[rwfromkansas]

Um.....VINCENTE (sp?). At least that is a Hispanic name.

This is William/Bill Richardson.

I took Spanish in HS and we picked favorite hispanic names to use for ourselves....needless to say, Bill wasn't on it.

[FITZ]

They changed the rules. Before you had to be Spanish surnamed but now you only have to have some ancestors who spoke Spanish and you are a minority entitled to affirmative action and all the rest. Richardson grew up wealthy, his dad isn't hispanic, he had no disadvantages, no slave ancestors, but he can claim special treatment. Many minority voters think he's one of them and he will win their vote by large percents.