Barring an unexpected pre-2008 election recession, Senator John Edwards comes off as too populist and “class-warfare” leftist. He currently stands at only 17 percent in the polls. His wife is much more popular. Some polls, such as CNN, reward former Vice President Al Gore’s Nobel Peace prize with a 14 percent rating – above Edwards and Governor of New Mexico Bill Richardson.
The latter intrigues me. Richardson is at the top of the Democrats’ second tier--about where you would expect a Westerner in a small media market in an excessively urban party. Feisty and personable, he served seven terms in the House until joining the Clinton Administration as Ambassador to the United Nations and then Energy Secretary before being elected Governor in 2002. A polished pol with a relish for attention, The New York Times reports that Richardson enjoys “near-celebrity status in New Mexico where his comings and goings – like being driven around in a speeding S.U.V. and holding court at a popular Capital watering hole – routinely dominate the news…. Richardson ridicules blogs suggesting he acts improperly around women.
Bill Richardson – Another Democrat to Watch
He strongly opposes the U.S. war in Iraq, praises the military, and
gives highest priority to creating jobs in the slowing U.S. economy.
Richardson, if well-financed, is poised for a possible upset in the
February California primary, for he is a stealth Hispanic. He could be
propelled by a new alliance of anti-war “Anglos” and proud Hispanics
who discover he’s one of them and who will support him across the West
and Southwest.
A powerful anti-Bush and anti-Republican tide is running for all Democrats, yet Hillary Clinton must fight her own notoriety. By contrast, the cherubic, round-faced Bill Richardson, despite scandalous rumors, could be a much less risky Democratic nominee exerting strong cross-over appeal to Republicans --especially Hispanics and Independents, who together far out number partisan Democrats.
A powerful anti-Bush and anti-Republican tide is running for all Democrats, yet Hillary Clinton must fight her own notoriety. By contrast, the cherubic, round-faced Bill Richardson, despite scandalous rumors, could be a much less risky Democratic nominee exerting strong cross-over appeal to Republicans --especially Hispanics and Independents, who together far out number partisan Democrats.
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