The schedule of New Mexico Governor and Presidential Nominee Bill Richardson has consisted of traveling throughout Iowa and Washington DC this week to campaign. He has visited his 99th of Iowa’s 99 counties. Throughout his campaign he has shown his support and dedication to the rural and urban areas in Iowa. He continues to be the only candidate who brings both change and experience into the race, and it seems to be producing some good results. On December 3rd while campaigning in Iowa, Richardson proposed his mortgage and credit card markets policy.
Instead of attending the NPR debate on December 4th, Richardson went to the memorial service for Corporal Clem R. Boody, a US MIA whose remains he helped secure and return from North Korea in April 2007.
Richardson expressed his disappointment in other senators, Clinton, Obama, Biden and Dodd because they failed to show up for an important vote on Alternative Minimum Tax. He felt that this legislation could prove some needed relief for Americans straining during Bush’s failed economic policies. He pledged to always show up and fight for the middle class unlike the other senators. Hooray!! Richardson received an A on his report card; wouldn’t his parents be so proud? He received the highest grade and the only “A” on Independent Report Card that graded presidential candidates plans to address energy policy and climate change.
He also received new support from Pedro Mora, a former Guantanamo and Abu Ghraib interrogator. He campaigned in Iowa on behalf of Richardson and in the process accused Bush on recent revelations that the CIA destroyed.
Richardson has proved to be consistent in the polls, being in fourth place in many states, and plans on campaigning and fundraising in Nevada, California, Iowa, New York and New Hampshire this week.
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It seems as if Richardson should be moving up in the polls. Not only is he intensely campaigning in Iowa, he received an “A” on the Independent Report Card which should help him win the support of many liberal Democrats. In addition, he really seems to care about middle class Americans. These facts make me wonder, why exactly is Richardson still in fourth place among the Democratic candidates? Is it because he is unknown to many Democrats, or because Clinton and Obama receive the majority of the Democratic media attention? Or could there be other reasons? Maybe since his absence at this weeks’ NPR debate alienated some of his potential supporters; however, that same night he went to a memorial service for a citizen MIA in North Korea whose remains he helped bring to the Untied States. I think mainly Richardson is unknown to the general public. While many voters do watch the news and read newspapers, it is hard to learn about candidates such as Richardson when the biggest news stories are always about Clinton, Obama, and even Republican Mike Huckabee.
I agree that with Cindy that Richardson is relatively unknown to the public compared to other Democratic front runners such as Clinton and Obama, yet I think that he may not have such a slight chance as it may seem. In his home state of New Mexico, he is doing well, winning with 28% the the polls, compared to Clinton with 22%. He seems to be the most viable "underdog" candidate to win the nomination and he could, like Huckabee in the Republican arena, swoop in at the last moments and be a surprise winner of Democratic nomination.
I followed your link, "mortgage and credit card markets policy," and Richardson's solution to the mortgage and credit crunch crises has got to be the most frightening campaign proposal since Senator Clinton's $5000 to every child idea. He wants to create a "Financial Product Safety Commission" that will "review new financial products for consumer safety, just as we do for drugs, toys, and other products." I didn't think I could get any worse financial advice than phone calls from a brokerage firm, but apparently Richardson wants the federal government, the most financially irresponsible and inefficient institution in the country, to give me and everyone else a review of the "financial safety" of my loans and investments. Of course, it can't be as bad as the other commissions he mentioned - those that review drugs and toys - since they've only succeeded in delaying the release of life saving drugs and allowing lead covered toys to fill up store shelves. I wonder if Governor Richardson will come up with another federal commission to fix the problems in those he mentioned above. I bet his Financial Safety Commission would call that a "sound investment."
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