OBAMA GAINS ANOTHER SUPERDELEGATE
New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson, the nation’s only Hispanic governor, is endorsing Sen. Barack Obama for president, calling him a “once-in-a- lifetime leader”. Richardson, a superdelegate, is scheduled to make a formal announcement alongside Obama at a campaign event in Portland.
‘Once-in-a-lifetime leader’
“I believe he is the kind of once-in-a-lifetime leader that can bring our nation together and restore America’s moral leadership in the world,” Richardson said. “As a presidential candidate, I know full well Sen. Obama’s unique moral ability to inspire the American people to confront our urgent challenges at home and abroad in a spirit of bipartisanship and reconciliation,” Richardson said.
Richardson is a two-term governor, eight-term congressman, and former 2008 presidential candidate. He served as ambassador to the United Nations and as secretary of the Energy Department during the Clinton administration. Richardson is still close friends with the Clinton’s and watched the Super Bowl with Bill at the New Mexico governor’s mansion earlier this year.
- (As I have said before, what does it say that some of the people who know the Clinton’s the best, are publicly endorsing Obama?)
‘The judgment we need’
Richardson went on to say, “There is no doubt in my mind that Barack Obama has the judgment and courage we need in a commander in chief when our nation’s security is on the line.”
Richardson described Hillary Clinton as “a distinguished leader” but said Obama “will be a historic and great president, who can bring us the change we so desperately need by bringing us together as a nation here at home and with our allies abroad.”
Obama said he was “deeply honored” to have Richardson’s support and said: `Whether it’s fighting to end the Iraq war or stop the genocide in Darfur or prevent nuclear weapons from falling into the hands of terrorists, Gov. Richardson has been a powerful voice on issues of global security, peace and justice, earning five Nobel Peace Prize nominations.”
Bill Richardson joins this growing list of endorsements for Barack Obama.
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