{"id":2178,"date":"2007-08-30T13:15:00","date_gmt":"2007-08-30T19:15:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nmpolitics.net\/index\/2007\/08\/guv-challenges-big-three-as-poll-numbers-stagnate\/"},"modified":"2007-08-30T13:15:00","modified_gmt":"2007-08-30T19:15:00","slug":"guv-challenges-big-three-as-poll-numbers-stagnate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/2007\/08\/guv-challenges-big-three-as-poll-numbers-stagnate\/","title":{"rendered":"Guv challenges Big Three as poll numbers stagnate"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>As new polls show his campaign not gaining traction in Iowa<\/st1:state> and New Hampshire<\/st1:state><\/st1:place>, Gov. Bill Richardson<\/a> is straddling a fine line between challenging and attacking the frontrunners for the Democratic Party\u2019s presidential nomination. <\/p>\n

<\/o:p><\/p>\n

Richardson<\/st1:city><\/st1:place> has thus far refrained from going negative. However, in an e-mail sent today to campaign supporters, he suggested that Hillary Clinton<\/a>, Barack Obama<\/a> and John Edwards<\/a> have not been providing \u201cstraight answers\u201d on how many troops they would leave in Iraq and for how long, and said that, while he has been \u201ccompletely open,\u201d they\u2019ve responded to his asking for such details with \u201csilence.\u201d<\/p>\n

<\/o:p><\/p>\n

And in stating that there\u2019s no \u201cconfusion of ambiguity or waffling\u201d in his stance, the governor seems to be implying that there is in the stances of the other three.<\/p>\n

<\/o:p><\/p>\n

Richardson<\/st1:city> is asking people to sign a petition pushing for the question to be asked at the next debate, the Univision forum<\/a> on Sept. 9, on how many troops each would leave in Iraq<\/st1:country-region><\/st1:place> and for how long.<\/p>\n

<\/o:p><\/p>\n

\u201cYou know where I stand \u2013 and what I would do as president,\u201d Richardson<\/st1:place><\/st1:city> wrote in the e-mail. \u201cSenator Clinton? Senator Obama? Senator Edwards? What about you?\u201d<\/p>\n

<\/o:p><\/p>\n

\n

Richardson<\/st1:City> isn\u2019t gaining in Iowa<\/st1:State>, New Hampshire<\/st1:place><\/st1:State><\/span><\/p>\n

<\/o:p><\/p>\n

What is leading Richardson<\/st1:place><\/st1:city> to take a more direct approach and skirt the line between a challenge and an attack? New polls might provide the answer.<\/p>\n

<\/o:p><\/p>\n

\u2022 The newest American Research Group<\/a> poll of New Hampshire, released today, has Clinton at 37 percent, Obama at 17 percent, Edwards at 14 percent and Richardson at 7 percent. That\u2019s no change for Richardson or Edwards from the group\u2019s July poll and, after nearly catching Edwards at the end of June, is further evidence that Edwards has pulled ahead and is staying firmly in third place in New Hampshire<\/st1:place><\/st1:state>.<\/p>\n

<\/o:p><\/p>\n

The survey of 600 likely Democratic primary voters was conducted Sunday-Wednesday and has a margin of error of 4 percent.<\/p>\n

<\/o:p><\/p>\n

\u2022 The newest American Research Group<\/a> poll of Iowa<\/st1:state>, also released today, has Clinton<\/st1:city> at 28 percent, Obama at 23 percent, Edwards at 20 percent and Richardson<\/st1:place><\/st1:city> at 13 percent. That\u2019s a one-point loss for Edwards from the group\u2019s July poll but no change for Richardson<\/st1:place><\/st1:city>.<\/p>\n

<\/o:p><\/p>\n

The survey of 600 likely Democratic caucus goers was also conducted Sunday-Wednesday and has a margin of error of 4 percent.<\/p>\n

<\/o:p><\/p>\n

\u2022 A new Time Magazine poll<\/a> of Iowa<\/st1:place><\/st1:state>, released Wednesday, has Edwards at 29 percent, Clinton at 24 percent, Obama at 22 percent and Richardson at 11 percent. It was conducted Aug. 22-25, surveyed 519 likely Democratic caucus goers and has a margin of error of 5 percent.<\/p>\n

<\/o:p><\/p>\n

\u2022 The newest American Research Group<\/a> poll of South Carolina, conducted the same days and with the same sample size and margin of error as the group\u2019s other polls, has Clinton at 32 percent, Edwards at 24 percent, Obama at 21 percent and Richardson tied with two others at 2 percent.<\/p>\n

<\/o:p><\/p>\n

\u2022 The newest Strategic Vision<\/a> poll of New Jersey<\/st1:state> has Clinton<\/st1:city> at 49 percent, Obama at 22 percent, Edwards at 8 percent and Richardson<\/st1:city><\/st1:place> at 5 percent. The larger poll, which surveyed Democrats and Republicans, was conducted Aug. 24-26, surveyed 800 likely voters and has a margin of error of 3 percent, but specifics for the questions asked only of Democrats weren\u2019t released.<\/p>\n

<\/o:p><\/p>\n

What do the polls mean for the governor? He isn\u2019t focusing time or money in South Carolina<\/st1:state> or New Jersey<\/st1:place><\/st1:state>, so those don\u2019t mean much. He is putting almost all his resources into Iowa<\/st1:state>, where almost all recent polls have shown that his support has stagnated, and in New Hampshire<\/st1:state><\/st1:place>, where his support also stagnated while that of Edwards has rebounded in recent weeks.<\/p>\n

<\/o:p><\/p>\n

In addition, several critical union endorsements have gone in recent days to other candidates. Richardson<\/st1:place><\/st1:city> has yet to snag any major union endorsements. This is a critical time for his campaign.<\/p>\n

<\/o:p><\/p>\n

The governor needs to make a move. Apparently, directly challenging the top three on Iraq<\/st1:place><\/st1:country-region> is it.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

As new polls show his campaign not gaining traction in Iowa and New Hampshire, Gov. Bill Richardson is straddling a fine line between challenging and attacking the frontrunners for the Democratic Party\u2019s presidential nomination. Richardson has thus far refrained from going negative. However, in an e-mail sent today to campaign supporters, he suggested that Hillary […]<\/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-2178","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2178","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=2178"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2178\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2178"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2178"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2178"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}