{"id":986,"date":"2006-12-12T18:18:00","date_gmt":"2006-12-13T00:18:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nmpolitics.net\/index\/2006\/12\/richardson-will-face-tough-questions-in-n-h\/"},"modified":"2006-12-12T18:18:00","modified_gmt":"2006-12-13T00:18:00","slug":"richardson-will-face-tough-questions-in-n-h","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/2006\/12\/richardson-will-face-tough-questions-in-n-h\/","title":{"rendered":"Richardson will face tough questions in N.H."},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Gov. Bill Richardson will have to answer some tough questions about his support of an early caucus in Nevada<\/st1:state> when he travels to New Hampshire<\/st1:place><\/st1:state> this weekend. <\/p>\n

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Earlier this year, national Democrats voted to move Nevada<\/st1:state>\u2019s 2008 presidential caucus ahead of New Hampshire<\/st1:state>\u2019s storied primary, upsetting many in the Granite<\/st1:placename> State<\/st1:placetype><\/st1:place>. The changes, which also included moving South Carolina\u2019s primary to just after New Hampshire\u2019s, were intended to diversify the changing party\u2019s presidential candidate selection process.<\/p>\n

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The process still begins with the Iowa<\/st1:state><\/st1:place> caucuses on Jan. 14, 2008.<\/p>\n

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Richardson<\/st1:city> was perceived by many to favor moving Nevada<\/st1:state>\u2019s event ahead of New Hampshire<\/st1:state>\u2019s \u2013 in part because Denver<\/st1:city> political consultant Mike Stratton, who many believe is helping prepare Richardson<\/st1:place><\/st1:city> for a White House run, pushed the change.<\/p>\n

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It\u2019s a hurdle Richardson<\/st1:city> will have to work to overcome if he has a shot at fairing well in the New Hampshire<\/st1:state><\/st1:place> primary.<\/p>\n

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Richardson<\/st1:city> will be in New Hampshire<\/st1:place><\/st1:state> for the party\u2019s state committee meeting on Saturday. He\u2019ll also attend a House party in Keene<\/st1:city><\/st1:place> hosted by a Democrat who was elected in November, and will meet with the state\u2019s governor. The trip is being paid for by Richardson<\/st1:city><\/st1:place>\u2019s 2006 re-election campaign.<\/p>\n

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\u201cThat\u2019s certainly a question that New Hampshire<\/st1:state> activists are going to have of (Richardson<\/st1:city>), and he\u2019s going to have to answer them early on,\u201d New Hampshire Democratic Party Chair Nick Clemons said of the Nevada<\/st1:place><\/st1:state> caucuses. \u201cHe\u2019s going to have a good opportunity to meet and greet with movers and shakers.\u201d<\/p>\n

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At the same time, Clemons said, Richardson<\/st1:place><\/st1:city> has made an effort to reach out to the state. Richardson<\/st1:city>\u2019s gubernatorial campaign donated tens of thousands of dollars to local candidates in New Hampshire<\/st1:place><\/st1:state>. Clemons said Richardson<\/st1:city> also recruited three staffers to go to New Hampshire<\/st1:place><\/st1:state> and work for the state\u2019s Democratic Party during this year\u2019s election cycle.<\/p>\n

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\u201cNew Hampshire<\/st1:state> activists are also aware of the commitment Governor Richardson made to New Hampshire<\/st1:place><\/st1:state> in 2006,\u201d Clemons said. \u201cHe did not overlook us in favor of Nevada<\/st1:state><\/st1:place>.\u201d<\/p>\n

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That was probably by design. Richardson<\/st1:place><\/st1:city> is a master of political maneuvering.<\/p>\n

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Richardson<\/st1:place><\/st1:city>\u2019s government office referred calls to his 2006 campaign manager, Amanda Cooper. I couldn\u2019t immediately reach Cooper for comment. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Gov. Bill Richardson will have to answer some tough questions about his support of an early caucus in Nevada when he travels to New Hampshire this weekend. Earlier this year, national Democrats voted to move Nevada\u2019s 2008 presidential caucus ahead of New Hampshire\u2019s storied primary, upsetting many in the Granite State. The changes, which also […]<\/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-986","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/986","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=986"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/986\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=986"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=986"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=986"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}