It looks like Bill Richardson will be cleared of any wrong doing in the pay to play scandal:
New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson and former high-ranking members of his administration won’t be criminally charged in a yearlong federal investigation into pay-to-play allegations involving one of the Democratic governor’s large political donors, someone familiar with the case said.
The decision not to pursue indictments was made by top Justice Department officials, according to a person familiar with the investigation, who asked not to be identified because federal officials had not disclosed results of the probe.
That’s good news. I think Richardson could be a valuable asset to the administration, but this prevented that. Now that he is cleared maybe we can start using him more.