The Richardson Letdown | The New York Observer:
There are 18 candidates for president between the two parties, and Bill Richardson might just be the biggest disappointment of all of them.
The New Mexico governor stepped into the Democratic race with low poll numbers but enormous expectations. In his quarter-century in politics and government, he’d assembled a powerful résumé including service as a congressman, cabinet secretary, ambassador to the United Nations and, since 2003, chief executive of a state. He had a formidable diplomatic track record, the ideal credential for an election that will turn, to an unusual degree, on international issues. And his history-making potential as the first major Hispanic candidate for the presidency infused his campaign with an exciting sense of promise.
If anyone had the makings of a dark horse who could threaten the serious-candidate-tier monopoly of Hillary Clinton, Barack Obama and John Edwards, it would be Mr. Richardson. Or so the thinking went...
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