Word: richardson
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...BILL RICHARDSON The New Mexico governor and former candidate sways Latino votes...
...Mexico governor Bill Richardson's new beard symbolizes another kind of independence. He started growing it after dropping out of the race for the Democratic presidential nomination. "I am revolting against my campaign consultants," he said. "For an entire year, every day was programmed. Now that I am wearing a beard, I can finally reflect and decompress...
...Congresswoman Laura Richardson's victory in the district's August special election bodes well for Obama, who holds a commanding lead in polls of likely California black voters, who account for just around 10% of the total Democratic electorate. Her story even has shades of Obama in it. In the space of a year she went from the Long Beach City Council to the State Assembly to the U.S. Congress. The child of a white mother and black father, Richardson, 45, won the district's special election with 67% of the vote after edging past State Senator Jenny Oropeza...
...Beyond any possible racial divide, the Obama campaign argues the greater hurdle in the 37th District is that of the establishment: both Richardson and former opponent Oropeza are united in their support of Clinton. And, like California in general - home to two women U.S. Senators, as well as Nancy Pelosi, the first female Speaker of the House - the district is partial to women, having elected them to Congress since 1996. "I know people want to make a lot about race in our campaign, but it really wasn't about that," Oropeza said. "And it won't be about...
...hard to not have immunity," says a top Pelosi aide, but "it just depends how much leverage she has." To outsiders, that sounds like a walk-up to folding, and civil-liberties groups are pressuring Democratic House chairmen to push back. "It's completely in her hands," says Michelle Richardson of the ACLU. "Nothing can force her to have the House vote on complete immunity...