PREVIOUS ISSUES : NEWS : Outtakes Last Updated: April 30, 2008 - 10:47 AM   There's Something About Bill: KOs to be the Boss By Nate Dinsdale Published: August 8, 2007   Email this article   Printer friendly page   Bloggers on Richardson at YearlyKos. “New Mexico Governor Bill Richardson brought his presidential campaign—or as many attendees saw it, his vice-presidential campaign—to the YearlyKos convention in Chicago…” —Kerri Rebresh, on the Colorado Confidential blog, Aug. 5.  “Bill Richardson—High point: Leading off the debate, Richardson bluntly acknowledged that he ‘screwed up’ by naming Byron ‘Whizzer’ White as a model Supreme Court justice. The netroots have a soft spot for candidates who admit their mistakes and move on. Low point: In the ‘straight talk’ mold of Sen. John McCain, Richardson told the crowd that he supported a constitutional amendment to balance the budget. Hissing and boos. Boos and hissing.” —Chris Cillizza, The Fix blog on Washington Post online, Aug. 4. “AC/DC’s ‘Back in Black’ plays as Bill Richardson takes the stage to address the crowd, and you can feel a tactile sense of excitement in the crowd. Howard Dean may have lost the primary that cold night in Iowa, but here in Chicago on a hot August evening, his dream of rebuilding that big old tent looks like it’s taken root.”—Kevin Robinson, Chicagoist, Aug. 6. “I don’t actually think there was a clear winner. John Edwards, Chris Dodd and Hillary Clinton I think did themselves the most good last night…Bill Richardson left not having improved [his] position terribly but certainly reinforced common themes of [his] campaign: no residual troops, it’s the resumé, stupid.”—Todd Beeton, MyDD, Aug. 5.  “Rep. Dennis Kucinich of Ohio—the purported left-wing firebrand of the group—actually has a soft, tired visage with an essential sadness in his eyes. Gov. Bill Richardson of New Mexico is the precise opposite. Despite his Southwestern home, he effects a folksy but quintessential urban persona that would be right at home in a crowded, street-corner deli.”—Chris Jones, Theater Loop blog on Chicago Tribune online, Aug. 6 “Bill Richardson [says] ‘We need a candidate that energizes voters.’ But he is not so much energizing me…why isn’t he stronger? He has more punch lines and platitudes than the real stuff I want to hear.” —The Muse, Musings, Aug. 4. SFR is covering the Richardson campaign every week in “There’s Something about Bill.” To read more SFR coverage of the governor’s presidential campaign, go to www.sfrblogsbill.blogspot.com. © Copyright 2000-2008 by the Santa Fe Reporter Save This Page to del.icio.us Top of Page