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OK, so which is it?
Did Gov. Bill Richardson meet with President-elect Barack Obama in Chicago on Friday or was he cooling his heels in New Mexico?
Gilbert Gallegos, spokesman for the governor, confirmed Monday afternoon that the governor “was here in the office on Friday.”
Gallegos would not say more about the governor’s activities Friday, declining to say if the governor spoke to the president-elect by phone or whether the two spoke at all Friday. Gallegos, who confirmed that the governor was in New Mexico Friday and Saturday, would only say that he had no public events.
The Washington Post and others began reporting late Friday that the president-elect had met with Richardson in Chicago, supposedly to discuss a post in his administration. Many outlets portrayed the meeting in the context of the president-elect’s earlier meeting with Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, who is said to be under consideration for the Secretary of State post — just as Richardson is.
It’s unclear what Richardson’s presence in N.M. means, if anything. But it’s clear it adds an element of mystery to the ongoing saga concerning whom the president-elect will choose for prominent cabinet posts.
Stay tuned.
