Yet more pearls of wisdom from Bill "gay's aren't born gay" Richardson. Blech!

C'mon Richardson, you know its what you want, do it, endorse Obama. Do it.

I am glad that Richardson, Edwards, Pelosi, and Gore have not made any endorsements before this point. Can you imagine the media narrative if any one of them had endorsed Obama after super tuesday. __________ (fill in the blank) pushes Obama to win __________ (primary/caucus). They would end up trying to take all of the credit away from him.
At least now all we hear is that Obama is winning because of 50%+ of the democratic party being naieve coolaid drinking Obama zombies. :)

This is getting entirely too nerve-wracking. Hispanic voters in South Texas are staying away from Obama at the moment, which is perhaps the reason Obama is supposedly spending all day today (Monday) in TX. So, I totally agree that if Richardson thinks an endorsement for Obama will have any value, he has got to make it today, preferably with Obama in TX.

But maybe he's not holding out on Obama, he might be holding out on Clinton. Richardson might be too afraid to have his endorsement repudiated by Hispanic voters. So if he really wants to endorse Clinton, he is just playing it safe, waiting for her to win TX with a huge Hispanic plurality. Meaning, whatever he does will be worthless if he waits until after the polls close tomorrow.

Whatever happens tomorrow, I think we can put to bed the notion that the media is giving Obama the velvet glove treatment. He's had some of the worst press over the last week and today, by far, as to be the most difficult media day he's had this year.

The notion that if he fails to win both Texas and Ohio tomorrow is laughable. After being down by 20+ points in Texas and Ohio just two weeks ago, it's laughable to expect him to blow Clinton out in those states tomorrow. But, that's how the media will spin it tomorrow. Clinton will claim that she overcame the odds to pull victory from the jaws of defeat, but anyone with an internet connection will be able to discover that's not the case. That being said, this thing is going to go on, even if she loses ground amongst pledged delegates tomorrow.

That's unfortunate, but that's also how the cookie crumbles. Obama supporters need to acknowledge that however unpalatable the media drinking her spin (be it the unbalanced nature of the press coverage or constant moving of the goal post), it is going to be the talk of the pundits tomorrow. So you need to decide, are you in it to win it, or are you just a fair weather supporter? Movement candidates, like Obama, need ENERGY. And tomorrow, he's going to need that energy more than ever. Are you up for the task?

Great news.

The DNC needs to tell Hillary to stop the smear and fear campaign.

She's ready to destroy the party for her own ego/greed.

She needs to be stopped!

THIS IS EXCELLENT NEWS!! FOR HILLARY!!!

DirkVA writes

I agree with you, Greg. Richardson seems to be doing a coquettish "la belle dame sans mercie" act that I don't understand. I hope there's an explanation that does him credit, but I haven't come up with it yet.

Maybe Bill Clinton persuaded him to promise not to endorse Obama before TX at their superbowl lovefest. So he's abiding by the letter of the promise.

If you want a seat, you'd better buy a ticket as early as possible. For an endorsement to be valuable, it must be offered early in the process,i.e. you need to stick your neck out. That's why I had so much problem with all these labor endorsements at this late stage.

It is like there is a fight between two people. You don't take a position initally because you don't know who will win. Then at certain stage, when someone is already down, now you start throwing stone at the person. What if that person stands back up, what will happen to you?

Good catch, Greg.

Richardson is a shrewd pol who has a keen eye for the shifting power plays within the democratic superstructure. His long career in corrupt NM patron politics demanded that he master the game in order to be so successful at it.

Bill Clinton was his patron for so long that I wondered if Richardson would, or could, cut the cords. The fact that he is doing so now in the face of the Clintons' recent gains in gaming the media and the message suggests that there is some very serious rumbling going on beneath the surface.

Despite Richardson's benign image, folks in the Santa Fe Roundhouse know all about the kind of political hardball he plays behind closed doors and sometimes out in the open against his political enemies, including fellow dems.

Bill Richardson is an adept at political calculus and his recent comments suggest he's placing his bets. IMO, whether or not he endorses Obama is of lesser significence than the fact that he's criticising the Clinton game plans. Richardson wouldn't be so obvious unless he knows the powers-that-be within the party are coalescing against them.

