{"id":4568,"date":"2009-05-14T12:15:00","date_gmt":"2009-05-14T18:15:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nmpolitics.net\/index\/2009\/05\/richardson-had-cordial-meeting-with-obama\/"},"modified":"2009-05-14T12:15:00","modified_gmt":"2009-05-14T18:15:00","slug":"richardson-had-cordial-meeting-with-obama","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/2009\/05\/richardson-had-cordial-meeting-with-obama\/","title":{"rendered":"Richardson had &#8216;cordial&#8217; meeting with Obama"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/_IabUCQmoheQ\/SgxgC3V9t8I\/AAAAAAAALn8\/0dphowtI1Cs\/s1600-h\/Richardson,+Bill.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 120px; height: 160px;\" src=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/_IabUCQmoheQ\/SgxgC3V9t8I\/AAAAAAAALn8\/0dphowtI1Cs\/s200\/Richardson,+Bill.jpg\" alt=\"\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5335745260859275202\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;\">This article has been updated.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">Gov. <a href=\"http:\/\/governor.state.nm.us\/\" target=\"_blank\">Bill Richardson<\/a> may not have been <a href=\"http:\/\/haussamen.blogspot.com\/2009\/05\/richardson-isnt-on-stage-with-obama.html\">on stage<\/a> with President <a href=\"http:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/\" target=\"_blank\">Barack Obama<\/a> today in Rio Rancho, but he rode in Obama\u2019s motorcade to and from the event (though not in Obama\u2019s vehicle), a source with knowledge of the situation confirmed.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">And Richardson was among a handful of state political leaders who met with Obama before the town-hall meeting at Rio Rancho High School.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">\u201cThe governor met with President Obama backstage before the event in Rio Rancho,\u201d Richardson Communications Director Pahl Shipley said. \u201cThe meeting was cordial and productive. They talked the stimulus, the New Mexico economy, North Korea and the border. The governor also reiterated the point he made in a letter to DOE Secretary Chu last week that the guidelines for the green grid grants in the recovery act are too restrictive.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">\u201cThe governor also appreciated the president\u2019s warm words during the event,\u201d Shipley said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">At the event, Obama called Richardson \u201ca great friend, one of the finest governors in the country.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This article has been updated. Gov. Bill Richardson may not have been on stage with President Barack Obama today in Rio Rancho, but he rode in Obama\u2019s motorcade to and from the event (though not in Obama\u2019s vehicle), a source with knowledge of the situation confirmed. And Richardson was among a handful of state political [&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-4568","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4568","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=4568"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4568\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4568"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4568"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4568"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}