Richardson's Obama About Face

By Eric Pfeiffer | April 3, 2008 11:36 AM | | Comments (0)

There were two Bill Richardsons during the Democratic primary season: The pragmatic, tax-cutting, Iraq war supporting, gun rights advocate who was successfully re-elected in a swing state, adding to his already impressive resume. And then there was the Richardson who ran for the nomination: abandoning that record in favor of an immediate and complete withdrawal from Iraq and ditching any previous policy position in the desperate hope of securing a few more votes. Not surprisingly, the strategy did not work. And now comes a report claiming that it was Richardson who argued to the Clintons that Barack Obama was not electable against John MCain.

TPM's Greg Sargent adds:

Now I've got more. A top Hillary adviser confirms this, telling me:

"Bill Richardson repeatedly promised he would not endorse Obama -- and the reason he gave was that Obama wasn't ready -- he couldn't be elected."



TNR's Jason Zengerle says, right or wrong, the Clintons have made this a bigger story than it needs to be:


You'd have thought that the Clinton people would have wanted to downplay the Richardson's endorsement of Obama. And, if they hadn't sqwuaked so much, I bet it would have been a one- or two-day story. But here we are, nearly two weeks after Richardson did the deed, and the press is still talking about it--because the Clintons won't shut up about it. I don't see how this helps Hillary. Seriously, the Clinton people should just let it go.


Red State's Erick Erickson ignores the Richardson flip-flop, but agrees with the view that Obama can't win.

Tags: Barack Obama, Bill Richardson, Blogger Reactions, Endorsements, Hillary Clinton

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