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Richardson Is Out of the Race, But In Demand

Posted Feb 23, 08 1:15 PM CST in Politics 

(Newser) – The remaining Dem hopefuls have been pursuing Bill Richardson since he left the presidential race, the New York Times reports. In fact Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama are calling the New Mexico governor daily seeking his endorsement. Obama’s approach is “a surgical bomb,” Richardson said, while “the Clintons are more like a carpet bomb.”

As a Hispanic governor and superdelegate, Richardson is one of the biggest potential endorsers and says he’s “genuinely torn." He did drink and smoke with Bill Clinton while watching the Super Bowl, but also described Obama as a leader “who is creating something that’s really good in this country.” He would not say who got his vote in the New Mexico caucuses—only that he didn't vote for himself.

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Democratic presidential hopeful, New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson, right, speaks during the Brown & Black Forum as fellow hopeful, Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., looks on, Saturday, Dec. 1, 2007, in Des Moines,...   (Associated Press)
New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson talks to supporters and the press news conference in the Capitol Rotunda in Santa Fe, N. M., Thursday, Jan. 10, 2008, announcing he was dropping his bid for the Democratic...   (Associated Press)
Democratic presidential hopefuls, Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, D-N.Y., right, and Gov. Bill Richardson of New Mexico, laugh together during a debate at the University of Nevada in Las Vegas, Thursday,...   (Associated Press)
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