As I'm sure everyone knows, Governor Bill Richardson has withdrawn from from being President-Elect Obama's nominee for commerce secretary. It's still a little unclear as to why... In New Mexico Independent's Trip Jennings gives the Governor's explanation as to why he chose to withdrawal:
Richardson did explain Monday that he had held on to the hope of winning a cabinet post until Sunday in the misplaced hope that his administration would be cleared in time for the confirmation process before the U.S. Senate and that he had “underestimated” how long the federal inquiry would take.
Others say that Obama's team felt that Richardson was not forthcoming about the investigation, although people have known since last August. Marjorie from m-pyre brings up some other reasons why Obama's team decided to let him go:
As some speculate, maybe it's simply the result of increasing nervousness as the Obama team has to deal with the Illinois scandal--in which the governor there tried to sell Obama's senate seat. This line of reasoning says that it became untenable for the Obama team to have such close proximity to the possibility of corruption in New Mexico.
I think this speculation is highly plausible, and I suspect that it's for sure a big contributing factor to why Obama would not want to stick it out with Richardson.
But there's also the fact that the 2008 federal grand jury has completed its work.
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