Comment by Tim Price on January 9, 2008 at 7:13pm

Crap. Excuse the language, but I'm very disappointed that he's no longer in the race. Experience, success, intelligence, a sense of humor, it apparently wasn't enough. Maybe he needed a media gimmmick. I still may write him in.

Comment by hettie on January 9, 2008 at 7:52pm

he'd make a great veep.......

Comment by Tim Price on January 9, 2008 at 7:55pm

Sarah, IMHO, you are so correct.

Comment by Dr Dan on January 9, 2008 at 8:06pm

While I am disappointed, I’m not surprised. I was hoping he would make it to Super Tuesday. He was out of the limelight too long after achieving name recognition during the Clinton years, and he never had the $$$$ to compete. I’m hopeful he will get a prime spot in the cabinet, but he may have burned his bridges with the Clintons. But one of the first rules of politics is “There are no final victories”, so he will resurface, I just hope he doesn’t go back on his word and run for senate.

Comment by Dr Dan on January 9, 2008 at 8:45pm

In the Iowa caucus each candidate need s 15% in each precinct to continue, if someone doesn't get 15% they can join any other candidate. Richardson encourged his folowers to join Obama instead of Clinton. The clintons were not amused considering they had him in the cabinet and selected him to be the UN rep.

If Obama gets the nomination and Clinton is not the VP, then it could prove to be a smart move, but if the clintons win, they never forget.

Comment by chantal on January 10, 2008 at 7:09am

Guess the cowboy ethos doesn't play well with the rest of the country:


Too bad. He could have been the next Rough Rider

Comment by chantal on January 10, 2008 at 9:57am

Nah, I was thinking more about the archetypes bandied about during any election and where Richardson fits (or not) the mold.

In particular, I'm interested in the nuances of the cowboy archetype as discussed in the book on Teddy Roosevelt which I linked to above.

"Enter a new type of charismatic male personality after 1870, a cowboy-soldier operating in the new venue of the American West on sheer strength of will and physicality. Eastern readers instantly recognized him as more masculine precisely because he met the psychological desires in their imagination, making them into masters of their own fate, propelling them into violent adventure and comradeship, believing them at home in nature, not in the hothouse interiors of office buildings or middle-class homes. Writers pitched the cowboy ethos against Christian values of mercy, empathy, love, and forgiveness, against domestic responsibility and the job demands that complicated men's lives and dissolved their masculine will."

Comment by SNM on January 10, 2008 at 11:43am

If you had been his speech writer, he would still be in the race.

Comment by SNM on January 11, 2008 at 8:39am

Male voters will vote for a 'sexy' male candidate. We voted for Reagan and Bill, and although they were not physically 'sexy', they were charismatic.

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