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Originally posted by The17sss Seriously, Obama should have cut the Clinton cord for good.

Agreed, but for different reasons.

In any case, with both Hillary and Richardson, there aren't any details other than the fact that there are allegations of impropriety. I'm taking a wait and see approach before gleefully proclaiming any wrongdoing on the part of the transition team.

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Originally posted by Lebezniatnikov Agreed, but for different reasons. In any case, with both Hillary and Richardson, there aren't any details other than the fact that there are allegations of impropriety. I'm taking a wait and see approach before gleefully proclaiming any wrongdoing on the part of the transition team.

Here's a little update on Richardson from The American Spectator... it discusses how the Obama team did know about Richardson's relationship with the firm being investigated.

http://spectator.org/archives/2009/...bill-richardson

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The Obama transition team was aware of New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson's relationship with the firm currently being investigated, CDR Financial Products, because Richardson had introduced the firm's founder, David Rubin, to Obama fundraisers during the Democrat convention in Denver last August.

The problem is, this IS a big deal, but since Richardson dipped out it's being treated like it never happened... because Obama is too big to fail and the powers that be right now with mad-crazy media backing will not allow that to happen. The media calls it "an unfortunate distraction" but shit, where was the vetting process on this guy? There is no such thing as a Democrat scandal I guess.

You're such a one-eyed idiot 17sss.

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Wow, Obama hasn't even been in office for one day and you conservatives are already trying to bring him down.

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Originally posted by Krypton Wow, Obama hasn't even been in office for one day and you conservatives are already trying to bring him down.

very Palin-esqu huh? lol... come on man, he should vett these morons a little better. I know he's made of teflon but something's gonna stick if he doesn't be more careful

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Originally posted by The17sss Here's a little update on Richardson from The American Spectator... it discusses how the Obama team did know about Richardson's relationship with the firm being investigated.

Yeah, well after the nomination.

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Obama Team Feels Richardson Wasn't Forthcoming About Investigation Before Being Offered Commerce January 04, 2009 4:15 PM 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 into whether the governor steered a state contract towards a major financial contributor. Once the investigation became more widely known through national media reports last month, sources tell ABC News, the Obama Transition Team realized the FBI would not be able to give Richardson a clean political bill of health before the new administration is ready to send his nomination up to the Senate for confirmation. The Richardson camp says the governor was forthcoming, with sources close to the governor noting that there had been reports about the controversy in local media such as the Albuquerque Journal as far back as August 2008. The governor discussed the investigation with the Obama team, they say, and believes that he and his administration have done nothing wrong. From 2004 to 2005, CDR Financial Products, a Beverly Hills, Calif.-based company founded and run by David Rubin, received nearly $1.5 million through the New Mexico Finance Authority for advising the state in a complex highway funding project pushed by Richardson. In roughly that same time period, CDR and Rubin gave approximately $100,000 to political organizations run by Richardson, including one that paid for his and his staff's expenses at the 2004 Democratic convention. Neither the grand jury nor the FBI has interviewed Richardson. President-elect Obama did not ask Richardson to withdraw his name from consideration, sources from both camps say, but the fact that the confirmation seemed untenable in the short term was apparent to everyone involved. There were some discussions about whether the confirmation process could be delayed a few months until the investigation concluded, sources say, but it became clear that wouldn't happen any time soon, and no one wanted to be seen as pressuring law enforcement officials to wrap up their investigation. The governor spoke with the president-elect several times over the weekend, their last conversation being Saturday, when Richardson told Obama he was withdrawing his name from consideration

http://blogs.abcnews.com/politicalp...-team-feel.html

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hmmm... interesting. I guess we'll never really know the truth on this. Do you think Richardson is throwing himself under the bus to protect Obama?

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Originally posted by The17sss Do you think Richardson is throwing himself under the bus to protect Obama?

Do you even read what you type?

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Originally posted by The17sss hmmm... interesting. I guess we'll never really know the truth on this. Do you think Richardson is throwing himself under the bus to protect Obama?

No, honestly I think it's probably blown out of proportion but Richardson realized he would be a political liability. The element that caught my attention is that after news of the investigation broke in the Obama camp, they were worried it would drag out the confirmation process, and this would be a good time to have a Commerce Secretary reliably in place.

Whether anything comes of the investigation I think is of little consequence - in politics perception is reality, as you've proved in this thread pretty well I think.

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Originally posted by Lebezniatnikov in politics perception is reality, as you've proved in this thread pretty well I think.

unfortunately, that's true much too often... but that's the reality of it I guess.

obamawitz is just the clinton cabinet with more jews sprinkled with some people he met along the campaign trail. the guy thinks reading a book on lincoln will allow him to be a good president. the guy thinks doing exactly what was done 70 years ago will still work. may as well have voted in your local history teacher.