OK, I understand that it was completely unexpected* that Gov Bill Richardson (D-NM) (and author of the book Leading by Example
You’d think that they would have had a backup for Commerce, given that we’re in the middle of one thoroughly messed-up economy. What if Richardson had been hit by a bus, or something?
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*Warning: this sentence may contain irony.
**Not to mention, wanton cruelty.
Crossposted at RedState.
, and is (to the best to my knowledge) in the public domain.
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Actually, Secretary of Commerce is one of those jobs that doesn’t really have all that much to supervise — you could move everything in Commerce into other departments and abolish the post, and nobody would notice anything.
True, but it still looks kind of weird.
[...] Riehl, it certainly looks like Bill Richardson (and cronies) will no longer have to worry about any pesky questions about his political contributions. The decision not to pursue indictments was made by top Justice [...]
[...] Riehl, it certainly looks like Bill Richardson (and cronies) will no longer have to worry about any pesky questions about his political contributions. The decision not to pursue indictments was made by top Justice [...]