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Richardson may be implicated in a “pay-for-play” scandal of his own back in New Mexico.

There’s a federal Grand Jury investigating.

Don’t know if this means he’s likely to be indicted or if the Obamanators decided that they simply couldn’t have the “distraction” (heh, heh) with all the stuff going on about Blago.

This is sweeeeet, an Obamanation cabinet nominee side-tracked by ethics and legal problems before Obama has even been sworn in!!!! How often has that EVER happened for a previous “Office of the President-Elect” (sic)???

OMG .... .. never mind the seat belts, get the oxygen masks out..!!

What a Transparent Administration!!

Has Hillary resigned her Senate seat yet ??? Got your legal team well in place, Valerie ?

Where's Rahm ??

Guess we should keep checking with Change.Gov, huh?

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"THE BILL RICHARDSON SCANDAL
Earlier today I blogged that the Washington Post published a disagracefully biased story. So I thought I would present the other side - a story that nails Bill Richardson - usually an untouchable in mainstream media, and one of Barack Obama's intended cabinet members:

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Grand Jury Investigates Richardson Contributor
By Carol D. Leonnig
Washington Post Staff Writer
Tuesday, December 16, 2008; A04

A federal grand jury is investigating whether a financial firm improperly won more than $1.4 million in work for the state of New Mexico shortly after making contributions to political action committees of Gov. Bill Richardson (D).

The probe focuses on whether the governor's office urged a state agency to hire CDR Financial Products.

The probe is in a highly active stage at a time when President-elect Barack Obama has chosen Richardson as his nominee for secretary of commerce, according to two sources familiar with the investigation.

The grand jury in Albuquerque is expected to hear testimony today from several key witnesses, including officials at Richard's political action committees and bankers at J.P. Morgan who worked with CDR on the state's investments.

The inquiry is part of a long-running nationwide investigation into "pay-to-play" practices in local government bond markets.

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Committee Chairman Rick Homans was Richardson's economic development secretary at the time. He is now Richardson's taxation and revenue secretary and has declined to comment.

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This can't be good. Certainly not for Bill Richardson and certainly not for Barack Obama, who already is dealing - ineffectively and dishonestly - with the blogojevich scandal in his home state of Illinois.

But as troubling as the situation is for Mr. Obama, I bet I know one major Democrat who is happy to see this go down. I won't mention names; only that she is the Presidential candidate Richardson sandbagged when he tossed his support to Obama. See if you can guess......."

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I'm about speechless ........ who could've ever predicted such a stinking mess from this "well-oiled, most efficient political machine?" What's/who's next ??