The Denver Post says Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama should pick N.M. Gov. Bill Richardson to be his running mate.
In a Friday editorial, the Post wrote that it hopes when Obama accepts his party’s nomination for president in Denver later this month that “he will have a son of the West” — Richardson — by his side.
“We think there’s only one direction to go,” the Post editorial states. “The first test of a vice president is whether he or she is qualified to serve in the top job should the occasion arise. Richardson clearly leads all other Democratic contenders by that standard.”
“His outstanding record makes him an ideal partner for Obama, not only on the campaign trail but at the vital job of shaping America’s future,” the editorial states, citing Richardson’s experience as a congressman, ambassador to the United Nations, energy secretary and governor of New Mexico.
“New Mexico is a strong state economically, thanks to Richardson’s strong leadership,” the editorial states. “As a native of the West, he would lend a strong voice in Washington to the issues and concerns that affect this region — issues that are often overlooked in Beltway politics.”
“Richardson’s record not only qualifies him to assume the presidency, it makes him an ideal partner to the visionary and eloquent Obama in the task of running this country,” the editorial states. “And as a leading figure in a Rocky Mountain West that has emerged as a swing political region, Richardson could do more than any other possible running mate to carry the Democratic ticket to victory in November.”
The Denver Post says Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama should pick N.M. Gov. Bill Richardson to be his running mate. 
“His outstanding record makes him an ideal partner for Obama, not only on the campaign trail but at the vital job of shaping America’s future,” the editorial states, citing Richardson’s experience as a congressman, ambassador to the United Nations, energy secretary and governor of New Mexico.