Edshugeo The GodMoor

New Mexico Governer Bill Richardson has thrown his hat into the 2008 Presidential race, following Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton.

I vaguely remember Richardson from the Clinton years (ambassador to the UN), thinking he might have been this guy, Yan, on the TV series Let's Learn Japanese. I watched and taped it quite a bit, back in the early nineties (I think). So far I've not come across any information that indicates he's had a past life in acting, nor a proficiency in Japanese. We'll learn more about him as time moves on.

I don't have any favorites among the Democrats right now. My opinion that we have to win in Iraq, has me favoring Giuliani or McCain. There's still some doubt that they can make it through the primaries, being somewhat liberal as Republicans go. Should the Dems find themselves against the typical right-wing douche-bag, then I may cast my lot with them.

I think Obama's stronger anti-war position, while an advantage right now, could work against him, in the long run. Hillary is doing the strong critic thing, but seems to be giving herself some breathing room. She's smart enough to know that it's a year away from the primaries, and public opinion can change.

A reader at James Hudnall's blog remarks that after Hillary is finished attacking Obama, she'll recruit him for the Vice-Presidential position, which would probably help heal the damage to her standing in the Black "community" (done by her campaigning). However, should Barack get the nomination, it wouldn't help him to have her as his running mate, would it?

John Edward's association with John Kerry makes it difficult for me to take him seriously. I would like him to go away for a while.

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