# Gov. Bill Richardson (D) New Mexico runs for president \[merged threads\] **URL:** \ **Category:** Great Debates\ **Created:** [January 21, 2007, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gov-bill-richardson-d-new-mexico-runs-for-president-merged-threads/388954 "2007-01-21T19:17:46Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2007, 4:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gov-bill-richardson-d-new-mexico-runs-for-president-merged-threads/388954/21 "2007-01-22T16:05:48Z")
[QUOTE=xtisme] He’s also from New Mexico, not Arizona (so if they merge, change the thread title). 🙂 I realize all the states out here look alike to you easterners… 😛 -XT [/QUOTE] I always thought it was variant names for the same state . . . you know, like Holland and the Netherlands . . . ---
**Author:** ![Pleonast](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pleonast/32/1183_2.png) [@Pleonast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pleonast)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2007, 4:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gov-bill-richardson-d-new-mexico-runs-for-president-merged-threads/388954/22 "2007-01-22T16:20:16Z")
[QUOTE=Sam Stone] He might be running for Vice President. A candidate can’t come out and say that, but Richardson is perfectly positioned to be picked as VP. The Democrats need to pick up at least two states in the South, and he can help deliver. [/QUOTE] On the ABC Sunday morning political show, he was specifically asked about running for VP. He said he’d rather be governor. Of course, he has to say that at this point in the game. ---
**Author:** ![Billdo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/billdo/32/315_2.png) [@Billdo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Billdo)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2007, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gov-bill-richardson-d-new-mexico-runs-for-president-merged-threads/388954/23 "2007-01-22T20:08:37Z")
Thanks for the input, Dopers. It seems to me that the upshot is that he has some possibility to break into the pack of frontrunners if he can effectively show his campaigning skills, and an even greater shot to be considered for the VP slot if one of the candidates with a weak foriegn policy background is nominated. ---
**Author:** ![Jackmannii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackmannii/32/311_2.png) [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2007, 9:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gov-bill-richardson-d-new-mexico-runs-for-president-merged-threads/388954/24 "2007-01-22T21:27:38Z")
Let’s not automatically dismiss someone who can very likely deliver New Mexico’s electoral votes. > [@Unregistered Bull](#): > > He came out against cockfighting this year after previous mild support of the sport. Hah, betcha you Obama supporters can’t say where _he_ stands on this issue. So, can Vilsack/Richardson beat Brownback/Hagel? What do the polls say? ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2007, 9:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gov-bill-richardson-d-new-mexico-runs-for-president-merged-threads/388954/25 "2007-01-22T21:41:40Z")
[QUOTE=Unregistered Bull] He came out against cockfighting this year after previous mild support of the sport. [/QUOTE] This is an **issue** there?! ---
**Author:** ![asterion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/4da419/32.png) [@asterion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/asterion)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2007, 11:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gov-bill-richardson-d-new-mexico-runs-for-president-merged-threads/388954/26 "2007-01-22T23:27:21Z")
[QUOTE=BrainGlutton] This is an **issue** there?! [/QUOTE] Not really. Every once in a while legislation gets brought up to ban cockfighting. Personally, I don’t have a problem with it either way. ---
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2007, 11:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gov-bill-richardson-d-new-mexico-runs-for-president-merged-threads/388954/27 "2007-01-22T23:58:48Z")
[QUOTE=Sam Stone] The Democrats need to pick up at least two states in the South, and he can help deliver. [/QUOTE] NM is \*not \* in the South. It’s in the _West_. The Dems haven’t worried much about that region recently because there are so few electoral votes to be had there. It’s still generally true. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gov-bill-richardson-d-new-mexico-runs-for-president-merged-threads/388954.md?page=1)