I am just totally guessing here, but something tells me that if Richardson had endorsed Clinton it would have been hugely significant.

Aaaaand....Bill Richardson doesn't matter. John Edwards, Joe Biden, do you guys want to matter or not matter?

I mean, this guy is so predictable I could host these conference calls and only change ONE million.

Apparently it's not just states that don't matter, but governors too! Congratulations to Bill Richardson on achieving the Hillaryworld status of the non-material. Is that like some disembodied state that enables him to levitate and see through walls and such? That'd be so cool.

“What this man has done, Barack Obama, is, he, for the first time I think, as a black leader in America, has come to the American people not as a victim, but rather as a leader."

--Claire McCaskill

Notice the Clinton campaign didn't attack Obama for his surrogate's gaffe. Politics as usual with Obama.

Ahhhhhh. I wanted to be the first to post some "Richardson doesn't matter" snark.

But based on the picture on the TPM page, I do have to ask whether this was really Richarson or whether it was his alter ego from the evil Mirror Universe. (And what do you think Penn is like there--a guy with a conscience and a sense of shame, or so much hugely evil that he's like the villian in a James Bond movie?)

Who knew that super delegates were insignificant?

Penn (and by extension the Hillary's campaign) take politically self-serving behavior to new heights, or lows, depending. But it's not surprising. The undertone that I hear in her campaign just gets stronger everyday: if you can't get me elected, you don't matter.

Whether we're talking a political process (like a caucus), an entire state (like Illinois), or a former cabinet member of your husband's administration, who's also a former presidential candidate and current super delegate, if you aren't with her, you aren't important.

Yep. So darn insignificant that it is, well, significant enough to talk about during one of their vapid conference calls. Nice, Mark. Very nice.

Honestly. For any Obama supporter Penn is the gift that keeps on giving.

This guy is the biggest winner ever.

Here is Bill acting as a mafia thug for his wife. Old story but still juicy given today's Penn's "sage" words

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/politics/2004179017_apondeadlineclinton12.html

While the remaining states may have smaller Latino populations, isn't the Clinton campaign making a big deal about Puerto Rico switching to a primary to help her close the popular vote gap? Bill Richardson is Latino but he's Mexican. There is friction between Mexican and Puerto Rican communities in the states, but will that matter to Puerto Rican islanders?

Bill Richardson doesn't matter.

Every vote counts. Also, it would be weird if Senator Edwards endorsed Clinton because during the early part of the primary season, himself and Obama had more in common in their approach, their platform etc. And in general they are more similar.

Perhaps it is because Senator Kerry endorsed Obama and there is friction between Kerry and Edwards. He should have conviction though and endorse Obama, regardless of what Kerry has said about him. Kerry didn't loose because of Edwards. The American people know this.

If Edwards turns around and goes for Clinton, I think many people will be surprised.

Also if Edwards did endorse Clinton I think he would be out-of-step with his supporters, most of whom in my opinion have gone with Obama. (Atleast from people I know.) His supporters would raise a few eyebrows and be dissapointed, I being one of them.

Annieratna

Edwards will at some point endorse Obama. This became clear just after SuperTuesday. If you'll recall, Clinton paid a visit to Edwards in Chapel Hill. The Clintons were quick to the conference call to spin the trip. Obama was scheduled to visit a day or so later but cancelled. He made the trip, unannounced, a week or so later

Edwards of course has been silent ever since despite tremendous pressure from the Clintons

He's been in Obama's back pocket since February

But don't tell Greg Sargent

We'll just keep that OUR little secret

The only way that Clinton can win is by the super delegates overturning the pledged delegate's vote. The only way that could happen is if Obama becomes unelectable as determined by the polls. Well folks that makes this a national contest again.

Imagine what would happen to Hillary's already minuscule chances if Obama starts to eat into her lead among Hispanics.

Yea that's right Mr Penn, these are not the votes you are looking for.

Honestly, if Hillary had hired a potted plant instead of Penn can you really tell me she would be worst off?

Exactly. Not just a purple state but a western purple state which, if the democrats can turn blue would represent a seismic shift in the electoral map.

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By Rae:

Everyone who has not drank the Obama Koolaid is now really questioning the judgment of a man - a politician - with all the negative connotations that the label “politician” elicits, a politician who would negligently, without thought, enroll his children in a hate preaching church, or with thought, calculatingly do so for political expediency, without care of the price it would cost him and his children; that price being the brutal assault on the new and fresh minds and souls in those young ones who would have otherwise been allowed to grow and flourish in a new and better world - a world free of much of the old prejudices and hatreds of an older generation.

But no, Obama took away that innocence from his children either because of a lack of awareness and negligence in parenting and role modeling, or done in a calculated choice and disregard of them for the sake of political ambition. Either way, you arrive at the same result, that of bad judgment.
Everyone should question Obama on that, supporters and non-supporters alike.

We expect our leaders to exercise better judgment than that. Heck, the average American typically would know better than that, even the typical white people Obama referred to in his latest speech explaining his ill advised comparison between his own grandmother and his pastor.

But if we expect even more from our leaders then can we not, should we not, now question those who knowing of this defect in judgment, still come out in support of him and even endorse him as Bill Richardson did today? And what does that say of Sen. Lincoln Chafee of Rhode Island, a republican who endorsed Obama when he did not know better, who now continues to appear on Obama’s behalf, knowing of this poor judgment?

These politicians are now saying to the American people, we don’t care about that judgment. Our judgment is the same and our judgment says we want this man, this politician to be our leader now, our children’s role model.

When these politicians come up for re-election, we the typical white people as well as people of color who think it unwise to teach our children hate, should not forget those who came out in support of this politician and his judgment.

Rae

Why didn't Richardson endorse Obama prior to Texas, when it might have really made a difference?

Someone tell me, please: what the hell is John Edwards waiting for?