New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson may be struggling to pull out of the single digits in the Iowa polls (again), but he and his second-tier peers managed to impress local reporters at last week’s debate.
“[Sen. Joe] Biden, [Sen.] Chris Dodd (D-Conn.) and Bill Richardson turned in some of their best debate performances of the 2008 campaign,” wrote the Des Moines Register.
Richardson touted his experience in passing five balanced budgets as governor and focused on ending the war in Iraq.
He was the only candidate to use an allotted 30-second speech to talk only about the Iraq war.
“I’m concerned about the fact that in the media and in the last debate the Iraq War was not discussed,” he said. He said the war is the “No. 1 issue affecting not just this country, but Iowa caucus-goers.”
Richardson also had the most ambitious plans for the first year of presidency, prompting Dodd to respond, “It’s going to be a long year, I can see.”
Over the weekend, Richardson was campaigning in Nevada while most candidates were focusing on Iowa. Richardson has said Nevada will be key to his campaign’s success, though he is currently polling at 7 percent in the state.
“America is going to be watching Nevada,” Richardson told supporters.
With the primaries fast approaching, Richardson’s celebrity endorsers are trying to help get the word out, including former Chrysler CEO Lee Iacocca and actor Martin Sheen.
Subscribers to Richardson’s listserv received an e-mail from Martin Sheen this week with the subject “Let’s meet up in Iowa!” calling for caucus or financial support.
And while the world of baseball had a rough week with the release of a new report on steroid use in the sport, some baseball memories will remain untainted. Richardson told the Associated Press this week that his most prize possession is a Ted Williams autographed baseball from a trip to Fenway Park with his dad in the 1950s.
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