Originally Posted By SingleParkPassholder <a href="http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/01/04/richardson.withdrawal/index.html" target="_blank">http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITI...dex.html</a> He's no longer the Commerce nominee. Richardson was my favorite uncharismatic pick for president early on. Now he's got this over his head. He says he's clean, but they all do. I hope he is and this is just a glitch, but if he's dirty, thenhe should be treated accordingly. What a shame, regardless of the outcome of the probe.
Originally Posted By SuperDry That's basically how I feel about it. Early on, I thought Richardson might be a good pick for Obama's VP. But I agree with you: either he's dirty, or the allegations are false. Either way, it should be allowed to play out and the cards will fall as they may.
Originally Posted By markymouse It turns out, this is even bad news for Richardson's biggest critics. Activists were looking forward to Richardson's confirmation hearing as an opportunity, perhaps in the person of Senator Barbara Boxer, to air concerns about Richardson's treatment of Wen Ho Lee, the Chinese American research scientist, while Richardson was Secretary of Energy. That aspect of Richardson's appointment/withdrawal doesn't seem to reach the national media, but it gets covered some here in Silicon Valley.
