{"id":1295,"date":"2009-01-04T14:37:15","date_gmt":"2009-01-04T19:37:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.jasetaro.com\/blog\/?p=1295"},"modified":"2009-01-04T14:37:15","modified_gmt":"2009-01-04T19:37:15","slug":"breaking-news-richardson-withdraws-nomination-as-obamas-commerce-secretary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.jasetaro.com\/blog\/2009\/01\/04\/breaking-news-richardson-withdraws-nomination-as-obamas-commerce-secretary\/","title":{"rendered":"Breaking News: Richardson Withdraws Nomination as Obama’s Commerce Secretary"},"content":{"rendered":"

From the Wall Street Journal<\/a>:<\/p>\n

New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson has withdrawn his nomination to be Barack Obama’s commerce secretary. The move comes as a federal grand jury is investigating how a California company that contributed to Richardson’s political activities won a lucrative New Mexico state contract.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Ed Morrissey has video at Hot Air<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

From the Wall Street Journal: New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson has withdrawn his nomination to be Barack Obama’s commerce secretary. The move comes as a federal grand jury is investigating how a California company that contributed to Richardson’s political activities won a lucrative New Mexico state contract. Ed Morrissey has video at Hot Air.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[7],"tags":[57,405],"class_list":{"0":"post-1295","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-politics","7":"tag-barack-obama","8":"tag-bill-richardson","9":"entry"},"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pfpI7-kT","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1454,"url":"https:\/\/www.jasetaro.com\/blog\/2009\/02\/03\/daschle-withdraws-nomination\/","url_meta":{"origin":1295,"position":0},"title":"Daschle Withdraws Nomination","author":"Jeff","date":"February 3, 2009","format":false,"excerpt":"Former Senator Tom Daschle has with withdrawn his name from to be Barack Obama's secretary of Health and Human Services. 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