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...course, you can't get to Bigelow's space station without a ride. No problem, since spaceport plans are popping up faster than airports--seven at last count, from Truth or Consequences, N.M., to Sheboygan, Wis. New Mexico Governor Bill Richardson has signed off on plans for a $220 million--to--$225 million Spaceport America to focus on space tourism...
...middle of a forum Wednesday for Democratic Presidential candidates in Carson City, Nevada, New Mexico Governor Bill Richardson renewed his call for all his party's 2008 hopefuls to pledge not to attack one another...
...Nevada forum - which all the major candidates attended except for Obama, who skipped it to campaign in Iowa - the jabs were more subtle than the Clinton-Obama tussle. But it was clear that, despite Richardson's wishes, the Democratic candidates will not be going soft on one another as this campaign heats up. Each of the candidates gave a brief speech and then took three questions from moderator George Stephanopoulos. Here's a look at some of the differences that emerged...
...office. Clinton said only that all Americans would have universal health care by the end of her second term. Edwards added that anyone who didn't call for tax hikes to pay for such a program "might have a bridge to sell you in Brooklyn." That prompted Richardson and former Iowa Governor Tom Vilsack to adamantly dispute that. "I don't think the solution for the Democratic Party should always be we either tax more or spend more," Richardson said...
...Obama needed to renounce Geffen's remarks, said, "I'm going to leave that up to the other campaign." Biden, who started off his run a few weeks ago by blasting Obama, Clinton and Edwards' ideas on Iraq in an interview, said, "Sign me up, no negatives," shortly after Richardson's appeal. Of course, campaigns are about illustrating differences, and Richardson's Mr. Positive approach can be tough to sustain. Just seconds after his plea for civility, Richardson noted, "Governors actually do things." Undoubtedly, the many U.S. Senators who are opposing him had a hard time hearing that...