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By Matthew Yglesias on Jan 6, 2009 at 4:43 pm

Ben Smith reports that Rep Xavier Becerra doesn’t want to fill in for Bill Richardson as Official Hispanic Cabinet Dude at the Commerce Department. And I can’t blame him, it’s a kind of C-List department and his current job in congress is a pretty good one. But I’m no member of congress — why not me? I’m very interested in the department’s statistical collection functions.

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