Libertarians for Richardson?

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Submitted by LoganFerree on Tue, 2006-12-26 21:33.

One strike I had against Bill Richardson has been removed; a second attempt to restrict eminent domain has been approved by the Governor after an initial veto. Conservative pundits are praising Richardson, although also pointing out the obstacles he faces. I've also had conversations with a handful of conservative friends who expressed respect for Richardson's experience in contrast to not only Hillary Clinton, Barack Obama, and John Edwards, but the clowns running for the Republicans as well.

His negotiating experience is amazing, ranging from hostage negotiations in Sudan to Iraq. I can trust someone like that in foreign policy.

And while he's not going to be a radical dismantling the government, I do think he has fiscally conservative impulses and a record he can run on. If so-called "libertarian Republicans" can rally around gun control nanny statist Giuliani, libertarian Democrats can be proud of Governor Bill Richardson.

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Richardson ads

#2982 On Tue, 2006 12 26 22:35 Robot.Economist said,

He also has some pretty inventive TV spots.

Since the potential '08 crowd has thinned a little, I have become much more excited about Bill Richardson's prospects. We'll have to see what Obama chooses to do in the next month or so - I have a friend on his staff and even they are in the dark about what he will do. I like Obama, he's a fresh face and quite the foreign policy go-getter, but I think we will probably need to be on his second term in the Senate before people take him seriously as a presidential candidate.

In the meantime, I have been keeping my eye on the burgeoning draft Richardson in '08 netroots movement. They watch dKos (Lord knows why after Lamont's defeat back in November) and have put together a nice clearinghouse on Richardson policy (which happens to be down right now).

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The National Review article

#2983 On Tue, 2006 12 26 23:38 mlinksva said,

The National Review article says that Richardson would be strong in AZ, CO, NM, and NV. Nevermind them, he would put TX into play, which would make the GOP spend a lot of money it wouldn't have to with any other candidate.

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