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"Bill Richardson is almost running as John F. Kennedy, but for the Vice-President's spot. He's looking and sounding smart, and he's looking and sounding capable."

Your post is well founded, and really points out
the reasons for the posturing. Albeit, he is not
without baggage.

By David Plotz
Posted Friday, June 23, 2000, at 12:00 AM PT


The Department of Energy, the Bermuda Triangle of Cabinet agencies, is claiming another victim this week. The Case of the Missing Hard Disks has doomed Secretary Bill Richardson's aspiration to be Al Gore's running mate. Republican senators are demanding Richardson's resignation. George W. Bush is turning the nuclear bumbling into a campaign issue. The Senate Armed Services Committee summoned Richardson for a spanking on Wednesday. Democratic senators ripped him. Republicans suggested that an independent agency, not DOE, should supervise nuclear weapons and security. Sen. Robert Byrd, D-W.V., vowed that the Senate would never support Richardson again. Sen. Richard Shelby, R-Ala., growled, "You have lost what credibility you had left on Capitol Hill." During his days as an international troubleshooter, Richardson liked being called "007," but not even James Bond could escape from the torture chamber Richardson is in now

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[First_Salute]

I was counting on the liberals' counting on the short memory problem.