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, […]

Time Magazine points out the problem with calling the race 21 months out:
Sometimes it’s not who you like, it’s who you know. That’s the important axiom to remember at this stage of the presidential race, when polls say far more about name recognition than they do about actual likely victory. That’s why TIME has created […]

Blogger Ed Morrissey opines in the Examiner.com that Bill Richardson should be 08’s most dangerous candidate as far as the Republicans are concerned:

The Democrats have no one else with a resume to match Richardson, with the possible (and extreme) exception of former Vice President Al Gore. The Democrats certainly have no other candidates with Richardson’s […]

The most experienced candidate in the race….

T.R. Reid of the Washington Post reports on the importance of the Rocky Mountain West to Democrats’ chance of recapturing the White House in 2008:

When the major political parties gathered for their national conventions in 2004, Colorado had a Republican governor, a Republican-controlled legislature and a Republican edge of 5 to 2 in the state’s […]

Russell Shaw blogs on The Huffington Post about who should be the Democratic nominee for president - and it’s not Barack Obama:
He’s [Obama] only been in the Senate for two years, and won’t even have served a complete term by 2008. More important, he has little executive experience, no track record at being able to […]

Ronald Brownstein of the LA Times reports on the various advice groups looking to rescue the Democratic Party:
Has anyone canvassed Dr. Phil? Or checked in with Dear Abby?
They may be the last two self-help gurus who haven’t weighed in recently with guidance for the nation’s oldest political party.
For Democrats, apparently, this is advice month.
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On Monday, […]