{"id":2727,"date":"2008-01-10T17:54:00","date_gmt":"2008-01-10T23:54:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nmpolitics.net\/index\/2008\/01\/spokesman-guv-isnt-interested-in-being-vp\/"},"modified":"2008-01-10T17:54:00","modified_gmt":"2008-01-10T23:54:00","slug":"spokesman-guv-isnt-interested-in-being-vp","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/2008\/01\/spokesman-guv-isnt-interested-in-being-vp\/","title":{"rendered":"Spokesman: Guv isn&#8217;t interested in being VP"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/_IabUCQmoheQ\/R4axCcTQ8dI\/AAAAAAAAEdw\/AC3kCsDxYvE\/s1600-h\/Richardsonforpresident.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer;\" src=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/_IabUCQmoheQ\/R4axCcTQ8dI\/AAAAAAAAEdw\/AC3kCsDxYvE\/s200\/Richardsonforpresident.jpg\" alt=\"\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5154001479086961106\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a>Though a supporter is attempting to start a grassroots movement to make <a href=\"http:\/\/www.richardsonforpresident.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Bill Richardson<\/a> the next vice president, a campaign spokesman says the governor doesn\u2019t want the job.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><o:p> <\/o:p><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">\u201cThe continued support is flattering, but the governor is not interested,\u201d <st1:city st=\"on\"><st1:place st=\"on\">Richardson<\/st1:place><\/st1:city> for President spokesman Pahl Shipley said. \u201cHe has the best job in the world in a great state, and he\u2019s looking forward to fully engaging in the upcoming legislative session.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><o:p> <\/o:p><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">I reported earlier today that <a href=\"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/15668189008700822887\" target=\"_blank\">Ken Camp<\/a>, a Democratic activist in <st1:placename st=\"on\">Washington<\/st1:placename> <st1:placetype st=\"on\">State<\/st1:placetype>, has started a <a href=\"http:\/\/richardson4vp.blogspot.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">blog<\/a> and an <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ipetitions.com\/petition\/richardson4vp\/\" target=\"_blank\">online petition<\/a> to push the eventual Democratic presidential nominee to make <st1:city st=\"on\"><st1:place st=\"on\">Richardson<\/st1:place><\/st1:city> his or her running mate. Camp says the movement isn\u2019t affiliated with or approved by the governor or his campaign.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><o:p> <\/o:p><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">Richardson and his staffers said often during the campaign that he wasn\u2019t interested in being vice president and would finish out his term as governor if he lost the presidential race, but this is the first time such a statement has been made since <st1:city st=\"on\"><st1:place st=\"on\">Richardson<\/st1:place><\/st1:city> quit the presidential race earlier today.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Though a supporter is attempting to start a grassroots movement to make Bill Richardson the next vice president, a campaign spokesman says the governor doesn\u2019t want the job. \u201cThe continued support is flattering, but the governor is not interested,\u201d Richardson for President spokesman Pahl Shipley said. \u201cHe has the best job in the world 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-2727","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2727","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=2727"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2727\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2727"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2727"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2727"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}