Monday, April 7, 2008

quid pro quo

It's no secret that Gov. Richardson wants to become Secretary of State. This GQ Magazine interview shows the reason why Gov. Richardson came out to support then Senator Obama for his presidential run, even though it was President Clinton who appointed him to the UN and then the Energy Department:

http://men.style.com/gq/blogs/gqeditors/2008/04/title.html
So if Barack Obama were to win the nomination and he offered you the vice presidency…
What would I do? Well, I wouldn't preclude anything. [laughs] You know, I love my job.
Okay, but—
Well, you can't, you know, you can't, uh, turn your back on something like that. But I didn't endorse him because of that.
Or secretary of state.
You can't turn your back on something like that.