Archive for 'Bill Richardson'

Wednesday, January 9th, 2008

Bill Richardson Drops Out - Now, Let Us Never Speak Of Him Again

To the surprise of no one, Bill Richardson has left the race for the 2008 Democratic nomination.
Now, I’m no spring chicken, and for the last several election cycles, Bill Richardson’s name has been thrown in the hat for the Democratic nomination.  May it never be so again.
The guy’s got credentials.  Okay, we all know that.  […]

10 Comments » - Posted in Bill Richardson, Joe Biden, 2008 News, Democratic Candidates by Mark

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Tuesday, January 8th, 2008

Early New Hampshire Results

9% of precincts in, Hillary leads Obama by 37-36(!), McCain over Romney 37-28%…
UPDATE 7:04 p.m.: Hillary up by 3% now with 11% in - if she wins this, and she may very well, it just goes to show that nothing that anyone in the pundit class says (myself included) means much of anything.  Sigh…I’m not looking […]

13 Comments » - Posted in Mike Huckabee, Bill Richardson, Barack Obama, Mitt Romney, John McCain, Republican Candidates, 2008 News, Hillary Clinton, Democratic Candidates by Mark

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Tuesday, January 8th, 2008

When It Comes To Iraq, Dems Can ‘See No Good’

So says the Washington Post editorial board:
AT SATURDAY’S New Hampshire debate, Democratic candidates were confronted with a question that they have been ducking for some time: Can they concede that the “surge” of U.S. troops in Iraq has worked? All of them vehemently opposed the troop increase when President Bush proposed it a year ago; […]

25 Comments » - Posted in Barack Obama, John Edwards, Bill Richardson, Iraq, Democratic Candidates, Hillary Clinton, Election 2008 by Mark

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Sunday, June 3rd, 2007

Random Thoughts On The Democratic Debate

Ye gods, that was just about unbearable. The more I see of these debates, the more convinced I am that they are an almost completely useless contrivance. But I’ll plow ahead:
One, the reason I could NEVER be a Democrat is summed up nicely by the round of applause Kucinich got when he suggested […]

15 Comments » - Posted in Barack Obama, John Edwards, Bill Richardson, Joe Biden, 2008 News, Hillary Clinton, Democratic Candidates by Mark

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Thursday, April 26th, 2007

The First Debate: Grading The Democrats

General observations: the front-runners didn’t suffer any huge gaffes, but they were pretty unimpressive for the most part.
Mike Gravel: F-.  My God, what a nut…anyone who watched that debate and would still consider voting for Gravel must be a blood relative.  ‘Nuff said about this VERY marginal candidate.
Dennis Kucinich: B.  Kucinich is a blazing liberal and […]

31 Comments » - Posted in Barack Obama, John Edwards, Bill Richardson, Joe Biden, 2008 News, Hillary Clinton, Democratic Candidates by Mark

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Saturday, March 10th, 2007

I Don’t Believe You - Or You, Either

Robert Novak says Bill Richardson’s star is rising:
New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson is viewed by Democratic insiders as rising to the top of the party’s second-tier presidential candidates, becoming a leading vice-presidential prospect and an increasingly possible nominee for president.
Richardson’s past service as a member of Congress, U.S. ambassador to the United Nations and secretary […]

26 Comments » - Posted in Newt Gingrich, Bill Richardson, Republican Candidates, Democratic Candidates, Election 2008 by Mark

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Friday, January 26th, 2007

A Half-Dozen Strong Candidates? The Democrats?

I join Tom Bevan in his amazement at Kevin Drum’s assertion:
[Just Say No] to whatever Kevin Drum was on when he wrote this about 2008:
“…[T]he Republican field is remarkably weak this cycle. Compared to Democrats, who have half a dozen genuinely strong contenders, John McCain (news, bio, voting record) is really the only high-profile candidate […]

8 Comments » - Posted in Bill Richardson, Joe Biden, Al Gore, Barack Obama, John Edwards, Mitt Romney, Rudy Giuliani, Democratic Candidates, Republican Candidates, Hillary Clinton, John McCain, Election 2008 by Mark

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Saturday, January 20th, 2007

Exquisite Timing

Oh, yeah, he’s in, too:
After years of freelancing his diplomatic skills from the unlikely position as governor of the state of New Mexico, Bill Richardson is taking the first step toward a bid to become president and put his skills to work in the White House.
Richardson plans to announce Sunday that he will soon file […]

3 Comments » - Posted in Bill Richardson, 2008 News, Democratic Candidates by Mark

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Thursday, December 7th, 2006

