{"id":3015,"date":"2008-03-21T11:59:00","date_gmt":"2008-03-21T17:59:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nmpolitics.net\/index\/2008\/03\/richardson-endorses-obama-for-president\/"},"modified":"2008-03-21T11:59:00","modified_gmt":"2008-03-21T17:59:00","slug":"richardson-endorses-obama-for-president","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/2008\/03\/richardson-endorses-obama-for-president\/","title":{"rendered":"Richardson endorses Obama for president"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/_IabUCQmoheQ\/R-P3k4V6LuI\/AAAAAAAAFS4\/OZJZPXiglxQ\/s1600-h\/Richardson,+Bill.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;\" src=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/_IabUCQmoheQ\/R-P3k4V6LuI\/AAAAAAAAFS4\/OZJZPXiglxQ\/s200\/Richardson,+Bill.jpg\" alt=\"\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5180256209377832674\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a>Gov. <a href=\"http:\/\/governor.state.nm.us\/\" target=\"_blank\">Bill Richardson<\/a> today endorsed <a href=\"http:\/\/www.barackobama.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Barack Obama<\/a> for president. I\u2019ll have analysis when I return to work on Tuesday, but for now you can read more from the Associated Press by clicking <a href=\"http:\/\/news.yahoo.com\/s\/ap\/20080321\/ap_on_el_pr\/obama_richardson;_ylt=AumvIr9B0XogVnSM65Ibn4.s0NUE\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>. Here\u2019s the statement from <st1:city st=\"on\"><st1:place st=\"on\">Richardson<\/st1:place><\/st1:city> released by the Obama campaign:  <\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><o:p> <\/o:p><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">\u201cToday I am endorsing Senator Barack Obama for president of the <st1:country-region st=\"on\">United States<\/st1:country-region> because I believe he is the kind of once-in-a-lifetime leader that can bring our nation together and restore <st1:country-region st=\"on\">America<\/st1:country-region>\u2019s moral leadership in the world,\u201d <st1:city st=\"on\"><st1:place st=\"on\">Richardson<\/st1:place><\/st1:city> said. \u201cAs a presidential candidate, I know full well Senator Obama\u2019s unique ability to inspire the American people to confront our urgent challenges at home and abroad in a spirit of bipartisanship and reconciliation.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><o:p> <\/o:p><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><a onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/_IabUCQmoheQ\/R-P3loV6LvI\/AAAAAAAAFTA\/L_yH4zoupTE\/s1600-h\/Obama,+Barack.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;\" src=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/_IabUCQmoheQ\/R-P3loV6LvI\/AAAAAAAAFTA\/L_yH4zoupTE\/s200\/Obama,+Barack.jpg\" alt=\"\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5180256222262734578\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a>Here\u2019s what Obama had to say about <st1:city st=\"on\"><st1:place st=\"on\">Richardson<\/st1:place><\/st1:city>:<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">\u201cWhether it was as a congressman or cabinet secretary, ambassador or governor, there are few more distinguished public servants in <st1:country-region st=\"on\"><st1:place st=\"on\">America<\/st1:place><\/st1:country-region> than Governor Richardson, and I am deeply honored to have his support,\u201d Obama said. \u201cHe knows that to secure American interests, we have to talk to our enemies, as well as our friends, which is why he stood up to <st1:country-region st=\"on\"><st1:place st=\"on\">North Korea<\/st1:place><\/st1:country-region> and Saddam Hussein to secure the release of American hostages. And that\u2019s the kind of tough, aggressive diplomacy we need to meet the new challenges of the 21st century.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Gov. Bill Richardson today endorsed Barack Obama for president. I\u2019ll have analysis when I return to work on Tuesday, but for now you can read more from the Associated Press by clicking here. Here\u2019s the statement from Richardson released by the Obama campaign: \u201cToday I am endorsing Senator Barack Obama for president of the United [&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-3015","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3015","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=3015"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3015\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3015"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3015"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3015"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}