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Bill Richardson endorses Obama

by Politicalslave, Fri Mar 21, 2008 at 08:34:00 AM EST

Here we go you can't stop this peace train. Obama still has the momentum and after he gets through Pennsylvania it should be smooth sailing. Richardson really recognizes Obama's uniqueness.
As Richardson points out "Obama is a once in a lifetime leader who will bring people together".

This is why there is so much excitement about Obama he is new, special, but most of all he can INSPIRE and he will be everything that George Bush isn't. Obama doesn't have everything but he will get stronger. This week he took a beating and he made some mistakes. He needs to go through some tough times. He's human but the upside I believe is light years ahead of Bush and McCain. There is a reason why so many people are registering and taking part in this political process. Senator Obama and Senator Clinton. Cheers for Democracy

Tags: Obama, Richardson, Momentum (all tags)

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Re: Bill Richardson endorses Obama (none / 0)

This already has been posted in 2 other diaries. Enough overkill.

by Safe at Home on Fri Mar 21, 2008 at 08:43:59 AM EST

Really, I mean come on! (2.00 / 0)

You can only post the same story 10 times if it Slanders Obama.

Call Bill Richardson a Beardy-Weirdo if you want to make the rec list.

Go Obama!

by Pissoff on Fri Mar 21, 2008 at 08:52:31 AM EST
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Re: Bill Richardson endorses Obama (2.00 / 0)

Evidently Richardson doesn't think Obama DOOOOMS the Democratic party.

We care about politics because we know politics matters for people's lives and opportunities.

by politicsmatters on Fri Mar 21, 2008 at 09:01:00 AM EST

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This is a great news....according to CNN, the Clinton campaign is 'devastated'.

We don't need a thinker. We need a doer: someone who'll act without considering the consequences. (H.J. Simpson)

by Newcomer on Fri Mar 21, 2008 at 09:16:43 AM EST

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The Page reports, "Clinton spending extended downtime at Chappaqua home -- with plenty to ponder"

We care about politics because we know politics matters for people's lives and opportunities.

by politicsmatters on Fri Mar 21, 2008 at 10:01:28 AM EST
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Is it just because of Good Friday, or something else? Just wondering.

by PittsburghPete on Fri Mar 21, 2008 at 11:02:19 AM EST
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Vote estimator: considering the total votes Richardson got in the primaries, minus people who voted for him who have already chosen sides, plus a fudge factor multiple of xy + .000937 -- let's see -- that amounts to about the 15 people in New Mexico who live without electricity and still don't know WWII is over.

Isn't this like watching a baseball game and waiting until the top of the ninth to decide who to root for?

by katmandu1 on Fri Mar 21, 2008 at 09:43:02 AM EST

Here is an Analysis by WSJ (none / 0)

I agree with it all... good, neutral stuff:

It is an important endorsement on at least three fronts. Mr. Richardson is an influential superdelegate for the party, whose declaration of support could draw the backing of other superdelegates needed to secure the nomination, since neither candidate seems likely to win it through delegates earned in the primaries and caucuses. He was a prominent second-tier candidate before the race narrowed to the two frontrunners, and as such has been courted by both campaigns since he dropped out. And he is the country's only Hispanic governor, and could thus help Sen. Obama with a key bloc of voters that has mostly leaned toward Sen. Clinton. Mr. Richardson, who praised Mr. Obama's national-security credentials to the AP, also brings the foreign-policy credibility that came with being ambassador to the United Nations, energy secretary, and global trouble-shooter for the presidential administration of Sen. Clinton's husband.

Mr. Richardson's endorsement comes at a sensitive time for Sens. Obama and Clinton. The Obama campaign is still waiting to see how much his standing with voters over the controversial remarks of his former pastor in Chicago will be affected by his speech this week on race. It drew praise from many nonpartisan critics who called it one of the most thoughtful and honest discussions of the subject in politics, but it was also tainted by the political expediency that prompted him to make the speech in the first place. Ms. Clinton, who trails Mr. Obama in the delegate count, in the popular vote this primary season and in the number of states won or lost, suffered a setback yesterday in her efforts to catch up when Michigan lawmakers failed to agree on a way to "do over" that state's primary, as the Detroit News reports. Party efforts to hold new votes in Michigan and Florida -- where Ms. Clinton won races and delegates the party currently won't count at the convention -- have gone nowhere.

The next primary is scheduled for April 22 in Pennsylvania, where Sen. Clinton has been leading in the polls. The significance of Mr. Richardson's decision might be read in whether the likes of John Edwards or other prominent Democrats follow his lead before then.

by a gunslinger on Fri Mar 21, 2008 at 10:08:33 AM EST

Re: Here is an Analysis by WSJ (none / 0)

Who wrote this article. I thought it was exceptional. (Editor of the WSJ)?

by Politicalslave on Fri Mar 21, 2008 at 07:15:37 PM EST
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