{"id":2682,"date":"2008-01-03T10:46:00","date_gmt":"2008-01-03T16:46:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nmpolitics.net\/index\/2008\/01\/guvs-campaign-rejects-report-that-it-will-back-obama\/"},"modified":"2008-01-03T10:46:00","modified_gmt":"2008-01-03T16:46:00","slug":"guvs-campaign-rejects-report-that-it-will-back-obama","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/2008\/01\/guvs-campaign-rejects-report-that-it-will-back-obama\/","title":{"rendered":"Guv&#8217;s campaign rejects report that it will back Obama"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/_IabUCQmoheQ\/R30RqcTQ7jI\/AAAAAAAAEWg\/qAy_y17cUH0\/s1600-h\/Richardsonforpresident.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer;\" src=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/_IabUCQmoheQ\/R30RqcTQ7jI\/AAAAAAAAEWg\/qAy_y17cUH0\/s200\/Richardsonforpresident.jpg\" alt=\"\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5151292969630887474\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.richardsonforpresident.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Bill Richardson\u2019s<\/a> presidential campaign is rejecting a report that says it plans to ask supporters to caucus for <a href=\"http:\/\/www.barackobama.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Barack Obama<\/a> in the second round of the Iowa Caucus tonight if the governor isn\u2019t viable.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><o:p> <\/o:p><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">The <a href=\"http:\/\/www.iowaindependent.com\/showDiary.do?diaryId=1782\" target=\"_blank\">Iowa Independent<\/a> is reporting that <st1:city st=\"on\"><st1:place st=\"on\">Richardson<\/st1:place><\/st1:city> plans, for strategic reasons, to send support to Obama in the second round in places where he falls short of the 15-percent support threshold that makes his campaign viable under Iowa Caucus rules.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><o:p> <\/o:p><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">The thinking of the <st1:city st=\"on\"><st1:place st=\"on\">Richardson<\/st1:place><\/st1:city> campaign, according to the report, is that an Obama victory is better for the governor than victories by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.johnedwards.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">John Edwards<\/a> or <a href=\"http:\/\/www.hillaryclinton.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Hillary Clinton<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><o:p> <\/o:p><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">The report is \u201ccompletely false,\u201d said <st1:city st=\"on\"><st1:place st=\"on\">Richardson<\/st1:place><\/st1:city> campaign spokeswoman Katie Roberts.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><o:p> <\/o:p><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">\u201cWe are viable throughout <st1:state st=\"on\"><st1:place st=\"on\">Iowa<\/st1:place><\/st1:state>. We have strong support throughout the state and are looking forward to tonight,\u201d she said. \u201cThis is just last-minute rumor buzz that has no truth to it. The <st1:city st=\"on\">Richardson<\/st1:city> for President campaign is looking forward to finishing in the final four and moving on to the <st1:place st=\"on\"><st1:state st=\"on\">New Hampshire<\/st1:state><\/st1:place> primary.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bill Richardson\u2019s presidential campaign is rejecting a report that says it plans to ask supporters to caucus for Barack Obama in the second round of the Iowa Caucus tonight if the governor isn\u2019t viable. The Iowa Independent is reporting that Richardson plans, for strategic reasons, to send support to Obama in the second round in [&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-2682","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2682","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=2682"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2682\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2682"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2682"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2682"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}