also, could this be a sign he knows something if he's angling for a VP spot?

Apparently that wasn't something Bill offered while watching the Super Bowl with Richardson.  For players like Richardson all they want is an assurance they are on the short list of prospective running mates.  

Throwing Michigan under the bus is nothing new for Richardson.  He wants Great Lakes water to be piped to the southwest.

But this statement really grinds at me:

"There is no doubt in my mind that Barack Obama has the judgment and courage ... "

What is significant is the following:

1. He's one more superdelegate for Obama.
   
2. Obama gets some positive coverage in the press.  He's lost about the last five news cycles.
   
3. Other superdelegates may see this and start to move too (for both Clinton and Obama).

He might drive the Hispanic vote in NM, but I think he'd be hard pressed even to deliver the Hispanic vote against McCain on a national level.

Ask Teddy about endorsements delivering votes. Poor Bill R., it looks like he decided to put paid on his debt to Teddy K. We Hispanics understand loyalty and honoring our debts, I don't think this will hurt Bill R., but it won't help Obama with Hispanics.

I love rumor smearing.

Now all the states with large Hispanic populations have had their primaries and Obama is stuck in a cycle of daily gaffes, missteps and bad news.

This may be why I saw something somewhere about an Obama brother named "Roy" who changed his name to a Muslim name and was praised for it by Obama.

Now, at the time I didn't know all that much about Obama's immediate family--or rather the siblings of his mother.  And I meant to google around, but forgot. Roy seems to be a Kenyan half-brother. Right?

But it's already out there, being passed around in some way.

His relatives are not people he really knows all that well....It will be a very real reach.....As to changing of names, Obama went from using "Barry" to his true first name Barack.  Don't hide from who you really are.....It's about honesty, not politics....

And the wingnuts will have to figure out if there are going to say he's a Muslim or a radical black Christian.  Tough choice.

It was not known if the DC sniper was a stand-alone criminal or part of a terrorts cell.

Insead, he would give a speech on the importance of protecting government officials from mail-in attacks.

Then, he would hold a press conference stating that the attention given to the DC sniper by the press was because of institutional racism.

Then, he would make a posting to his website that proclaiming his opposition to the willful killing of Americans through voilent means.

Lots of Truthiness.
Obama also began opposing war funding after he became a presidential candidate, but that's rarely mentioned in the media or press.

This is about Michigan. Richardson also removed his name from the ballot. Hence the timing.

Yup, looks like a VP or high Cabinet spot.

I hope they find out the breaches of the Passport file were Obama fans just sneaking a peek out of adoration. "Look! Baracks file".

Edwards didn't do much for either.  I was thinking it will still happen, just closer to NC.

I'm also thinking he would rather be Attorney General than VP.

mean that you are admitting that you lacked the ability to be a "unique" leader?  No wonder you won over so few voters...well that and the fact that you looked and sounded the least presidential of any candidate.

But I always have questions so here is one:  How does playing the race card like it was a Stradivarius, the willful disenfranchisement of two swing states, and not having steadfast convictions on a single policy issue qualify Obama as having a unique ability to build bridges?  Bashing Bush and McCain is fun and easy...but is it the right row to hoe to lure conservative voters to the center?  Is bashing pretty much all Republican policy going to pull GOP congressmen to the center?  

Hillary can't force bipartisanship either as she says the same things about the GOP and GOP policies.  So please tell me how Obama's trashing is actually bridge-building.  Tell me how Obama's insistence that Wright is a swell guy is going to win over conservatives?   I keep looking for a reason to stop disliking Obama in case he is the nominee but frankly, I can't find a single reason.  He has no definitive policy plans, his "young and progressive thinking" staffers say he does..with the caveat that "nothing is set in stone", including pulling troops out of Iraq with all speed...which at one time was his only selling point.  He speaks well but what does that matter when he says so little while saying so much?  He is as divisive in his tactics as was George Bush...lockstep or nothing.  So long as Hillary is the media's target all is fair in love and politics.  Let the media focus turn to Obama for one news cycle and he whines as though his ice cream just fell off the cone.

Even GWB had his feet held to a small fire.  Even GWB had to answer the occasional question to a journalist's satisfaction and not to Bush's satisfaction.

I wish the rules would have been explained beforehand.  All dem candidates not named Obama, you will be held to the same standard as all previous Presidential candidates.  Anyone not named Obama will not be allowed to point out the fact that Obama is, shhhhhh, of mixed heritage.  

