Bill Richardson accepts Cabinet nomination?

Rumor has it that New Mexico governor Bill Richardson has reportedly accepted a position in President-elect Barack Obama's cabinet. Despite his extensive foreign policy and diplomatic experience, Richardson won’t be tapped as Secretary of State:

Sen. Hillary Clinton, New York Federal Reserve President Tim Geithner and former Energy Secretary Bill Richardson have all accepted posts in President-elect Barack Obama's cabinet, according to media reports. Clinton accepted the position of secretary of state, the New York Times reported. Richardson is in line to become Commerce secretary and Geithner was picked to be Treasury secretary, NBC News reported.

Richardson- who is of Mexican background- is expected to be officially announced as the choice for Commerce secretary on Monday. The media buzz around him had been strong over the past few days, especially after so much hype was made over Senator Clinton’s possibility of being Secretary of State.

Richardson had previously served as Ambassador to the U.N. and Secretary of Energy under the presidency of Bill Clinton. Richardson was one of the prominent Latino politicos to back Obama’s presidential run as far back as the primaries, a move that peeved off some of Senator Clinton’s closest allies.

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Sources- The Latin Americanist, ABC News, Huffington Post, MarketWatch, MSNBC, AP, Wikipedia,