{"id":2707,"date":"2008-01-08T16:29:00","date_gmt":"2008-01-08T22:29:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nmpolitics.net\/index\/2008\/01\/could-richardson-quit-the-race-tonight\/"},"modified":"2008-01-08T16:29:00","modified_gmt":"2008-01-08T22:29:00","slug":"could-richardson-quit-the-race-tonight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/2008\/01\/could-richardson-quit-the-race-tonight\/","title":{"rendered":"Could Richardson quit the race tonight?"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Is there a chance Gov. Bill Richardson<\/a> will drop out of the presidential race tonight if he\u2019s slaughtered by voters in New Hampshire<\/st1:state><\/st1:place>? Speculation is beginning to grow that it\u2019s a possibility. <\/p>\n

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Still, most sources I\u2019ve spoken with expect the governor to stay in the race until the Nevada Caucus on Jan. 19.<\/p>\n

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But there are definitely signs that the campaign is winding down. After last week\u2019s brutal 2-percent showing in Iowa<\/st1:state>, Richardson<\/st1:place><\/st1:city> laid off a number of staffers there. And, according to the Santa Fe New Mexican<\/a> and Albuquerque Journal<\/a>, his campaign quit running television advertisements in New Hampshire<\/st1:place><\/st1:state> several days ago.<\/p>\n

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Steve Terrell, who is in New Hampshire for The New Mexican, noted that the governor, on Monday, was much more rested and relaxed than he was the day before the Iowa Caucus. He also cancelled several campaign events that had been planned for Sunday.<\/p>\n

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The bottom line: Richardson<\/st1:place><\/st1:city> is just about out of cash. If he doesn\u2019t surprise in New Hampshire<\/st1:state><\/st1:place> today, and there\u2019s no indication at this point that he will, he won\u2019t be able to raise much more.<\/p>\n

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Journal reporter Michael Coleman, who is in New Hampshire, wrote today that he got the feeling from Richardson aides that the governor \u201cmight \u2013 just might \u2013 call it quits tonight if he finishes a distance fourth,\u201d he wrote on his blog.<\/p>\n

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Richardson<\/st1:city> has said for a couple of weeks that he would stay in the race until at least Feb. 5 to see how he did in states like New Mexico<\/st1:state> and Arizona<\/st1:state><\/st1:place>. In recent days, however, he\u2019s been talking instead about Nevada<\/st1:place><\/st1:state>. But it\u2019s becoming increasingly clear that staying in longer isn\u2019t going to increase his stature much.<\/p>\n

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Richardson<\/st1:city> spokesman Tom Reynolds said this to Coleman when asked what would happen if Richardson<\/st1:city> finishes fourth in New Hampshire<\/st1:state><\/st1:place>: <\/p>\n

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\u201cWe are not dropping out\u2026 we\u2019re going to finish third and go to Nevada<\/st1:place><\/st1:state>,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

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To say it\u2019s not likely that Richardson<\/st1:place><\/st1:city> will finish third would be an understatement. What happens when he doesn\u2019t? Stay tuned.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Is there a chance Gov. Bill Richardson will drop out of the presidential race tonight if he\u2019s slaughtered by voters in New Hampshire? Speculation is beginning to grow that it\u2019s a possibility. Still, most sources I\u2019ve spoken with expect the governor to stay in the race until the Nevada Caucus on Jan. 19. But there […]<\/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-2707","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2707","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=2707"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2707\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2707"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2707"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2707"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}