Democrats Nominate Richardson To Lead 2004 Convention

The Albuquerque Journal (subscription required) ^ | July 28, 2003 | Jennifer Peter, The Associated Press

[CedarDave]

July 28, 2003

Democrats Nominate Richardson To Lead 2004 Convention

By Jennifer Peter The Associated Press

   BOSTON   —   Democratic Party leaders nominated New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson to be chairman of their 2004 national convention on Monday, a move to appeal to Hispanic voters increasingly targeted by Republicans.
    "I think it's a recognition that Hispanics are major players in the presidential race," Richardson said in an interview with The Associated Press shortly after the announcement.
    He added, "I think there's going to be strong initiatives accompanying this appointment for the Hispanic community."
    Democratic National Committee Chairman Terry McAuliffe announced the nomination at a news conference also attended by House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi of California and Sen. Edward Kennedy, D-Mass.
    Richardson's appointment "reflects the diversity of our party, the strength of our party," Pelosi said.
    The nomination of Richardson   —   a former Congressman, energy secretary and U.S. ambassador to the United Nations who is the highest-ranking elected Hispanic official in the country   —   is a response to demands from the Hispanic caucus of the Democratic National Committee.
    The convention chairman usually is named in the weeks prior to the convention, set for Boston next July, and the party's nominee would have input on that decision.
    But Democrats have been under more pressure to address the needs of minority groups, particularly the fast-growing Hispanic population believed to be a swing group this election cycle.
    Richardson said that "the message to Hispanic voters has to include economic empowerment issues and not just immigration and civil rights."
    As for impact the high-profile job will have on his home state, Richardson said, "I'm very honored for myself and New Mexico and I'm going to make sure that New Mexico has a strong presence at this convention so that the state can get more investment, more tourism and we've already started planning to have a very strong physical presence in Boston."
    New Mexico has a prominent place in the primary calendar in 2004, holding a Democratic caucus on Feb. 3, when several states have contests just a week after the New Hampshire primary.
    Also Monday, Alice Huffman, president of the California NAACP, was nominated to head the convention committee, which could address concerns of black Democrats that they are taken for granted by the party.
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    Associated Press reporter Matt Mygatt in Albuquerque, N.M., contributed to this report.

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[Pagey]

Bill Clinton instructed Sec. of Energy Hazel O'Leary to change the color codes at Lawrence Livermore, Los Alamos and Sandia which allowed the following to occur( it's only one example of what we know happened under traitor Clintons watch at the Dept. of Energy): "
"...Wen Ho Lee-- transferred large amounts of classified information from a highly secure computer at Los Alamos to a much more accessible computer network. The programs involved were known as legacy codes that comprise decades of nuclear knowledge..."
After she resigned Sec. of Energy Bill Richardson actually apologized in 1998 on PBS saying "...mistakes were made...", as if, even on national TV, apologizing for Clintons intentional weakening of security could be washed away with an apology.What is more offensive is that whole scene was given a whitewash by the media. One more (totally underrated)tragic moment for our countrys security courtesy of Bill 'The Parser' Clinton.

[BillyBoy]

>> Richardson To Meet With Mexican President Fox And how often does Fox meet with the governors of other states? <<

He met Gray Davis (two peas in a pod) recently. Oh, he met with my RINO Governor a year or two back. He was there to heap praise on ol' George Ryan for freeing all the murderers in Illinois. Course George is headed for prison soon due to giving "licenses for bribes" to illegal aliens (who can't read road signs in English) and promptly ran over a bunch of kids.

These corrupt leftist governors seem to LOVE the "conservative" President of Mexico, and vice versa. Hmmm.

[FITZ]

These corrupt leftist governors seem to LOVE the "conservative" President of Mexico, and vice versa. Hmmm.

The irony though is the Mexicans don't seem to care much for him, I think some of them are getting tired of his plan for ridding their country of them, there was a shift in their recent election toward PRD and PRI ---49 seats lost for PAN. I think it should even be a wake up call to our own politicians.