There is no surprise that Bill Richardson has not endorsed anyone for the democratic nomination. I guess he is holding out till the end to secure some sort of position on their administration. He believed that the run for president would have ended by this weeks primaries, but he was wrong. He thinks that the infighting between U.S. Sen. Barack Obama and Sen. Hillary Clinton, will only harm the Democratic Party in the general election. He has noticed that the election has started to become extremely negative and it is time for one candidate to step aside so the Democratic party can get ready to prepare for the major election in November. Well this could happen if Richardson decides to nominate a candidate, but I guess he will keep waiting like everyone else. On the other hand in a strange sort of way Richardson did endorse Obama. he said whoever has the delegate lead after tomorrow should get the nomination. Obama had the lead after the Tuesday primaries.
Richardson signed a bill this morning allocating $341 million for capital improvements statewide, including more than $7.3 million in funding to the region. He also vetoed $580,000 in regional project requests, including a $350,000 request for a Clovis communications/administration building.
Other than his normal Governor duties, Richardson has been working on making New Mexico the best state ever and trying to figure out who to endorse for the Democratic nomination.
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As "helpful and insightful" as Richardson is trying to be, he is being just as much a politician as Clinton and Obama. Looking at his statements, he is reiterating facts, spitting them out as he reads headlines - without any real opinions. The last one about "the candidate with the most delegates on Tuesday" is almost interesting, but he obviously does not believe it enough to act on it... its almost sad, to watch this man who had so much potential fall to the wayside, but he fell into that damn political pitfall of inactivity.
Richardson's status as a superdelegate and his ties to the Clintons has prevented him from endorsing any particular candidate. I don't think that he will endorse a candidate until the nomination is secured by either Clinton or Obama, but with the Pennsylvania primary playing such a critical role in deciding the Democratic nominee, Richardson's endorsement could help sway voters to one of the candidates.
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