the dark horse: bill richardson

[sophiaserpentia]

Okay, in the last month alone, this man has:

• Legalized medical marijuana in New Mexico
• Helped broker a deal with North Korea so they will re-allow nuclear weapons inspectors
• While making that deal, he also arranged the return of the remains of several American POW/MIA soldiers from the Korean War
• Banned cockfights in New Mexico
• Announced that he would pull all US troops out of Iraq (a pledge so far avoided by all of the mainstream candidates for president)

I can't unequivocally back him until he moves a little closer on GLBT rights and makes his position on domestic spying more clear, but he's starting to look like a real candidate here. Democratic straw polls are beginning to reflect this.  He is also the only governor running on the Democratic side, which is a big deal.  He's more clearly qualified on foreign policy than anyone else running, having been US Ambassador to the UN.  And, he announced his candidacy on Jon Stewart's program, how cool is that?

Comments

Is he against Nuclear Power?

[alobar.livejournal.com]

"Sens. John McCain (R-Ariz.), Barack Obama (D-Ill.)
and Hillary Rodham Clinton (D-N.Y.) - all presidential
candidates - support legislation that would cap
greenhouse gas emissions and provide incentives to
power companies to build more nuclear plants."

http://www.commondreams.org/archive/2007/04/09/399/

Re: Is he against Nuclear Power?

[sophiaserpentia.livejournal.com]

Well, i can't find any statement of his in favor of expanding nuclear energy, he talks a lot about renewable sources.
http://www.richardsonforpresident.com/newsroom/energy_speech_to_bear_sterns

Maybe he'd rather not mention nuclear energy, lest people remember the trouble he had when he was the Energy Secretary under Bill Clinton.