My thought is that if Richardson had entered into an agreement with Perry in some way, that would be a proscribed action. What Richardson is doing is not in accord with Texas, it is against the majority of the Texas legislature.
Something just occurred to me, and I apologize if someone else thought of it before -- is it possible Bill the Shill got his post as chairman of the 2004 DNC Convention because he agreed to help with this stunt?
I know the stated reason is that they want to appeal to Hispanic voters. Richardson doesn't seem to me to be the type of person that "Hispanics" would identify with. I think the reason he was chosen is that, as weird as it may sound, he's the most successful "former Clinton Administration official" who is still in power. If Hillary! is planning a coup at the convention, a Clintonite in charge of the convention makes sense.
-PJ