Governor Richardson , James Brown , and The Payback - Revenge

I was stunned by Governor Bill Richardson's announcement last week , that he was withdrawing from President Elect Obama's appointment to be Secretary of Commerce.
The scandal that Richardson is involved in , is called a pay for play .
The Richardson scandal has not played out like the Blagojevich scandal because of the obvious , the Illinois senate seat was occupied previously by President Elect Obama ,and the governor of Illinois himself was arrested. That alone makes the Richardson investigation minor in comparison.
The following statement from Governor Bill Richardson was reported by the Politico.com.
For nearly three decades, I have been honored to serve my state and our nation in Congress, at the U.N., as secretary of energy and as governor. So when the president-elect asked me to serve as Secretary of Commerce, I felt a duty to answer the call. I felt that duty particularly because America is facing such extraordinary economic challenges. The Department of Commerce must play an important role in solving them by helping to grow the new jobs and businesses America so badly needs.
"It is also because of that sense of urgency about the work of the Commerce Department that I have asked the president-elect not to move forward with my nomination at this time. I do so with great sorrow. But a pending investigation of a company that has done business with New Mexico state government promises to extend for several weeks or, perhaps, even months. "

Remember during the past presidential campaign when Governor Richardson enthuasitically endorsed then Senator Obama at a critical time in the campaign .

Whether Richardson is guilty or not I do not know. I feel that Richardson has made some enemies in Democratic circles that no doubt will take great joy in Richardson's investigation.Perhaps it was the Clintonistas that had leaked the info to the national press. It was James Carville , the Clinton right hand man that called Richardson a modern day Judas .



Politics is a full contact sport that holds no prisoners and knows few friends.
In the words of James Brown , it may have been "the big payback , revenge".