{"id":2065,"date":"2007-08-06T11:05:00","date_gmt":"2007-08-06T17:05:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nmpolitics.net\/index\/2007\/08\/bloggers-who-dont-like-balanced-budgets-boo-guv\/"},"modified":"2007-08-06T11:05:00","modified_gmt":"2007-08-06T17:05:00","slug":"bloggers-who-dont-like-balanced-budgets-boo-guv","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/2007\/08\/bloggers-who-dont-like-balanced-budgets-boo-guv\/","title":{"rendered":"Bloggers who don&#8217;t like balanced budgets boo guv"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/_IabUCQmoheQ\/RrdVJkuF39I\/AAAAAAAADCQ\/NhXPSABIaxU\/s1600-h\/Richardsonforpresident.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer;\" src=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/_IabUCQmoheQ\/RrdVJkuF39I\/AAAAAAAADCQ\/NhXPSABIaxU\/s200\/Richardsonforpresident.jpg\" alt=\"\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5095635126357188562\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a>Gov. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.richardsonforpresident.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Bill Richardson<\/a> was booed by a national group of liberal bloggers this weekend when he backed a proposed constitutional amendment to require a balanced federal budget.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><o:p> <\/o:p><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">It happened at the annual <a href=\"http:\/\/news.yahoo.com\/s\/ap\/20070804\/ap_on_el_pr\/democrats_bloggers_5\" target=\"_blank\">Yearly Kos convention<\/a> of liberal bloggers.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><o:p> <\/o:p><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">The group is the powerhouse of the far left of the Democratic Party, and moderates like <st1:city st=\"on\"><st1:place st=\"on\">Richardson<\/st1:place><\/st1:city> won\u2019t win them all over. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.hillaryclinton.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Hillary Clinton<\/a> was also booed at the event.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><o:p> <\/o:p><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">But <st1:city st=\"on\"><st1:place st=\"on\">Richardson<\/st1:place><\/st1:city> stuck around after the debate longer than any other candidate, according to the <a href=\"http:\/\/thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com\/2007\/08\/04\/post-debate-with-richardson\/\" target=\"_blank\">New York Times<\/a>. As other candidates finished post-debate sessions with bloggers, more and more filtered in to hear <st1:city st=\"on\"><st1:place st=\"on\">Richardson<\/st1:place><\/st1:city>. He answered all their questions.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">It was typical <st1:place st=\"on\"><st1:city st=\"on\">Richardson<\/st1:city><\/st1:place>. Outlast your opponents. Give people individual attention whenever possible. Speak bluntly.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><o:p> <\/o:p><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">It\u2019s how he\u2019s been winning supporters \u2013 moderate and liberal \u2013 and rising in polls in <st1:state st=\"on\">Iowa<\/st1:state> and <st1:state st=\"on\"><st1:place st=\"on\">New Hampshire<\/st1:place><\/st1:state>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><o:p> <\/o:p><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><st1:city st=\"on\"><st1:place st=\"on\">Richardson<\/st1:place><\/st1:city> understands the blogosphere better than most candidates. From the start, he\u2019s given bloggers more attention than most presidential candidates, realizing each has his or her own sphere of influence among a group of readers who are motivated and active.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><o:p> <\/o:p><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">Still, the bloggers who attended the convention are quite liberal. Booing a proposal to balance the budget is a good example of the worst in the far left, and I commend <st1:city st=\"on\"><st1:place st=\"on\">Richardson<\/st1:place><\/st1:city> for being honest about his position \u2013 the logical position \u2013 instead of pandering. After all, the nation has a $9 trillion debt.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><o:p> <\/o:p><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">By the way, Richardson and his wife announced their 35th wedding anniversary in a shameless <a href=\"http:\/\/www.richardsonforpresident.com\/newsroom\/pressreleases?id=0211\" target=\"_blank\">news release<\/a> from the campaign this weekend. And if you\u2019re interested in learning more about <st1:place st=\"on\"><st1:city st=\"on\">Richardson<\/st1:city><\/st1:place>\u2019s campaign strategy, check out this article from <a href=\"http:\/\/thehill.com\/campaign-2008\/taming-the-wild-west-is-critical-to-richardsons-primary-strategy-2007-08-03.html\" target=\"_blank\">The Hill<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Gov. Bill Richardson was booed by a national group of liberal bloggers this weekend when he backed a proposed constitutional amendment to require a balanced federal budget. It happened at the annual Yearly Kos convention of liberal bloggers. The group is the powerhouse of the far left of the Democratic Party, and moderates like Richardson [&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-2065","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2065","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=2065"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2065\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2065"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2065"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2065"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}