Bill Richardson
Excerpts from a Concord Monitor story:
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"Bill Richardson is unanimously everybody's second choice," said Howarth, of Keene. "Even the people who are strongly Obama, strongly Clinton, strongly Edwards say, 'Oh yeah, I like your guy, too.' "
So why then is Richardson, the governor of New Mexico, struggling to remain in the race and scoring single digits in most polls? His staff, his supporters and the candidate himself blame the power of celebrity and the conduct of the national news media. It's hard, they say, for Richardson's humor-laced message of diverse experience to stand up to the glitz, glamor and cash of the rest of the field.
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Smith and his wife, Susie, will cast their ballots for Richardson tomorrow, but they worry what that will mean for the rest of the race. Neither wants Hillary Clinton as president, calling her the "status quo," and are drawn to Richardson's broad resume, which includes a long career in Congress, a term as U.N. ambassador and a stint as secretary of energy under President Clinton. Still, they worry about Richardson's lagging support.
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At the Barley House in Concord on Saturday night, a crowd thick with Clinton and Obama buttons laughed at Richardson's jokes, nodded in agreement when he described his energy policy and remarked to their buddies how much they liked the guy.
"Our next vice president," more than one predicted.
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"The overall coverage of this race by the national media has been abysmal," Reynolds said. "The national political reporters have chosen to script this race rather than report on it. . . . They've chosen to focus on celebrity and stardom, rather than substance and real policy. . . . Voters don't care about leaked campaign memos or the backbiting he-said-she-said. They want to know what you're going to do about education, how you're going to fix health care."
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"Bill Richardson is unanimously everybody's second choice," said Howarth, of Keene. "Even the people who are strongly Obama, strongly Clinton, strongly Edwards say, 'Oh yeah, I like your guy, too.' "
So why then is Richardson, the governor of New Mexico, struggling to remain in the race and scoring single digits in most polls? His staff, his supporters and the candidate himself blame the power of celebrity and the conduct of the national news media. It's hard, they say, for Richardson's humor-laced message of diverse experience to stand up to the glitz, glamor and cash of the rest of the field.
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Smith and his wife, Susie, will cast their ballots for Richardson tomorrow, but they worry what that will mean for the rest of the race. Neither wants Hillary Clinton as president, calling her the "status quo," and are drawn to Richardson's broad resume, which includes a long career in Congress, a term as U.N. ambassador and a stint as secretary of energy under President Clinton. Still, they worry about Richardson's lagging support.
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At the Barley House in Concord on Saturday night, a crowd thick with Clinton and Obama buttons laughed at Richardson's jokes, nodded in agreement when he described his energy policy and remarked to their buddies how much they liked the guy.
"Our next vice president," more than one predicted.
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"The overall coverage of this race by the national media has been abysmal," Reynolds said. "The national political reporters have chosen to script this race rather than report on it. . . . They've chosen to focus on celebrity and stardom, rather than substance and real policy. . . . Voters don't care about leaked campaign memos or the backbiting he-said-she-said. They want to know what you're going to do about education, how you're going to fix health care."
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