Richardson Watch -- Wednesday, February 28, 2007

The Albuquerque Journal ^ | February 28, 2007 | Leslie Linthicum

[CedarDave]

Keeping tabs on New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson as he seeks the Democratic nomination for president ...

RISING: A new ABC News-Washington Post poll of Democrats and those who lean Democratic had Richardson at 3 percent. He trailed Hillary Clinton, Barack Obama, Al Gore [hasn't announced] and John Edwards. Rudy Giuliani and John McCain led Republicans. The national telephone survey took place last week.

PITCHING WOO: Richardson played Hardball with MSNBC's Chris Matthews for eight minutes on Monday but fielded only softballs. Matthews told Richardson: "You know more about foreign policy than I do;" put him in fourth place in the Democratic field; and told him, "You've got a real shot."

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FOLLOW THE MONEY: Time magazine includes Richardson in a story headlined, "How Big Money Picks a Winner" and dings him for allowing the owners of ValueOptions to fundraise for him after he chose the company to oversee mental health services in New Mexico.

SOCIALIST SLANT: Political Affairs (motto: "Marxist thought online") likes Richardson's anti-Iraq statements and strong labor ties but doesn't like his support of NAFTA and cautions that he's a pragmatist: "Wherever there are strong movements by labor and the peace movement for peace and social progress, you can expect Richardson to reflect those sentiments. At the same time, if any of these movements become an obstacle to his personal ambitions, he will drop them like a hot potato."

WEIRD? YES: The Daily Herald in Chicago has an oddball slant on the presidential field: Why don't the people who might be president undergo the same level of scrutiny that NFL prospects get at the scouting combine? Which leads to this paragraph that will surely (hopefully) never be written anywhere again: "It started me wondering how many times Hillary Clinton could lift 225 pounds. ...

[boomop1]

All right already.

[org.whodat]

What is your problem? Are you a Richardson supporter???

[CedarDave]

I'm tracking Richardson here in NM when I have the time. Exposing him for the Clinton clone that he is. The newspapers here put up gossip about him a couple of times a week, some puff, some serious, some that tracks what others are saying. This is valuable to have ready as reference down the road. If I don't have time to do it during the week, I put them together and post on the weekend. They are all referenced by keyword http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/keyword?k=richardsonwatch.