{"id":628,"date":"2006-09-26T16:33:00","date_gmt":"2006-09-26T22:33:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nmpolitics.net\/index\/2006\/09\/while-out-east-richardson-woos-national-press\/"},"modified":"2006-09-26T16:33:00","modified_gmt":"2006-09-26T22:33:00","slug":"while-out-east-richardson-woos-national-press","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/2006\/09\/while-out-east-richardson-woos-national-press\/","title":{"rendered":"While out East, Richardson woos national press"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Gov. Bill Richardson wooed the national press during a breakfast Tuesday in Washington<\/st1:city>, D.C.<\/st1:state><\/st1:place> <\/p>\n

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The breakfast, sponsored by the Christian Science Monitor<\/a>, has already resulted in a couple of positive profiles of the potential 2008 presidential candidate.<\/p>\n

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\u201c\u2026 he gave reporters a preview of the distinctive campaign he\u2019d run \u2013 and how much he\u2019d differ from likely rival Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton of New York,\u201d wrote Steven Thomma of McClatchy Newspapers<\/a>. \u201cHe boasts a decidedly different r\u00e9sum\u00e9. He\u2019s arguably more candidate. And he\u2019s definitely funnier.\u201d<\/p>\n

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The Monitor wrote a balanced article<\/a> that included this statement: \u201cAlthough he is running for reelection, Richardson<\/st1:place><\/st1:city> felt confident enough to take time out for a swing through several Eastern states to campaign for Democratic gubernatorial candidates.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Richardson<\/st1:city> told reporters at the breakfast he is confident Democrats will take control of the House of Representatives and a majority of governorships, in part because of frustration over the war in Iraq<\/st1:place><\/st1:country-region>.<\/p>\n

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But he spoke more about his potential run for president, and offered up his plan for Iraq<\/st1:place><\/st1:country-region> when asked what he would do if he were president.<\/p>\n

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\u201cI would set a timetable for withdrawal. I would couple that with a political solution of the three ethic groups forcing them to have a political solution,\u201d Richardson<\/st1:place><\/st1:city> said, according to the Monitor. \u201cThere is no military solution. Specifically, I would divide up the oil revenue, the cabinet ministries and force them to come up with a new political framework. I would also study Senator Biden\u2019s federation (proposal). I think that may be ultimately the right solution.\u201d<\/p>\n

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\u201cI would set up a Middle East peace conference that would deal with civil administration and reconstruction of Iraq<\/st1:country-region><\/st1:place>,\u201d he said. \u201cMuslim and European nations would be part of that. I would then redeploy (U.S.<\/st1:country-region>) troops, leave a residual force in Iraq<\/st1:country-region> (and) put (troops) where we really need them, (in) Afghanistan<\/st1:place><\/st1:country-region>. I would put others in Gulf states<\/st1:place><\/st1:state> to deal with international terrorism threats. And I would also use a large part of those financial budgets and reserves that we use in Iraq<\/st1:country-region><\/st1:place> on homeland security in this country. This country is not fully protected. I would emphasize port security. I would emphasize security of our subways (and) our aircraft. I would put money in detection of those liquids that became such a problem….\u201d <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Gov. Bill Richardson wooed the national press during a breakfast Tuesday in Washington, D.C. The breakfast, sponsored by the Christian Science Monitor, has already resulted in a couple of positive profiles of the potential 2008 presidential candidate. \u201c\u2026 he gave reporters a preview of the distinctive campaign he\u2019d run \u2013 and how much he\u2019d differ […]<\/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-628","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/628","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=628"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/628\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=628"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=628"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=628"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}