Link to Albuquerque Journal five part series on Richardson

[suziedemocrat]

The 5th part is not out yet.

http://www.abqjournal.com/richardson/default.htm

Sunday, January 21, 2007

High Ambition: Richardson Eyes the White House

By Leslie Linthicum
Copyright © 2007 Albuquerque Journal; Journal Staff Writer
PART 1

Editor's note: New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson is exploring a run for the U.S. presidency— the first New Mexican to seek the White House. A five-part, in-depth profile developed over months by Albuquerque Journal reporters Thomas J. Cole and Leslie Linthicum will appear today and over the next four Sundays.

They were two guys on a road trip, headed West in an Italian sports car. As it rolled down Interstate 40 toward Santa Fe with the top down on a spring day in 1978, the little Alfa Romeo was loaded with two 6-footers, a trunk full of luggage and a tall order of ambition. Riding shotgun and sharing the driving was Steve Cary, a 30-year-old Tufts University grad taking time off from his job as an engineer to help his fraternity buddy move out to New Mexico. His friend, Bill Richardson, had just quit his job as a Capitol Hill staffer and had asked Cary to join him on his big adventure. They stopped in Nashville and saw the Grand Ole Opry, paid their respects to Elvis at Graceland and ate their first chicken-fried steaks outside Amarillo. When they crossed into New Mexico on a hot afternoon and stopped for snacks in Tucumcari, Cary lifted his Coke and toasted their accomplishment. "Well, Bill," he said, "we're in New Mexico." Richardson also held his Coke aloft and said with great gravity, "Steve, you're experiencing a historic moment."

After all, the 1,900-mile journey was more than a Western adventure for a couple of sunburned buddies. It was the first step of the ambitious plan Richardson had set out for the next few years.

It went like this: Move to New Mexico, settle into the local political scene and quickly launch a campaign to make a U-turn back to Washington, D.C., as a member of Congress.

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[skipos]

1. Unlike Dodd, Biden and Vilsack, Richardson is leading the primary polls in his home state

He is actually beating HRC in NM by a wider margin than Edwards is in NC.

The people who know him generally seem to like him. I'll check out the article, thanks.

[suziedemocrat]

4. that's interesting! thanks! n/t

[snowbear]

2. ~~ Thanks for sharing this Suzie ~~ I like Governor Richardson and hope he does well...

... in this campaign!!

I'm really interested in seeing him with the other candidates once the debates begin!

[burrowowl]

3. K&R

My sister and I went to the same school as Richardson in Mexico City, the Pan Amrican Workshop. Didn't run into him though, not in the same grades.

[bklyncowgirl]

5. Kick for a good series

I learned quite a bit about Richardson from reading this. Some I liked a great deal some I wasn't so crazy about. He's a candidate we should be taking more seriously, an outsize personality, a wheeler dealer with real accomplishments.