MSNBC:"Top Democrat calls for talks with North Korea" Richarson Slams bush

[leftchick]

I watched him on the Today show where Lauer kept interrupting and badgering him. There is a video at the link. He was excellent...

http://msnbc.msn.com/id/15205733/

WASHINGTON - The Bush administration should abandon its long-standing refusal to engage in direct talks with North Korea, now that Pyongyang has ratcheted up the stakes with its announced nuclear test, a former U.S. ambassador to the United Nations and prominent Democrat said Tuesday.

New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson, who served in President Bill Clinton’s administration and has visited North Korea, said President Bush was right to seek sanctions against North Korea in the U.N., but should next move to direct talks with the reclusive nation.

“I would engage directly in face-to-face talks,” Richardson said on NBC’s “Today” show. “That’s when you deliver your toughest message.”

In taking that stance, Richardson echoed the message that former Secretary of State James A. Baker III said Sunday, as Baker urged the administration to talk directly to adversaries around the world.

[rodeodance]

1. Good for Richards

.......In taking that stance, Richardson echoed the message that former Secretary of State James A. Baker III said Sunday, as Baker urged the administration to talk directly to adversaries around the world.