Looks like my first impression was right, Dave.
The fix is on.
Richardson cannot afford to lose the political capital it would cost him by losing this state for Kerry, even if it doesn't effect the final outcome.
No doubt they are busily creating a Kerry victory.
But with the rise of Obama, Richardson is reduced to Secretary of Goiters & Bolo Ties in 2008.
He has an emetic effect which would be a net negative to a ticket: the oiliness of Edwards without the [hair, looks, law degree, fortune, or other].
Richardson's Third District held the position of number one in the nation for heroin-overdose deaths.
Emilio Naranjo wrote the book on dirty politics, Northern New Mexico's Richard Daley.
Perhaps that H & K MP-5 crew from the Elian raid descending on the mansion in Santa Fe, fast-roping with Ashcroft:
"Governor Richardson, I have a warrant for your arrest."
Or use U.S. Attorney David Iglesias, a former Navy JAG.
That's the ticket.
I knew it.
I saw an old hippy here walking out of the local gourmet food market looking so sad and dejected that it almost made me cry. Almost....
I love it. I really do.