Gene Maddaus of the Daily Breeze reports on the concession by Jenny Oropeza to Laura Richardson in the special election for the 37th congressional district. Turnout was 11 percent.

University of Wisconsin poli sci professor Charles H. Franklin takes a look at the presidential primary polls that actually mean something:
It is time to turn to state level polling for president. Obviously this is where the nomination is won (and mostly lost). While I believe national polling is valuable, it is Iowa, Nevada, New Hampshire, […]

Third in the series…

Vaughn Ververs of CBS News gives his take on the spot:
Humor — With A Point? Bill Richardson is back with a third installment of his popular “job interview” ads. In this one, Richardson explains his commitment to combating global warming to a clearly uninterested job interviewer. The ad is running in Iowa […]

Like many other Latino leaders, Henry Cisneros served under President Clinton but is supporting Governor Richardson in the 2008 presidential race. The Walker Report posts photos of Richardson’s recent event in San Antonio - including the one above with Secretary Cisneros’ favorite candidate: City Council Candidate Mary Alice Cisneros.
Meanwhile, Stace of Dos Centavos posts about […]

Dan Balz of the Washington Post reports on a tiff at Harvard’s Institute of Politics:
A brewing argument over Iraq between the presidential campaigns of Sens. Hillary Rodham Clinton and Barack Obama broke into public view here Monday night when Clinton’s chief strategist challenged Obama’s credentials as a consistent opponent of the war.
Mark Penn and Obama […]

David Brooks opines about the Democratic presidential primary in a column entitled “Neither Clinton, Nor Obama”:
Then Bill Richardson walked onstage. He was dressed differently — in slacks and a sports jacket. He told jokes that didn’t seem repeated for the 5,000th time. He seemed recognizably human, unlike some of his overpolished peers. He gave the […]

Chris Bowers on MyDD blogs that Bill Richardson is moving up:
…the slow Richardson rise has the makings of a real trend. It is happening among insiders and outsiders, among the establishment and the netroots, in real polls and straw polls / online rankings. In a way, it all makes sense, since Richardson has numerous potential […]

Nedra Pickler of the Associated Press reports on Bill Richardson’s “unique qualifications” for the presidency:
Bill Weld, a Republican who was Massachusetts governor, was three years ahead of Richardson at the Middlesex School, a boarding school in Concord, Mass. Weld said Richardson does not need to prove himself like other governors who get most of their […]

Bill Bradley is a very knowledgable observer of California politics whose blog is particularly distinctive owing to the high volume of interaction between Bradley and his commenters.
Bradley has expressed a great interest in the Nevada primary and blogs here about the recent appearances of General Clark and Governor Richardson in that state:
For his part, Richardson, […]