"Richardson has arguably the best resume of any candidate for the presidency in nation’s history"

Richardson instinctive with Iowa-flavored humor
by: Douglas Burns

RED OAK -- ...rural Iowans love humor. Go into any coffee shop, local eatery, bar or grain elevator. Have lunch with the Rotary or Kiwanis clubs. Customers joke with waitresses. Truck drivers joke with clerks. Old men in feed hats spend hours over 30-cent cups of coffee giving each other the business over something or another. In our more urban areas, and the growing spirit-crushing suburbs, there are a lot Hillary Clintons. She's rushing to the White House. They're rushing to Bed, Bath & Beyond. But in my part of the state, western Iowa, the place where the caucuses will be decided, naturally folksy humor goes a long way.

Of the top four Democratic candidates in the race, Bill Richardson, the New Mexico governor, is most natural with a Sunday lemonade-brand of spontaneous humor. It’s instinctive for him, and it’s one of the reasons he’s climbing in the polls. He’s disarming. The jokes get people to see past the suit and tie and title and platoon of earnest young staffers. “We hit 10 percent,” Richardson said Saturday in Red Oak. “That’s pretty good for having been at the margin of error.” Richardson noted that New Mexico now has eight movies being made in the state. “One of the conditions is that I have to star in all of them,” he joked, with a wink to the fact that's he's a few pounds ahead of leading man fighting weight.

Near the end of his visit to Red Oak, Richardson tapped the shoulder of a woman sitting next to him while making a point about education. The woman clearly hadn’t been paying full attention to his remarks and was a little startled. “Did I wake you up?” said Richardson with a wide smile. He tapped his watch and said, “I’ll finish soon.”
In Denison a few weeks ago Richardson said he signed a smoking ban in New Mexico but exempted cigar bars. He shrugged and told the audience, “Hey, I’m a cigar smoker.” Richardson talks about how he will work on Iraq the first day he’s in office, energy independence the next, and health-care and education on the third day. “The fourth day,” he says, pausing. “I’ll take off.” That line works on so many levels.

The new advertisements in which Richardson sits down for a job interview for the presidency with a rude, sandwich-chomping “employer,” are more humorous than much of the material late-night comics produce. Another reason humor works well for Richardson: There’s little danger the use of it will make him seem an unserious person. Richardson has arguably the best resume of any candidate for the presidency in the nation’s history: Governor, congressman, United Nations ambassador and Secretary of Energy. As Richardson hits the small towns of Iowa, pays his due the old-fashioned way, he’ll make many Iowans comfortable with him. He comes across as a person who genuinely likes people. The same cannot be said of all candidates.
http://www.iowaindependent.com/showDiary.do?diaryId=178

Even the republicans agreed he has the most experience.

That wasn't cool what he pulled on Denish. He's overly touchy-feely with women, in a patronizing way. Overall he's gotten a pass on those things, though. It's hardly ever brought up.

So why the Hell has all the media hype been about three senators whose combined experience is about 16 years??

All the hype about the "black man vs the white woman" but no mention of the obviously better qualified Latino guy.

The DLC controls the whore media spin to some degree. Richardson was DLC. What did he do to piss them off?

Kucinich is still my chosen candidate. But I would laugh my ass off if Richardson made it into the top 3 in Iowa. Especially if he was the one to knock Hillary out of the top 3.

He's a well spoken and articulate individual and this country owes him a debt of gratitude for bailing jerkwad out of the fire by negotiating with the No Koreans because W's entire administration was incapable of the diplomatic nuance necessary to get it done.

That said, he lacks in the dynamism department, I guess as he's just not catching fire.

He'd make a great SOS or VP in the coming Democratic Adminsitration.

I just returned from a six week visit to New Mexico. I rented a house in Santa Fe but toured many parts of the state. Richardson must be effective as the state appears to be upward bound in many areas--economy, education, tourism, health care. Plus, the people of New Mexico seem to appreciate their governor. I am impressed by Governor Richardson.

This AM on WMUR TV CH9 in NH, Bill thanked the 21,000 Iowans who stood up for him last night.
Thanks, Iowa!

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of things before running for president, given the superficiality of it all. He should have gotten himself into better physical shape and become more comfortable in front of the camera. Watching him in the debates is painful. He looks as if he'd rather be anywhere but in that place and you almost expect him to bolt for the exit. It's really a shame he's trailing so badly considering he's probably the most qualified.

and doesn't light my fire. My Dad in NH says alot of the Richardson people are switching to Obama. He did. I think Richardson will drop out soon after NH. JMHO.

Always jumping to her defense just when it is starting to get hot. Always there to bloviate/filibuster to lower the pressure in the teapot. Merely there to protect Hillary. :puke:

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