File This One Under ‘Ego Stroke’

Bill Richardson has made it official; he’s in:
New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson is expected to formally file papers to form a presidential exploratory committee in January. But today he told FOX News “I am running,” as he described the professional and personal experiences that he believes have prepared him for the job.
“I’ve dealt with the […]

6 Comments » - Posted in Bill Richardson, 2008 News, Democratic Candidates by Mark

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Tuesday, December 5th, 2006

Kos: Obama Wins, If He Runs

So sayeth the Nutroots® prophet:
Standard caveats aside (it’s early, we don’t have a set field, blah blah blah), it’s hard to see how Barack Obama loses the nomination barring scandal or the mother-of-all gaffes.
I’ve been working up a few scenarios given the primary calendar (which isn’t set in stone, with states like California looking to […]

17 Comments » - Posted in Al Gore, Barack Obama, John Edwards, Bill Richardson, John Kerry, Democratic Candidates, Hillary Clinton, Election 2008 by Mark

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Saturday, July 22nd, 2006

DLC Gathers In The Shadows Of The Nutroots®

This very weekend, in fact:
At a time when centrism has become a dirty word in some Democratic Party circles, hundreds of the party’s avowed moderates are convening in Denver this weekend to discuss their agenda for this fall’s election and the presidential contest in 2008.
The annual meeting of the Democratic Leadership Council, a group that […]

No Comments » - Posted in Bill Richardson, Evan Bayh, Donkeys, Progressive Nonsense / Nutroots®, Democratic Candidates, Hillary Clinton, Election 2008 by Mark

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Friday, June 16th, 2006

Babes In Kosland

Best piece I’ve seen yet on YearlyKos comes from Ryan Lizza. Lizza manages to sum up the absurdity of the progressive blog world in two passages: the unmasking of Armando and the revelation of the egotism that feeds the Nutroots®:
[S]omeone is missing: Armando. A favorite blogger and foreign policy wonk, Armando earned the privilege of […]

3 Comments » - Posted in Mark Warner, Bill Richardson, Progressive Nonsense / Nutroots®, Democratic Candidates by Mark

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Wednesday, June 7th, 2006

Warner The Most Dangerous Dem?

So says John Hawkins, and I believe he’s got it right…I must vociferously disagree with his number two choice, however…I’m more likely to win as the Democratic presidential nominee than him…

5 Comments » - Posted in Mark Warner, Bill Richardson, Democratic Candidates, Election 2008 by Mark

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Wednesday, March 22nd, 2006

I Know A Boy, A Boy Called Party, Party Boy

And some people think he can be a presidential candidate! Ha!…

3 Comments » - Posted in Bill Richardson, Democratic Candidates by Mark

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Friday, November 11th, 2005

The Fix Is In For 2008

Writing in his column/blog at the Washington Post, Chris Cillizza offers the following list as the 12 candidates to watch for 2008:
Democrats - Bayh, Clinton, Edwards, Fiengold, Kerry, Warner
Republicans - Allen, Frist, Giuliani, Huckabee, McCain, Romney
Well, I haven’t done any handicapping lately, so let’s take a look at those candidates.
First, the Democrats - Cillizza wisely […]

39 Comments » - Posted in Russ Feingold, Bill Richardson, George Allen, Mark Warner, Bill Frist, Evan Bayh, Mike Huckabee, John Kerry, Republican Candidates, Democratic Candidates, Hillary Clinton, John McCain, Mitt Romney, Rudy Giuliani, Election 2008 by Mark

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Monday, August 15th, 2005

I Know A Boy, A Boy Called Party…Party Boy

Tom Maguire on Bill Richardson’s 2008 bid:

…[a]t a dinner party last Christmas, a Dem fundraiser assured me that Richardson had no hope as a Presidential candidate, because his personal life made Bernie Kerik look like a choir boy.
Hey, it didn’t derail Clinton (I’m being facetious - Governor, you’re no Bill Clinton; Richardson, to me, […]

No Comments » - Posted in Bill Richardson, Democratic Candidates by Mark

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Saturday, July 23rd, 2005

Tidbits From Novak

Everyone’s favorite journalist is back with another column full of insider information, including:
- the assertion that Edith Brown Clement almost got the nod;
- a New Hampshire fundraising snafu by George Allen; and
- anti-Hillary Democrats talking about Bill Richardson (ha!) for President.
Say what you want about Novak, he’s seldom boring…

10 Comments » - Posted in George Allen, Bill Richardson, SCOTUS, 2008 News by Mark

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