Official: Richardson to be commerce secretary

[babylonsister]

Yea, unnamed sources, AP, consider the source or lack of...

http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/O/OBAMA_CABINET?SITE=CONGRA&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT

Official: Richardson to be commerce secretary

By BETH FOUHY
Associated Press Writer

NEW YORK (AP) -- A Democratic official says President-elect Barack Obama will name New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson as commerce secretary.

The official says Obama plans to announce Richardson's selection after Thanksgiving. The official spoke on condition of anonymity because the official was not authorized to speak publicly about the negotiations.

Richardson was energy secretary and U.N. ambassador under President Bill Clinton. Richardson would be the most visible Hispanic named to Obama's Cabinet.

Richardson dropped out of the Democratic presidential contest in January and endorsed Obama.

[Thrill]

1. Good. I think Richardson clearly likes working in the Federal Government

over being a Governor

[polichick]

2. This position could be glammed up with the green revolution - good opportunity!

[babylonsister]

3. I think anyone who gets to work for the next admin is lucky: must feel

great to be a part of the change we're going to see.

[polichick]

4. I agree, but this slot has never been high-profile. Could be now - hope so!

[TahitiNut]

9. It's very high-profile among corporate executive management.

The general public isn't offered much in the way of insight into how this department affects them ... but it does. Big time.

[polichick]

10. I'm hoping Richardson will help connect regular Americans with U.S. commerce...

imo the green economy is a natural bridge ~ the times they are a changin'!

[murray hill farm]

11. What does Commerce Sec. do?

What is the "job" discription? It sounds good, but what is it?

[polichick]

12. The short version (wikipedia)

The United States Secretary of Commerce is the head of the United States Department of Commerce concerned with business and industry; the Department states its mission to be "to foster, promote, and develop the foreign and domestic commerce."

[murray hill farm]

13. Thanks for that.....

it does sound like a great pick of Richardson then...sounds perfect.

[Cha]

17. It's Revolutionary as we

all feel it! Any job is important or it won't be there as per the big Kahuna:)

[DCBob]

5. That's great. So glad Richardson got a decent position.

I really like the guy, he has an amazing resume and he deserves it. Congrats to Bill!

:toast:

[gristy]

6. That's 3 of eight from the primary race that are now reporting directly to Obama

Biden
Clinton
Richardson

Now where to find a spot for the rest of the folks?
Kucinich
Gravel
Dodd
Edwards
Vilsack

[DCBob]

7. Vilsack and Dodd will likely get slots.

Edwards would have been AG had it not been for the NE story.

[MaineDem]

8. Still sounds unofficial until someone is willing to say so on the record

I was hoping he'd be SoS but this is good.

[DCBob]

14. I heard it will be announced after T-day.

Probably after SoS.

[JVS]

15. Can we stop calling anonymous leaks official?

[babylonsister]

16. I didn't. The article did. Thus my skepticism when posting. nt

[TahitiNut]

18. The AP strikes again ... obfuscation by ambiguity

"Official" can be an adjective or noun ... and they deliberately invite the inference of the noun form.

[Skwmom]

19. Someone said today that commerce has to work with the state department.

That should be real fun to watch.