Sunday, November 25, 2007
Richardson Update Nov. 20-25
Bill Richardson is an experienced man and one who can bring results and change to Washington DC, or at least that is what he has been saying. A new poll released on November 23, 2007 shows Bill Richardson surging in New Hampshire up by six points tied with Edwards and shrinking the gap between Clinton and Obama. On November 20 he spoke at Rivier College about his health care program. He is starting to like the idea of a single-payer health care system but for now prefers getting tougher on insurance companies and getting rid of them. Also, on November 20th Richardson released that New Mexico is ranked 11th among states in a Mothers against Drunk Driving State Progress Report in the battle against Drunk Driving. In his Thanksgiving address he wanted to remember and give thanks to the troops in Iraq and the many veterans that are homeless on the street with no home to go to. In the next couple weeks Bill Richardson will be traveling to Iowa, New York and Washington DC to do some serious campaigning and fundraising while participating in the Iowa Brown and Black Forum in Des Moines, Iowa.
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Six points is a BIG pick up in New Hampshire. What a surprise! Anyone have a theory on whose support Richardson is getting into?
Richardson's place in the New Hampshire primary polls so far, as tied with Edwards, may be a precursor for his position in the Democratic primaries. Now why did Richardson surge in the polls? Is this because of positive actions he did this week, or in a response to negative publicity on Edwards? Maybe this tie demonstrates a sort of "clothespin vote" in the primary for the "best" candidate after Obama and Clinton or potentially to take away votes from these candidates.
In my opinion Bill Richardson is starting to heavily target the Latino population. It is a smart move for him to try and acquire all the latino votes because he is in fact hispanic. I am surprised that he picked up six points, but not startled for he has been campaigning adamantly and is favored my many hispanics. I, for instance, amd very glad that there is a Hispanic that speaks spanish fluently running for president. YAY!!!
Although Richardson does target the latino demographic, this past week he was interviewed in the Exchange with Laura Knoy on the NH public radio. During the show, Richardson focused primarily on his "Act Bodly and Act Now" plan for alternative energy as well as his advocacy of a lets get all of our troops out of Iraq now policy. In relation to the other leaders in the Democratic primary such as Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton, what seperates Richardson and what really gained attention, as NHPR said, is Richardson's employment of strong policy, in Iraq and Energy, for his New Hampshire campaign . And we all know that New Hampshire plays a pivotal role in the primary elections so it will be interesting to see how the other candidates react to the surge in support for Richardson and how they might attempt to appeal to these interest groups in their own New Hampshire campaign.
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