Richardson forms exploratory committee

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Submitted by adam ricketson on Sat, 2007-01-20 17:52.

From USA Today: Gov. Bill Richardson plans to take first step toward White House run

"Richardson plans to announce Sunday that he will soon file papers to create a presidential exploratory committee, several officials with knowledge of his plans said Friday. The governor is scheduled to appear Sunday on ABC's This Week."

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Bill Richardson on TV

#3114 On Sun, 2007 01 21 01:23 Robot.Economist said,

Richardson will be doing the Sunday morning talking heads on George Stephanopoulos's "This Week." They will be talking about his exploratory committee announcement.

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As noted in The Australian:

#3115 On Mon, 2007 01 22 15:55 cpeterso said,

"Latino throws his sombrero in ring"
http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,20867,21101929-2703,00.html

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Electoral Math

#3130 On Fri, 2007 01 26 11:33 nonluddite said,

If Richardson is the nominee, look for a Democrat lock on the Southwest--New Mexico, Arizona, Colorado, which would make him a shoo-in for the Presidency.

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that's promising

#3136 On Fri, 2007 01 26 16:57 adam ricketson said,

I think Richardson's candidacy would be a boon in that region...many of those states are swing states (Nevada, Colorado, NewMexico, Arizona).

It's hard to say if Richardson would loose any states that another candidate would carry -- Vilisak would probably take Iowa, but aside from that, I think the big candidates are either seen as too leftist (Clinton, Gore, Edwards) or just don't have the experience (Obama) to have much support outside of the Democratic heartland.

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And Nevada!

#3143 On Fri, 2007 01 26 18:28 nonluddite said,

Oops. Forgot about Nevada. And thinking more about it, he would probably shore up New Hampshire and Oregon, depending on who he was running against. If he keeps to his guns (literally) the rust belt (Ohio, W. Virginia), Montana; who knows?

It's hard to say what the Republicans would gain--maybe New York and the Northeast if Rudy is it.

Now that would be an interesting realignment to say the least!

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