No Longer in Race, Richardson Is a Man Pursued , NYTimes, interesting article about Clinton and Obam

[angie_love]

Interesting and funny article about Clinton and Obama pursuing his support. I found it alittle funny.



http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/23/us/politics/23richardson.html?pagewanted=2&_r=1&ref=politics

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“Barack is very precise,” the governor observed, sitting in his office at the New Mexico Capitol. The Obama campaign rarely pesters him with surrogates. Mr. Obama’s approach is like “a surgical bomb,” he said, while “the Clintons are more like a carpet bomb.”

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"Mrs. Clinton and Mr. Obama typically keep Mr. Richardson on the phone about 5 to 10 minutes, rarely longer, in calls usually made between their campaign events.

“Barack’s a little looser” in his conversations, Mr. Richardson said. The two men developed a back-of-the-classroom rapport during the presidential debates, exchanging winks or eye rolls when one of the other candidates “would get outrageous or something,” Mr. Richardson said."

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"Early this month, Mr. Clinton called Mr. Richardson and insisted on seeing him face to face. Mr. Richardson said he could not make it unless Mr. Clinton came down to New Mexico to watch the Super Bowl on television with him, which Mr. Clinton rearranged his schedule to do. Mr. Obama heard about that and promptly called Mr. Richardson.

“You know, I’d be good company, too,” Mr. Obama told him, Mr. Richardson reported."

[TexasObserver]

1. I believe Bill has wisely chosen to stay above it, so he can be a peacemaker.

When the time comes, and it will soon.

[blonndee]

2. Thanks for posting this. It was a cute article

and I'm very fond of my governor!!

[NMMatt]

3. True

I hope he gets the Secretary of State or VP nod. He'd really be an asset to Obama. He's really done a good job as governor for us. Lots of it is overlooked stuff too, like standing up to the Bush administration on drilling for oil on Otero Mesa.