Bill Richardson - Commerce Secretary.

[givemebackmycountry]

Just on MSNBC.

Good for him, I like this guy.

[gogoplata]

1. Richardson gets sloppy seconds, he deserved better treatment.

[Blue_In_AK]

2. Seems to me like Commerce Secretary

could be an important post in the current economic climate.

[Warpy]

3. Yes, he really should have been SOS

but I suppose it had to be given to Clinton to smooth all the ruffled feathers in the DLC.

We'll miss him in NM.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

4. Commerce is hardly sloppy seconds.

Especially with the economy in such bad shape. That agency handles some really important stuff.

[gogoplata]

6. Ever heard of Penny Pritzker?

[Lex]

7. Penny Pincher

would've been better, considering the job and all.

[gogoplata]

8. First Richardson endorses Obama over Hillary back in the spring, Richardson goes out and spends

his time telling everyone how Hillary has no foreign policy experience, he takes shots from all the clintonistas but stands tall for Obama. So how doe he get treated?

Hillary gets the nod for State, and he gets 3rd tier spot at Commerce after Obama's Billionaire friend from Chicago, Penny Pritzker, turns it down.

edit for spelinne

[Lex]

12. For all we know, Richardson preferred Commerce.

We do a lot of backseat driving around here without knowing all the particulars.

[Arctic Dave]

9. Actually, Secretary of Commerce isn't something to roll your eyes at.

If you want to change things such as NAFTA, CAFTA and the Colombian Free Trade Agreement you are the person to do this. I think Uribe just crapped himself knowing Bill Richardson will be named SoC.

[Sebass1271]

10. Why Uribe is doing such?

is Bill Richardson against the free trade with Colombia? I AM !!!

[gogoplata]

11. It really doesn't matter what Bill Richardson thinks, he is there to do Obama's bidding.

At least that's what I keep hearing.

[patricia92243]

5. I hate to be dense, but what does the commerce department do? I know commerce means business. n/t

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

13. Here's their web site:

http://www.commerce.gov/

They handle (among other things) international trade agreements, minority business development, the census, patents and trademarks, and the Iraq and Afghanistan redevelopment task forces.

Secretary of Commerce is a very important position. Richardson wasn't dissed at all. I'd want someone of his caliber handling that stuff.