Couldn't Richardson endorsement (if it comes) be important in a FL replay?

I think the reason Hillary has gone semi-nucler this weekend is because she has already been told that she needs to drop out. She most likely has received calls from numerous superdelegates telling her they were going to support Obama.

Her response to those calls was a renewed vengenance to take Obama out at all costs. No matter how much damage she does to him or the party.

Mathmatically she does not have a fighting chance, she knows it, Bill knows it and the DNC and DLC members all know it.

Hillary is done and what we are watching is her flame out.

March 3, 2008
Limbaugh urges listeners to vote for Clinton
Posted: 04:51 PM ET
Limbaugh wants the Democratic race to continue.
Limbaugh wants the Democratic race to continue.

(CNN) – As Hillary Clinton battles to keep her presidential bid alive, she may be getting help from an unlikely source: conservative radio host Rush Limbaugh.

Limbaugh has been actively urging his Texas listeners to cross over and vote for Clinton in that state's open primary Tuesday, arguing it helps the Republicans if the Democratic race remains unsettled for weeks to come.

Will Hillary's Rasputinesque character deflate the hopes of Obama supporters on March 4th? Will the Freddie Kruger of American politics fight to live another day, killing the dreams of so many Americans? These are are the questions I ask myself.

Make no mistake, the current news cycle favors HRC's Campaign. On the eve of the most significant primaries in her life, network television, based in the media capital of the world gave local New York Senator a prime audience on Saturday Night Live (SNL) and Monday morning television. You cannot buy that kind of advertising. The MSM is eager for the campaign to continue on and is doing all that they can to prop up Hillary's fortunes and undermine Obama. Obama is not getting favorable National Media attention. Fortunately, the Obama Campaign realized early on that the National Media has its own agenda. The Obama Campaign has made LOCAL MEDIA the focus when running in individual states, limiting access to National Media, wisely. The National Mainstream Media has an agenda at odds with local issues and is more obsessed with continuing a horse race.

Nevertheless, Obama may find that killing off Hillary will be much like trying to kill Rasputin, Michael Myers (Halloween), Jason (Friday the 13th) or Freddie Kruger (Nightmare on Elm Street). Or perhaps a more appropriate analogy is the one made by Peggy Noonan, that Hillary is more like Glenn Close in FATAL ATTRACTION: "I will not be ignored Dan."

My prediction is that Hillary wins Ohio going away (unfortunately). Obama wins Texas in very tight race. Hillary wins Rhode Island and Obama wins Vermont. The delegate race will barely change or may tilt slightly toward Obama. But make no mistake, despite Clinton Campaign spin, it is the mainstream media that is keeping Hillary's campaign afloat. The press has a love affair with the Clintons. Drama sells news-papers and keeps pundits on the air. The press is eager for the campagn to continue and under the above scenario and come Tuesday evening and Wednesday morning, will help the Clinton Campaign spin that she is back, she is recovered, she has money and then she fights on to Pennsylvania. I do not like this scenario myself but suspect Hillary supporters do.

I am so tired of all the people that were supporting Hillary turning on her. Did she not bow down and give them what they wanted? Pelosi should be ashamed of herself what has she done with her democratic congress? No wonder it's a mans world when woman can not stand behind their own kind shame on you Nancy. I hope she goes soon. Would Richarson be where he is today if it wasn't for Bill Clinton?

It's not just the Latino vote that Richardson would shore up. He has a very solid foreign policy and diplomatic resume and has been a powerful negotiator. He has governing experience. He has been a Cabinet member. He can add so much to Obama.

Chuck Todd just said, tomorrow means a 10 delegate swing either way, win by 5 delegates or lose by 5, that's all. NBC ran the numbers. I suspect more Super Delgates switch to Obama tomorrow going forward, no looking back.

"Internationalist background?" Since when?

The road for Clinton is tough. She's fighting this:

http://pacificgatepost.blogspot.com/2008/02/obama-social-phenomenon.html

It's an uphill fight already without fighting with misrepresentations from the sidelines from Richardson.

I'm surprised an experienced politician like Bill Richardson would show himself to be so transparent. It's clear he's angling for V.P. or Secretary of State. I happen to think he'd do well there, but I don't like to see the office held out as a consolation prize.