On Mar 26, 2008, at 5:06 PM, Charles Brown wrote:
But having a former prominent cabinet member of the Bill Clinton
administration, who served as both energy secretary and UN
Ambassador, the
only Latino governor in the country, who was himself a presidential
contender and is the most prominent Latino politician in the
Democratic
Party, supporting Obama could not be dismissed so lightly.
Particularly galling to the Clinton camp must have been the warmth
of Richardson's endorsement, and how Richardson emphasized that
Obama's life
experience meant that he understood the situation Latinos faced,
that he was
a true friend that the community could rely on.
Bill Richardson, not an entirely bad dude, but:
* Supports death penalty, wants to curtail death row inmates rights
* Opposes legalisation of any drugs
* Opposes automatic citizenship for children of illegal immigrants
(and I think suppors revoking citizenship of such kids)
BTW, as someone who has been very sceptical of the whole Obama
phenomenon, I want to say that after reading the entire race speech I
must give the guy some credit for saying some of the things he said. I
was somewhat impressed.
--ravi
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