{"id":2116,"date":"2007-08-17T08:12:00","date_gmt":"2007-08-17T14:12:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nmpolitics.net\/index\/2007\/08\/richardson-making-significant-gains-in-nevada\/"},"modified":"2007-08-17T08:12:00","modified_gmt":"2007-08-17T14:12:00","slug":"richardson-making-significant-gains-in-nevada","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/2007\/08\/richardson-making-significant-gains-in-nevada\/","title":{"rendered":"Richardson making significant gains in Nevada"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Gov. Bill Richardson<\/a> continues to climb in polls in Nevada<\/st1:place><\/st1:state> and has the potential to pass John Edwards<\/a> and Barack Obama<\/a> in that state in the coming months. <\/p>\n

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The new Research 2000 poll<\/a>, released today, has Hillary Clinton<\/a> at 33 percent, Obama at 19 percent, Edwards at 15 percent, Richardson at 11 percent and Al Gore, who isn\u2019t in the race, at 8 percent. No other candidate was above the margin of error of 5 percent in the poll, which surveyed 400 likely Democratic caucus-goers between Tuesday and Thursday.<\/p>\n

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For Richardson<\/st1:place><\/st1:city>, that\u2019s a nine-point gain since the group\u2019s last poll<\/a> was conducted in March. Clinton<\/st1:place><\/st1:city> has gained one point since March, Obama has fallen one point and Edwards has climbed four points. Nine percent are undecided in the new poll, down from 18 percent in March.<\/p>\n

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The poll is the first in Nevada<\/st1:place><\/st1:state> since June. The last poll<\/a>, conducted June 20-22 by Mason-Dixon, had Clinton<\/st1:city> at 39 percent, Obama at 17 percent, Edwards at 12 percent and Richardson<\/st1:place><\/st1:city> at 7 percent.<\/p>\n

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Earlier this week, Edwards pulled a number of staffers out of Nevada<\/a> to concentrate on Iowa<\/st1:state>, New Hampshire<\/st1:state> and South Carolina<\/st1:state><\/st1:place>. In response, Richardson<\/st1:city> hired seven new staffers<\/a> in Nevada<\/st1:place><\/st1:state>.<\/p>\n

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In addition, only Richardson and Joe Biden, who is at 2 percent in the new poll, have committed to attend a candidate forum next week at the University of Nevada-Reno<\/a>. Richardson<\/st1:city> appears to be paying more attention to Nevada<\/st1:place><\/st1:state> than any other candidate. Edwards\u2019 reduction in staff there almost ensures that Richardson<\/st1:place><\/st1:city> will climb to third place in the coming weeks. He\u2019s also within striking distance of Obama.<\/p>\n

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The only potential negative for Richardson\u2019s campaign in Nevada was the resignation on Thursday of a top staffer who is wanted on felony charges<\/a> in California, but the campaign responded immediately by getting rid of the staffer. The positive of the campaign\u2019s response should offset any negative press about the staffer.<\/p>\n

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Richardson<\/st1:city> has to keep climbing in Nevada<\/st1:place><\/st1:state>. His strategy seems to be a showing of at least third place in Iowa and third or second in New Hampshire, propelling him to a win in Nevada that would propel him to a win in California and other Western states on Feb. 5, the day the majority of the nation\u2019s electorate will vote in primaries.<\/p>\n

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With the shift made by the Edwards\u2019 campaign this week, the dynamic that is shaping up in the Democratic primary is fascinating. Clinton<\/st1:city> is sitting pretty on a ton of cash and a sizable lead in national polls, but she\u2019s in a tough fight with Edwards and Obama in Iowa<\/st1:place><\/st1:state> that could change everything. Obama also has a ton of cash, is second in national polls and, with the exception of Iowa<\/st1:place><\/st1:state>, second in most early primary states, so he\u2019s also well-poised.<\/p>\n

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But so are Edwards and Richardson. While Richardson<\/st1:place><\/st1:city>\u2019s three-state strategy could propel him to wins in Western states, Edward\u2019s three-state strategy could propel him to wins in the East and South. And a win or second-place showing by Edwards in Iowa<\/st1:place><\/st1:state> could knock Obama out of the race.<\/p>\n

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As long as Edwards stays on Clinton<\/st1:city>\u2019s heels in Iowa<\/st1:state>, Richardson<\/st1:place><\/st1:city> remains solidly in fourth place, but he\u2019s exactly where his campaign plan thinks he should be at this point.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Gov. Bill Richardson continues to climb in polls in Nevada and has the potential to pass John Edwards and Barack Obama in that state in the coming months. The new Research 2000 poll, released today, has Hillary Clinton at 33 percent, Obama at 19 percent, Edwards at 15 percent, Richardson at 11 percent and Al […]<\/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-2116","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2116","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=2116"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2116\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2116"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2116"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2116"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}