Today in Salon, Amanda Griscom Little interviews Gov. Bill Richardson about his energy plan: Bill Richardson likes to play up his image as a horse-ridin’, gun-totin’ man of the Wild West, but don’t be distracted by the cowboy swagger — the Democratic governor of New Mexico also has a serious policy wonk side. That was [...]

Yesterday, Heath blogged about Gov. Bill Richardson’s latest campaign tactic: calling out the leading Dem. candidates on their Iraq War positions: Richardson has thus far refrained from going negative. However, in an e-mail sent today to campaign supporters, he suggested that Hillary Clinton, Barack Obama and John Edwards have not been providing “straight answers” on [...]

Progressive mag TAP has an online-only interview with Gov. Bill Richardson regarding said candidate’s economic rhetoric. It’s not a pretty sight: Here’s the good news: I no longer think Richardson is an economic conservative. I was misled by his support for a balanced budget amendment, his attempts to contrast himself with anti-growth politicians, and his [...]

Following what several people called a “forgettable” performance at Tuesday’s AFL-CIO forum in Chicago, Gov. Bill Richardson committed a major gaffe at a forum sponsored by two gay-rights oriented organizations. Pam Spaulding (who also blogs at Pandagon) has a great post up higlighting the problem over at Pam’s House Blend: MS. ETHERIDGE:  Thank you. Do [...]

I’ve been checking all the usual places for some mention of Gov. Bill Richardson’s debate performance last night. Here’s the first one I saw: Was Richardson even there? He didn’t say anything noteworthy, though he managed not to mention the Balanced Budget Amendment, so I guess that’s a plus. If I see any others, I’ll [...]

I’ll be down south again in the morning, and then off to El Paso to pick Meredith up at the airport. Part II of my series on border issues and immigration will be in the newspaper Monday afternoon, while you can expect Part III on Tuesday. Keep an eye on Heath Haussamen’s place tomorrow: Gov. [...]

The Boston Globe is reporting that a former GOP candidate for the Manchester mayorship, Carlos Gonzales, has announced his support for Bill Richardson: “Governor Bill Richardson is by far the most qualified candidate in the race for President,” said Gonzalez, who will change his registration to Democrat so he can vote for Richardson in next [...]

Remember those funny Bill Richardson “job interview” ads that aired a few weeks ago. Seems everybody loves them: Republicans are almost as impressed as Democrats by Gov. Bill Richardson’s resume — or at least, his advertising about his resume — according to a survey by Wilson Research Strategies. [...] The ads have gotten widespread praise [...]

Gov. Bill Richardson was interview by Tim Russert on Meet The Press this weekend. Depending on who you ask, Richardson either “held his own” or “self destructed.” For the local perspective, let’s check in with Heath Haussamen: Gov. Bill Richardson took a beating on Sunday from the host of NBC’s Meet The Press, but he [...]

According to the Des Moines Register (hat tip to Election Central), Gov. Bill Richardson will increase his spending on advertising in Iowa after a recent poll showed him breaking into double-digit support: The Iowa Poll released Sunday showed Richardson had 10 percent support among likely Democratic caucus participants. John Edwards led with 29 percent, followed [...]

Matt Yglesias, just entering his stride blogging for The Atlantic, has a post online regarding a recent energy/climate policy speech by Gov. Bill Richardson: I particularly liked his insistence on the idea that most people underplay the role of transportation and land use policy in the energy puzzle. This was appealing because it’s what I [...]

I was working last night, and didn’t get to watch the debate. Nonetheless, some of the commentary this morning has been wonderful. Best line of the day will be a hard one to determine. I’m torn between Spencer and Matt. First up, how about Romney’s response on Islam, and the equation of Hamas and Hezbollah [...]