Ed Morrissey:

He has extensive foreign-affairs experience; he has plenty of contacts in Congress and a long history of working between the legislative and executive branches; and most of all, he has solid executive experience that all of the other main candidates for the nomination lack. In fact, compared to Richardson, the rest of the pack look like amateurs playing at national politics.

Richardson should worry Hillary Clinton based on his extensive experience. However, his experience with the Clintons also might give Hillary Clinton a different set of vulnerabilities, depending on whether the former baseball player will go hardball in the primary race.

Even the fact of his candidacy makes a case for his readiness to dish on Hillary Clinton. He’s just young enough at age 60 to have waited for 2012 or 2016 to avoid going against Hillary Clinton, and yet he chose to run against his former boss’ spouse. That indicates that Richardson doesn’t feel especially loyal to either Clinton on the national stage and hints that some fireworks may await us on the primary trail.

And he has centrist cred all over.

Expect a 2008 Field rundown form me by the end of the week (probably tomorrow, depending on what Bush says in tonight's State of the Union).

Labels: 2008 Watch

Posted by Ryan S. on Tuesday, January 23, 2007 at 2:15 PM | Permalink |