Bill Richardson

Awaiting Obama's top lieutenants Awaiting Obama's top lieutenants

Will it be Chuck Hagel, or even Hillary Clinton, for secretary of state? Will Bob Gates stay at the Pentagon? Obama's national security team remains mostly top secret.
  • Richardson speaks

    The New Mexico governor explains his decision to drop out of the running to be commerce secretary, and says his political career isn't over.
  • Richardson withdraws as commerce secretary nominee

    New Mexico Gov. cites pending investigation, denies wrongdoing.
  • Obama announces Richardson nomination

    If all goes well, New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson will be the next commerce secretary.
  • Report: Obama ready to announce economic team

    The president-elect will reportedly be rolling out some big names Monday, including Tim Geithner at Treasury, Bill Richardson at Commerce and Larry Summers in the White House.
  • "Richardson has never questioned Senator Obama's electability"

    A spokesman for the governor denies a Clinton associate's claim that Richardson said Obama can't win the general election.
  • Clinton denies she said Obama can't win

    Hillary Clinton says she did not tell Bill Richardson that Barack Obama can't beat John McCain.
  • Richardson said Obama can't beat McCain?

    Conflicting accounts of a meeting between Bill Richardson and Hillary Clinton surface.
  • Rum, Romanism and James Carville

    With no primaries in sight, campaign coverage goes amok over loose-lipped campaign surrogates shouting "Judas" and "McCarthy."
  • Report: Richardson to endorse Obama

    The Associated Press says New Mexico's governor will announce his decision at a press conference Friday.
  • A day later, New Mexico too close to call

    The winner of the Democratic caucuses in New Mexico is still unknown.
  • Pulling out the big guns

    Oprah Winfrey is going back out on the campaign trail for Barack Obama, stumping in California on Sunday.
  • Richardson quits the race

    Making no endorsement, he leaves his vice-presidential options open.
  • Is Richardson in or out?

    After fourth-place finishes in Iowa and New Hampshire, the AP says he has decided to quit. A spokeswoman says it's not so.
  • A Democratic donnybrook

    The debate was rich in sound and fury, but did little lasting damage to unruffled frontrunner Barack Obama.
  • How Barack Obama swept to victory in Iowa

    In three different Des Moines precincts, a vote-by-vote account of how the Obama wave built.
  • With the numbers in, Biden and Dodd are out

    Bill Richardson says he's in the "final four."
  • Deal or no deal?

    Rumors fly about Bill Richardson and Joe Biden throwing support to Barack Obama. Don't believe them, the long shots say.
  • Most Dems no better than Bush on Pakistan

    The Bush administration's bungling in Pakistan and Afghanistan has led to a resurgent Taliban and al-Qaida and loss of U.S. influence in the region. But Democrats did little to stop it.
  • John Edwards faces his day of reckoning

    Iowa is either the beginning or the end for the 2004 vice-presidential nominee, who has more to gain and more to lose than his two chief rivals.
  • Which Democrat is a winner?

    With the Iowa caucuses looming, victory-hungry Democrats want to know -- who is the most "electable"? Here's our best (totally wild) guess as to how each candidate might fare in November.
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