[CedarDave]

IMHO Richardson would be a terrible Sec of State.

No doubt about that. Here are the subheadings in Sunday's Journal story about Richardson:

• Always big in scale
• State Investment Council
• Pay-To-Play 1
• Pay-To-Play 2
• Friends of Bill
• GRIP bonds ("Governor Richardson's Investment Partnership" - the program that funded road construction throughout the state and the Rail Runner commuter train.)
• Moving America Forward (Richardson's PAC)
• Racinos (horse racing and casinos)
• Transportation headquarters (construction fraud)
• Manny Aragon (Democrat, former state senate leader, now in federal prison for construction fraud)
• Treasurer's Office (payoffs in exchange for state bond business)

[edcoil]

You might recall is was Richardson that went to OPEC and asked they raise oil prices from $21.00 to $35.00 so russia would afford to repay a loan given them during the clinton years.