As Obama prepares to name Bill Richardson as his Commerce Secretary, Politico.com highlighted Richardson's less than clean slate during his time working for companies in the public sector.
During the two years between Richardson’s time as former President Bill Clinton’s Ambassador to the United Nations and his election as Governor of New Mexico, he joined many corporate boards in the energy sector (he had previously been Secretary of Energy) and received tons of money from them.
During the campaign, Obama pledged to end the revolving door between government and the influence industry, proclaiming in a speech featured on his campaign website that “you will not be able to lobby and cash in on service in my administration.”
By nominating Richardson, Obama again is going back on his word for “change.” Obama has continually nominated ‘experienced’ candidates instead of bringing in the new faces, and new vision which would look to people from outside of Washington.
Did we vote for ‘Change’ or ‘More Of The Same?’
