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Sunday, November 22, 2009
Richardson on List for Obama's 1st State Dinner
By Dan Boyd And Sean Olson
Of the Journal
Gov. Bill Richardson's relationship with President Barack Obama doesn't appear to be showing any strain, nearly a year after Richardson was forced to remove himself from consideration to a Cabinet position because of a federal corruption investigation that did not end in charges.
Obama invited Richardson and his wife, Barbara, to the new president's first state dinner, which will be at the White House on Tuesday. The dinner is for Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, according to Richardson's office.
It's well-known Richardson had to decline a position as secretary of commerce, but it was revealed earlier this month that Richardson was pretty close to nabbing the vice presidency.
Obama's former campaign manager, David Plouffe, told MSNBC's Chris Matthews earlier this month just how close Richardson came to the vice presidency.
Plouffe said on "Hardball" that Richardson was one of six finalists for the job. The others were Vice President Joe Biden, Secretary of State Hilary Clinton, former Virginia Gov. Tim Kaine, Indiana Sen. Evan Bayh, and Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius.
SHERIFF'S NOD: The Journal isn't reporting most political campaign endorsements for the 2010 election cycle yet, but this one caught our eye.
Entering his final weeks as Bernalillo County sheriff, Darren White said Monday that he's formally backing Republican Susana Martinez's gubernatorial bid for 2010.
White, a former congressional candidate himself, will join Mayor-elect Richard Berry's staff as Albuquerque's public safety director on Dec. 1.
Martinez, the Doña Ana County district attorney, is in a four-way race for the GOP gubernatorial nomination with former state GOP Chairman Allen Weh, state Rep. Janice Arnold-Jones and Albuquerque businessman Doug Turner.
LAST-MINUTE SWITCH: The location of Vice President Joe Biden's fundraising event in Albuquerque last Monday was changed late last week at the request of the vice president's office, Rep. Martin Heinrich's office said Tuesday.
The $1,000-a-plate luncheon had originally been scheduled at the Hotel Andaluz, but it was shifted to the Hotel Albuquerque.
Steve Haro, Heinrich's chief of staff, said Biden's staffers didn't say why they wanted the site to be changed, though an ongoing labor dispute at the Hotel Andaluz has been cited by some reports.
"This is not an uncommon thing," Haro said of the venue change.
About 100 people attended the luncheon, which benefited the campaign efforts of Heinrich and fellow Democrat Harry Teague, both first-term members of Congress.
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