{"id":1653,"date":"2007-04-30T09:13:00","date_gmt":"2007-04-30T15:13:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nmpolitics.net\/index\/2007\/04\/richardson-press-staff-have-busy-weekend\/"},"modified":"2007-04-30T09:13:00","modified_gmt":"2007-04-30T15:13:00","slug":"richardson-press-staff-have-busy-weekend","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/2007\/04\/richardson-press-staff-have-busy-weekend\/","title":{"rendered":"Richardson, press staff, have busy weekend"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/_IabUCQmoheQ\/RjYHy8C6ysI\/AAAAAAAACLg\/WF-KtQbFv-8\/s1600-h\/Richardsonforpresident.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer;\" src=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/_IabUCQmoheQ\/RjYHy8C6ysI\/AAAAAAAACLg\/WF-KtQbFv-8\/s200\/Richardsonforpresident.jpg\" alt=\"\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5059239803090553538\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a>Since last week\u2019s presidential candidate debate, Gov. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.richardsonforpresident.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Bill Richardson<\/a> has been busy campaigning, and his press staff has been busy putting out releases proclaiming he\u2019s gaining momentum.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><o:p> <\/o:p><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">The campaign put out a news release Friday \u2013 the day after the debate \u2013 naming the governor as \u201ca standout\u201d at the event, saying he distinguished himself \u201cwith foreign policy experience, plan to get U.S. troops out of Iraq.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><o:p> <\/o:p><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">The release quoted one <st1:state st=\"on\">South Carolina<\/st1:state> newspaper that said <st1:city st=\"on\"><st1:place st=\"on\">Richardson<\/st1:place><\/st1:city> was one of two candidates who \u201cstood out with clearly stated positions and a deft handling of a few tough questions,\u201d and said that article was \u201cjust one of the many reports today praising the governor\u2019s performance in the debate and his impeccable and unequaled experience and credentials.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><o:p> <\/o:p><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">The release was a nice piece of spin, but that\u2019s what it was supposed to be. It\u2019s true that there were a few articles praising <st1:city st=\"on\"><st1:place st=\"on\">Richardson<\/st1:place><\/st1:city>, but there were many others criticizing him, and most gave him hardly a mention. You can read what I thought of <st1:city st=\"on\"><st1:place st=\"on\">Richardson<\/st1:place><\/st1:city>\u2019s performance by clicking <a href=\"http:\/\/haussamen.blogspot.com\/2007\/04\/richardsons-face-shone-more-than-his.html\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><o:p> <\/o:p><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">After spending some more time in <st1:state st=\"on\">South  Carolina<\/st1:state>, <st1:city st=\"on\">Richardson<\/st1:city> headed to <st1:state st=\"on\"><st1:place st=\"on\">California<\/st1:place><\/st1:state> to speak at that state party\u2019s convention. Another news release said he built momentum there and \u201cfires up party faithful with bold plans for universal health coverage, immigration, election reform.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><o:p> <\/o:p><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">The campaign then put out a news release about <st1:city st=\"on\">Richardson<\/st1:city>\u2019s Sunday speech to a crowd attending the Global Darfur Days rally in <st1:city st=\"on\"><st1:place st=\"on\">San Francisco<\/st1:place><\/st1:city>. My sister works on Africa issues, and I can tell you that Africa activists really like <st1:city st=\"on\"><st1:place st=\"on\">Richardson<\/st1:place><\/st1:city>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><o:p> <\/o:p><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">You can read his speech to the group by clicking <a href=\"http:\/\/www.richardsonforpresident.com\/newsroom\/richardson_calls_for_us_leadership_and_action_to_stop_darfur_genocide\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><o:p> <\/o:p><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><st1:city st=\"on\">Richardson<\/st1:city> did something right in <st1:state st=\"on\"><st1:place st=\"on\">California<\/st1:place><\/st1:state>. An Associated Press article analyzing the state\u2019s new prominence since it moved up its primary starts by talking about <st1:city st=\"on\"><st1:place st=\"on\">Richardson<\/st1:place><\/st1:city>. Check it out by clicking <a href=\"http:\/\/news.yahoo.com\/s\/ap\/20070429\/ap_on_el_pr\/democrats2008;_ylt=AoymdBLvyskWaFUBCvieSVvMWM0F\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Since last week\u2019s presidential candidate debate, Gov. Bill Richardson has been busy campaigning, and his press staff has been busy putting out releases proclaiming he\u2019s gaining momentum. The campaign put out a news release Friday \u2013 the day after the debate \u2013 naming the governor as \u201ca standout\u201d at the event, saying he distinguished himself [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1653","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1653","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1653"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1653\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1653"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1653"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1653"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}