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Originally Posted by loquitur
Now I'll contradict myself: the best Dem candidate is Bill Richardson. He has actually run something (state of NM) and has foreign policy experience too. He oozes gravitas. And he's Hispanic. Why isn't he getting more attention?
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First, let me just agree that Richardson is my favorite candidate. I think he should be President, and I said that in 2004 as well. I hoped that Kerry would draft him as VP, but it obviously didn't happen.
That said, Richardson has two very big problems right now - corruption and women. There's a big investigation of his NM administration, and it's not looking good. Basically he's getting tagged for the same things Blagoevich is in IL. He's also a notorious womanizer, which is going to be hard overcome in the borderline states, even if he does get an automatic 5% bump from the Hispanic vote.