Gov. Richardson on Lou Dobbs' show. [View All]

Although I understand the low opinion many here have of Mr. Dobbs, his interview with Gov. Richardson this afternoon demonstrated why Richardson would not be a good candidate for VP.

As Dobbs confronted him again and again on the topic of the border fence and immigration Richardson couldn't go past the talking points he had come prepared with. He stuttered, and avoided the issues Dobbs was bringing up by awkwardly returning to his prepared material. Avoiding the issues is fine, but you have to do so gracefully. He would be slaughtered in the VP debates and press ops.

Although I have two preferred choices for his VP pick, (Hillary or Biden), he would be wise to pick someone more comfortable with confrontation and more agile verbally.