March 21, 2008
Richardson On Penn
PORTLAND - Bill Richardson said Mark Penn's comments downplaying the NM governor's endorsement of Barack Obama were loaded and implied that his support only would have been useful before heavily-Hispanic TX voted.
"A Clinton official... said today that my endorsement comes too late, implying there's a stereotype that my endorsement was only useful before Texas," Richardson said. "That's unfortunate."
Richardson claimed he wanted to "get away from that" and said Obama tries to transcend those old political views and tactics.
Obama stressed that Richardson's candidacy would lend legitimacy on foreign policy. He said that the NM guv has more accomplishments in that arena than the other Democratic candidates combined. Richardson pushed the message of party unity. He scoffed at the role of super delegates, but wouldn't go so far as to say Hillary Clinton should drop out of the race. He cautioned that McCain will be "formidable opponent" in the general.
Richardson also described as "tough" his conversation last night with Hillary Clinton, notifying her of his decision to back Obama.
(NBC/NJ's ASWINI ANBURAJAN)
Posted at 05:00 PM
Comments
I have to admit when I saw it my immediate thought, oh that ought to help in PA, WV, NC, IN, WY, MT, and OR.
Shame on me, politics of the past and what not.
Seth | 03.21.08 05:47 PM
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Well, this is weird.
Yesterday, Gene Robinson, in lauding the endorsement of Richardson, said the same thing on msnbc that Mark Penn said.
So which is it?
Can Penn AND Obama surrogates opine that Richardson will be good for Obama with Hispanics, or is that a racist thing to say?
Maybe the Obama campaign needs to give us typical white people some kind of pamphlet from Jeremiah Wright, letting us know what we can say without being immediately cast off as racists, and what only registered Obamaniacs have the liberty to say outloud.
Jan | 03.22.08 08:21 AM
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Roger G LaPlante | 05.05.08 06:52 PM
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