Sometimes, truth really is stranger than fiction: God’s will is for Iowa to have the first-in-the-nation caucus, Democratic presidential candidate Bill Richardson told a crowd here Monday. “Iowa, for good reason, for constitutional reasons, for reasons related to the Lord, should be the first caucus and primary,” Richardson, New Mexico’s governor, said at the Northwest [...]

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 [...]

Heath Haussamen noted that Rep. Heather Wilson spent the day in Las Cruces, following on the heels of a visit to Rep. Tom Udall’s district. Las Cruces is, of course, Rep. Steve Pearce’s district. Heath cut straight to the chase: She is – or at least, until the U.S. attorney controversy broke, was – the [...]

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. [...]

Dana Goldstein writes this week about the issues some second-tier candidates are talking about in their bids to move up with the big boys. She mentions Bill Richardson several times, most notably in his talk of New Mexico’s system of paying teachers: After the debate, leading education blogger Alexander Russo reported that a Santa Fe [...]

Via Election Central comes this NY Times chart showing the amount of time presidential candidates have spent on screen (cable and network news). Bill Richardson comes in second place, behind Ariz. Sen. John McCain. In addition, he has one of the higher percentage jumps when compared to last year. The question has to be if [...]

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 [...]

I bring this up in the concept of peak water, in that communities across the West are dealing with drought, in addition to the question of water supplies. The effects are actually being felt throughout the southern half of the U.S. Take, for example, this article in USA Today: Severe dryness across California and Arizona [...]