A national political columnist is reporting that some Democratic Party strategists think Gov. Bill Richardson will be the next 2008 hopeful to give up hope.
Chuck Todd of the National Journal reported Wednesday that “there’s some chatter that the next candidate to follow Warner’s and Bayh’s stares into the ’08 abyss and pull the ripcord is New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson. At the end of the day, these folks claim, he’s a pragmatist. His résumé is gold, but the novelty factor (he’d be the first Hispanic) is getting eclipsed by Clinton and Obama.”
“He does seem intent on giving this a try,” Todd wrote. “Let’s see what the money reports show in the spring.”
Despite his comments, Todd ranked