{"id":2575,"date":"2007-11-28T15:56:00","date_gmt":"2007-11-28T21:56:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nmpolitics.net\/index\/2007\/11\/at-crunch-time-guv-gets-hot-in-iowa-new-hampshire\/"},"modified":"2007-11-28T15:56:00","modified_gmt":"2007-11-28T21:56:00","slug":"at-crunch-time-guv-gets-hot-in-iowa-new-hampshire","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/2007\/11\/at-crunch-time-guv-gets-hot-in-iowa-new-hampshire\/","title":{"rendered":"At crunch time, guv gets hot in Iowa, New Hampshire"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>With 36 days until the Iowa Caucus and 41 days until the New Hampshire Primary, Gov. Bill Richardson<\/a> is suddenly climbing in the polls and back on to the list of Democratic presidential candidates who must be taken seriously. <\/p>\n

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Since he rearranged staff to increase his presence in Iowa<\/st1:state> and New Hampshire<\/st1:state> at the beginning of November, Richardson<\/st1:place><\/st1:city> has climbed in polls in both states. On Nov. 9, his Real Clear Politics average of recent polls in Iowa<\/a> was 7.8 percent, and his average of recent polls in New Hampshire<\/a> was 6.8 percent. Today, his average in Iowa<\/st1:state> is 9.8 percent, and in New Hampshire<\/st1:place><\/st1:state> it\u2019s 8.5 percent.<\/p>\n

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In Iowa<\/st1:state>, he\u2019s still more than 12 points behind the third-place John Edwards<\/a> in recent polls, but in New Hampshire<\/st1:place><\/st1:state>, he\u2019s only five points behind the former senator in the Real Clear Politics average. And in one recent New Hampshire poll<\/a>, conducted for CNN and WMUR in New Hampshire<\/st1:state>, Richardson<\/st1:city> and Edwards were statistically tied \u2013 12 percent for Richardson<\/st1:place><\/st1:city> to 13 percent for Edwards.<\/p>\n

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\u201cWhen it comes to Iowa<\/st1:state> and New Hampshire<\/st1:place><\/st1:state>, I\u2019m moving up. I\u2019m tied for third in New Hampshire<\/st1:state> with Sen. Edwards,\u201d Richardson<\/st1:city> said today in an interview with XM Satellite Radio<\/a>, a segment in which I participated as a pundit commenting on Richardson<\/st1:place><\/st1:city>\u2019s presidential run.<\/p>\n

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Richardson<\/st1:place><\/st1:city> isn\u2019t talking at this point about winning either state. He\u2019s hoping to finish third or better in both, betting that will lead to increased money and prominence that will allow him to compete in other primaries leading up to Feb. 5, the day so many states will hold primaries that the Democratic and Republican Party nominations will likely be finalized.<\/p>\n

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\u201cIf I can finish in the top three in (Iowa<\/st1:state> and New Hampshire<\/st1:state>), I\u2019m on my way to being a major contender,\u201d Richardson<\/st1:place><\/st1:city> said today. \u201c\u2026 I feel very strongly that I\u2019ve got momentum and I can win.\u201d<\/p>\n

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On Edwards\u2019 heels<\/span><\/p>\n

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The Nation put it this way in a Nov. 21 article<\/a>, writing about the New Hampshire<\/st1:state><\/st1:place> primary:<\/p>\n

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\u201cThe action is with New Mexico Governor Bill Richardson\u2026 If the pattern holds, the New Mexican will easily overtake Edwards and could begin closing in on (Barack) Obama<\/a> by the time New Hampshire holds its first-in-the-nation primary,\u201d the article states. \u201cIt is worth noting that, according to the polls, Richardson<\/st1:city> is now viewed as more experienced than either Obama or Edwards by the New Hampshire<\/st1:state><\/st1:place> voters. His numbers are dramatically up in other categories, as well, especially on measures of trust \u2013 the New Mexican now leads (Hillary) Clinton<\/a> in this category.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Also significant is the fact that, in the CNN poll, 47 percent of likely New Hampshire<\/st1:state><\/st1:place> Democratic primary voters said they still have no idea who they\u2019re going to vote for.<\/p>\n

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\u201cIt\u2019s a horserace. It\u2019s wide open,\u201d Richardson<\/st1:place><\/st1:city> said of the first two presidential nominating contests. \u201cIowa<\/st1:state> and New Hampshire<\/st1:place><\/st1:state> are the lynchpins that catapult you.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Iowa<\/st1:place><\/st1:state> will hold its first-in-the-nation caucus on Jan. 3. New Hampshire<\/st1:state><\/st1:place>\u2019s primary, the first in the nation, is on Jan. 8.<\/p>\n

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Richardson<\/st1:place><\/st1:city>\u2019s resurgence<\/span><\/p>\n

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Richardson<\/st1:city> was the first presidential candidate to run television commercials in Iowa<\/st1:state> and New Hampshire<\/st1:place><\/st1:state> in the late spring, which helped catapult him to about 10 percent in polls in both states by June 30. After that, he began a slow, steady decline that led many to count him out. Then the current climb began.<\/p>\n

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The resurgence coincided with Richardson<\/st1:city> shifting staff, but it also came at the same time that Obama and Edwards began a heavy assault on frontrunner Clinton<\/st1:place><\/st1:city> that is continuing. Clinton<\/st1:city> has lost some support while Richardson<\/st1:place><\/st1:city> has gained. It also comes as Richardson<\/st1:city>\u2019s campaign is attempting to match Clinton and Obama dollar for dollar in Iowa<\/st1:state> and New Hampshire<\/st1:place><\/st1:state> television advertising. His campaign unveiled a new ad<\/a> on Tuesday.<\/p>\n

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The gains have Richardson<\/st1:place><\/st1:city>\u2019s campaign excited. It has begun filling busses with New Mexicans and sending them to Iowa<\/st1:state> and New Hampshire<\/st1:state> to campaign for Richardson<\/st1:place><\/st1:city>. That will continue until voters in both states pick their nominees.<\/p>\n

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\u201cThe race is flattening out. The poll numbers are in flux. And the only candidate who has gained consistently in all polls is Bill Richardson,\u201d campaign manager Dave Contarino wrote in an e-mail to supporters on Tuesday.<\/p>\n

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The bottom line?<\/p>\n

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\u201cRichardson<\/st1:place><\/st1:city> is moving up. He could stall. But if he keeps going in the direction he\u2019s headed in, the governor could yet be a serious contender in the critical first tests of the Democratic race,\u201d The Nation article states.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

With 36 days until the Iowa Caucus and 41 days until the New Hampshire Primary, Gov. Bill Richardson is suddenly climbing in the polls and back on to the list of Democratic presidential candidates who must be taken seriously. Since he rearranged staff to increase his presence in Iowa and New Hampshire at the beginning […]<\/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-2575","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2575","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=2575"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2575\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2575"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2575"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2575"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}