The One Major Presidential Candidate that Says Out of Iraq Now
Chris Cillizza of the Washington Post describes the rise of the Richardson campaign the same way I do whenever asked by friends: “slowly but surely.” Cillizza also assesses the political implications of the Governor’s position on Iraq:
Expect Richardson to attempt to gain more traction in the coming weeks with his plan to remove all American troops from Iraq by the end of this year. That aggressive position is sure to play well with Democratic base both nationally and in Iowa, where anti-war sentiment runs high.
As you watch other presidential candidates finesse their Iraq proposals in an attempt to tap into that growing sentiment, it’s worth remembering that it is not something new for Governor Richardson. Governor Richardson was saying out of Iraq now at the DNC Winter Meeting in February, he was saying it last year and he was saying it while the Senators were voting to fund George W. Bush’s war.
