[bagster]

We suspect No Name was the bagman for Arizona human trafficking. Who was the bagman for New Mexico?

I always thought Bill Richardson had way too much national juice for a New Mexico Governor.

[Publius]

My account of a Bill Richardson fundraiser in Seattle in 2007.

Bill and Publius' Excellent Adventure

[KitJ]

"I always thought Bill Richardson had way too much national juice for a New Mexico Governor"

Excellent point. Let's dust off some of his legacy.

2009 - pay-to-play for his PAC and state contracts

State kickbacks to political donors

2011 - investigated for campaign finance crimes

2013 - taking bribes for judicial appointments (plea deal)

2015 - kickbacks from Wall Street to invest NM State funds in high risk money-pits

Other miscellaneous

- had to resign as Obama's Commerce Dept secretary due to corruption; Eric Holder ensured there were no indictments

- paid a former lover a sexual harrassment claim of $250,000 from a bank in Mexico. (why do you have a bank in Mexico, Bill?)

- Presided over the Wen Ho Lee nuclear spying while Energy secretary

- negotiated a failed cease-fire with the Taliban in 1998 while Ambassador to the UN

- multiple negotiations with North Koreans in the 1990s; traveled to North Korea in 2013 with Eric Schmidt (the Google trip to NK)

Whew! The list goes on and on. I knew he was corrupt, but didn't know all this.