Sunday, February 17, 2008
Richardson Update Feb. 10-17
On Tuesday, February 12th, the New Mexico caucus took place. Richardson was "deeply disturbed" by the overwhelming amount of problems that occurred that day. There were fewer polling places and shorter hours which led to ridiculous lines and confusion; the winner, Hillary Clinton, was finally announced on Valentinte's Day. This week, Richardson also announced that the new action movie entitled "Legion" will be filmed in New Mexico. This will bring the count to over 90 major feature films filmed in the state since Richardson took office as governor (adding about 1.5 billion dollars to the state's economy). Furthermore, Richardson responded to his state's 2008 legislation session, focusing on health care reform. He said, "I will not stand by while 400,000 New Mexicans continue to struggle day-to-day without access to health care." Also, in preparation for potential emergencies due to recent heavy snow storms, Richardson has called on many state agencies to be prepared this weekend. In addition, Governor Richardson's already "clean energy state" has made further efforts to battle global warming by signing a new bill that sets energy efficiency standards even higher for electric utilities.
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While Richardson seems to be busy governing New Mexico, it will be interesting to see whether he is selected as a running mate for the Democratic Nominee. He has been relatively uninvolved in the Presidential race since his drop out; leading one to believe his current stagey is to focus on the issues in New Mexico and avoid alienating either candidate. The pressing question is how long can he remain neutral in one of the most heated races for the Presidency in history?
Richardson has immensely helped New Mexico by providing more money to the states economy. He has helped the state in its struggle to provide health care to all citizens. It will be interesting to see what Richardson does with his time now that he has dropped out of the race. Will he keep providing movies to New Mexico to make more money? Will he keep fighting the ongoing battle of global warming? I am very intrigued in the actions of this presidential candidate and hope to see more in the future.
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