It amazes me that he's being considered for the job.
Golding didn't retire from NASA. He was fired after making a wreck out of the place. The funny thing is he'd still be administrator of NASA if he hadn't blown out the budget for the ISS (a process more driven by former Vice President Gore than Goldin). The powers-that-be do not give a damn about the Space Program. However the ISS was so ridiculously out of budget that NASA had become an embarassment. Only then did Goldin get the boot.
Gary