The Bill Richardson staff pass along video of the Governor's speech to the DNC's winter meeting. I don't know that he's an orator on the scale of John Edwards or Barack Obama, but he definitely has a record of accomplishments and knows how to talk to Democrats. Coturnix thinks he's merely the best vice-presidential candidate, but I think it's still too early to say.
I've seen Barack Obama and John Edwards speak in person, and they have a level of charisma that I don't feel in this video, and didn't see in Richardson's announcement on ABC's This Week. I don't know if that makes Richardson less of a campaigner, though. He does hold the world record for "most hands shaken in a day," a record he took from Teddy Roosevelt.
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It's far too early for me to endorse any candidate for President in '08. I hope to wait until '07 is a little older, maybe even until '08 actually arrives. We've got a good crop out there.
Part eleven. Bears have the ball. They were doing OK until
their quarterback fell down.
Today has been proclaimed "Brian Urlacher Day," in New Mexico.