew.....oh, wait, I used that one too.

Uh, Richardson, uh, well, yeah, I campaigned for him once, but I had no idea he would pawn my Senate seat......wait, that's no good.

Uh........DAMN!!!

For a "fresh new face" who brings "a new kind of politics" Obama sure seems to be surrounded by a number of strange agents......

By: Bithead

Bithead — Mon, 05 Jan 2009 16:25:49 +0000

Actually on this one, some mud probably does need to go on Obama-not that Obama did anything wrong, but why do you pick a man who is under investigation, when he has to go through a nomination and senate approval process? Even if both you and the nominee are confidant nothing will come of the charges it just ends up giving political ammunition to the opposition.

The reason is simple; He thought the whole country was Chicago, where he could get away with such things. Richardson, and now Clinton, too, to say nothing of Obama's buddy, Blago, are caught up in pay for play scandals. It should be a shock to nobody. The investigations have been in the papers for years now, in all cases. There's no way... No WAY... someone as finger guage driven as Obama couldn't have known about the clouds over their heads.Yet, Obama appoints them. We're left with the idea that yes, Obama and his people really are that stupid and disconnected, else yes, they're that brazen... Either way, Obama's off to a flying start, don't you think?

By: JT

JT — Mon, 05 Jan 2009 14:43:11 +0000

While it is sad that Obama's cabinet is facing this sort of situation so early, it's refreshing that politicians are being held accountable for their actions.

By: caj

caj — Mon, 05 Jan 2009 14:25:50 +0000

Richardson did the right thing by stepping down, although he must have known if he had done anything remotely shady it would have come to light eventually!!!

By: Ben

Ben — Mon, 05 Jan 2009 13:11:41 +0000

I'm actually a bit saddened by this. Although I'm not a democrat at all, I actually liked Richardson. He had a hell of a lot more on his resume than almost anyone else in the Obama camp (Ambassador to UN, Energy Secretary, Congressman, Governor), and I was a little miffed that he got such a BS appointment as Commerce. Now I guess its a good thing for Obama he didn't get a better appointment. My gut says he's clean here, but I'll wait and see.

By: just me

just me — Mon, 05 Jan 2009 10:42:28 +0000

Actually on this one, some mud probably does need to go on Obama-not that Obama did anything wrong, but why do you pick a man who is under investigation, when he has to go through a nomination and senate approval process? Even if both you and the nominee are confidant nothing will come of the charges it just ends up giving political ammunition to the opposition.

By: Christopher

Christopher — Mon, 05 Jan 2009 05:44:03 +0000

"first disruption" and "the president-elect has remained above the fray"? lol! Have you even heard about Emannuel, ? Plus, if things are so bad for Richardson, why doesn't he also resign as gov? Liberals are just too funny!

By: Franklin

Franklin — Mon, 05 Jan 2009 05:20:31 +0000

Unlike most people, I think I'll actually wait to see what the investigation actually turns up before making a judgment. Ahh, what the heck, that's too hard. Let's just put him in front of the firing squad and be done with it. More seriously, this is probably going to go just like the Blago thing. Repubs and pundits will blither on for a few weeks about "allegations" and "scandal" around Obama, and then find he and his staff did nothing wrong.

By: Eneils Bailey

Eneils Bailey — Mon, 05 Jan 2009 04:19:29 +0000

"With all of these allegations surrounding Obama's inner circle, it is becoming more clear that Bush needs to stay on for another term."

Nyuck...Nyuck...Nyuck...

There is no true Conservative, let alone a true Republican who thinks GWB should serve another term.

By: Triumph

Triumph — Mon, 05 Jan 2009 04:10:55 +0000

This guy is a typical liberal, Obama crook. In addition to being a crook, he is an immigrant--just like Obama. The whole liberal establishment is going down!

With all of these allegations surrounding Obama's inner circle, it is becoming more clear that Bush needs to stay on for another term.

By: Eneils Bailey

Eneils Bailey — Mon, 05 Jan 2009 04:01:30 +0000

Good for Richardson for doing the honorable thing.

The honorable thing for him to do, would be turn himself in and serve time for violating the public trust.

He is a fairly inept, over-rated, political character from the Clinton Administration who brings nothing more to the table than more Hispanic votes.

By: markm

markm — Mon, 05 Jan 2009 03:25:14 +0000

...well...it could have been a Dodd/Wrangle battle for Sec. of Commerce...so...

By: mpw280

mpw280 — Mon, 05 Jan 2009 03:04:53 +0000

Gee just think what would have happened if the press had vetted the whole Dem side of the ticket. There wouldn't have been a candidate, none of the people running for president would have survived if the press had done the job they did on Palin on the Dems. By the time Obama gets down to the people that can stand the vetting process for his cabinet positions he will be down to 20 somethings who are political virgins with no records, kind of like him. mpw

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