Bill Richardson Ends Presidential Bid

[Pabster]

Story here.

Never was a Richardson fan. He seemed to be a one-issue candidate, and I can't stand those. At least he ran a clean campaign, that's something to be proud of. Perhaps he'll surface again as VP on someone's ticket.




There is an equivalent thread started by ProJohn on the Dropout rate.

Please use it.


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[techs]

On the whole, what support he had will go to Edwards and Hillary. I don't think his supporters are the Obama type.

 

[Pabster]

^^ Agreed.

 

[Lemon law]

I can somewhat buy the techs contention of---On the whole, what support he had will go to Edwards and Hillary. I don't think his supporters are the Obama type.

The Richardson problem lies in ( WHAT SUPPORTERS?). A whole 2% in Iowa, a whole 5% in NH, and if Richardson residual support splits between Edwards and Hillary, that few point margin is still trivial compared to the fact the big dem three are still splitting the vote without anyone getting more than 40%.

No money and no support. A fatal combination for Bill Richardson. Kucinich is another calculus splitting even less.

The dems are now down to their basic big three, the repubs are still milling around in confusion. The sooner a given party resolves their nominee, the more money they have left over for the general election. And for the first time in many decades, its the republicans that are sucking hind tit on donated money.

 

[IronWing]

My thought on Richardson hasn't changed since he announced his run and that is that he is running for VP. He hasn't spoken ill of any of the other candidates and a western VP might help the ticket whomever is nominated.

 

[nageov3t]

Originally posted by: ironwing
My thought on Richardson hasn't changed since he announced his run and that is that he is running for VP. He hasn't spoken ill of any of the other candidates and a western VP might help the ticket whomever is nominated.

/agree

I think he'd make a fine VP for Hillary, though I'm still hoping for Biden if Obama wins the nom (though whether he'd take it is another issue... VP vs elder stateman senator is kind of a toss-up).

 

[BradT]

Finally, a guy who drops out after he has no shot.

 

[bamacre]

Originally posted by: BradT
Finally, a guy who drops out after he has no shot.

Hey, let's not take cheap shots at Fred Thompson. :|

 

[NeoV]

I'm a fan of his, and hope he's involved in the next administration in some capacity