I love the SNL skit where the moderator of a debate asks Obama, "Mr. Obama, can you please tell me, can I get you a glass of water?"

Obama: "No, thank you, I'm fine."

2nd moderator:  "With regards to my colleagues question; are you sure?"

But I always have questions so here is one:  How does playing the race card like it was a Stradivarius,

I think Obama is facing something he really has never faced before, which makes this a real test for him.  His political history has not been one of rising against adversity in highly competetive contests, and his response to it in this race has so far not impressed me, and not done much to change the dynamic.

I'm sure Obama is hoping that the Easter holiday might bring a break in the cycle that is long enough to set things back on track again, but I am not holding my breath.

I read a couple of articles about a year and a half or two years ago about potential Democratic candidates. The articles indicated that Richardson's reputation regarding sexual harrassment would be a potential problem for him.

He never gained any traction in the primaries so nothing came out.

By my figures she would have to get 70% (unless my math is off).

It is not looking good.

Not only will pledged delegates not decide this nomination, but it is entirely possible that some will switch their allegiance when they get to their state conventions, which could alter the landscape a little.

And before anyone starts screaming about Hillary breaking the rules and stealing delegates in desperation, let's understand that the term "pledged" is a term that imputes a stricter standard than the actual rules impose.  

If Obama can't shake the bad news cycle, if polling continues to show a downward trend for him, an upward trend for Hillary and an even greater upswing for McCain, superdelegates who are already committed, and those who are not yet committed, will have to think long and hard about the consequence of sticking with him or committing to him, which may well be losing our chance to win the WH in November.

I would not want to be a superdelegate for love nor money.  If they stick with Obama when all signs point to him losing, and he does, the same people who were threatening riots if they "gave" the nomination to Hillary will be blaming them for not "seeing the big picture."  If they commit to Hillary and she gets the nomination, and loses, then it will be their fault because the didn't go with Obama.

"I've won more delagates, more states, and more votes..."

First of all, the "more states" argument is absurd.  It assumes, for example, that a state like Wyoming, which has something like 300K residents, is equivalant to California, which has 12 Million, or so.  So that leaves us with delagates vs. popular vote.  But neither will get the required number of elected delagates, so even that argument isn't valid.  The bottom line it, if Hillary can close the gap on popular votes, and looking at recent polls, she just might, then Mr. BHO runs out of arguments to make.

I told them NO because they showed lack of leadership and bias, because my fellow dem in Michigan and Florida cannot vote, etc.

I really get the sense that what we are seeing is a power stuggle to control the Democratic Party, not a race for the White House. It really is very much like what cost us the Congress back in 1994.

A "once-in-a-lifetime leader that can bring our nation together and restore America's moral leadership in the world" sounds like Richardson is conceding that there are not now (and won't be for several decades) any other great Dem leaders.

And yet the Obama and Clinton campaigns, greatly aided by the DNC, have decided to sign a suicide pact, waging a campaign guaranteed to ensure that a significant portion of the loser's supporters will never vote for the nominee.  A combination of Tom Wolfe and Hunter Thompson could not have dreamed up such a pathetic mess.  Only the Dems are capable of producing such a depressing result in a year where the presidency was otherwise guaranteed.

The REPUBLICAN party FORCED the DEM primary date of JAN 29th as part of a bill for PAPER BALLOT VOTE establisment in FL.

I am in FL. and Governor Charlie Crist [write this name down] stated he would veto any paper ballot bill that did not contain the JAN 29th date selected for the DEM PRIMARY as a part of a rider addendum to the PAPER BALLOT TRAIL bill. The paper ballot trail bill was voted on PRIOR to the Jan 29 Dem primary in FL in by the REPUBLICAN CONTROLLED GOV in FL to force this issue.

Btw.. Now back to Crist. He is on the SHORT list for McCain as a VP candidate from FL to get VOTES.

Democrats know that the PAPER BALLOT trail is needed in FL as a record against electronic voting "snaffoos" AND HAD A FORCED VOTE of choosing the JAN 29 primary date added to a bill intended for voting for establishing a paper ballot trail. If you VOTED yes for the Paper Ballot Trail you VOTED YES on the Jan 29 Dem Primary date BY DEFAULT.

The democrats in FL selected Paper Ballots.
DEAN should have SUPPORTED the FL democrats by now. Dean KNOWS THIS FACT of why the FL primary date WAS CHANGED BY REPUBLICANS.