New polls confirm Richardson campaign’s stagnation

New polls of three early primary states further confirm what has become apparent in recent weeks: Gov. Bill Richardson’s presidential campaign has stagnated.

He hasn’t had any significant movement in polls in New Hampshire since June and Iowa since July. Richardson is betting on those two states and Nevada to propel him to victory.

Now the Los Angeles Times is reporting the results of three new polls conducted for the newspaper and the news service Bloomberg. Richardson is at 10 percent in Iowa, 8 percent in New Hampshire and 1 percent in South Carolina, according to the new polls.

Average of recent polls in those states, done by the site Real Clear Politics, have Richardson at 11.6 percent in Iowa, 9 percent in New Hampshire and 1.8 percent in South Carolina.

The new Iowa poll had Hillary Clinton in the lead with 28 percent to John Edwards’ 23 percent and Barack Obama’s 19 percent. In the New Hampshire poll, Clinton had 35 percent, while Edwards and Obama were both at 16 percent. In the South Carolina poll, Clinton had 45 percent, Obama had 27 percent and Edwards had 7 percent.

The polls were conducted Thursday through Monday and have a margin of error of between 4 and 5 percent.

Before these polls were released, I’d already written my column that will be published in the Albuquerque Tribune tomorrow about the fact that Richardson’s campaign is stagnating. I will also publish the column on this site. Check back tomorrow for my analysis.