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Richardson to Dem Majority: Listen to the Guvs

December 06, 2006 5:17 PM

ABC News' Teddy Davis Reports: Gov. Bill Richardson (D-NM) took a swipe at the new Democratic congressional majority for not consulting the nation's Democratic governors more while appearing at a news conference in Washington, DC today.

"In my judgment it's been insufficient," said Richardson who chaired the Democratic Governors Association in 2006 when his party won control of a majority of the nation's governorships for the first time since 1994. "The Democratic Congress should listen to Democratic governors more because we have won."

Richardson, who is close to announcing his plans to seek the 2008 Democratic presidential nomination, was responding to a question from the Washington Post's Dan Balz who wanted to know if the newly elected Democratic majorities in the House and Senate had forged a partnership with the nation's Democratic governors as the newly elected GOP majority did in 1994.

When asked by the Associated Press to explain how Democratic governors were able to win states representing 295 electoral votes in 2006 when Sen. John Kerry (D-MA) fell short in his quest to win 270 electoral votes in 2004, Richardson said the public sees governors as "instruments of change."

"Here in Congress, the people just float around and nothing happens," said Richardson who served in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1983-97.

Richardson made his comments during the Q&A session that followed his announcement that Gov. Kathleen Sebelius (D-KS) will chair the DGA in 2007 before handing off DGA duties to Gov. Joe Manchin III in 2008.

December 6, 2006 in Tancredo, Tom | Permalink | User Comments (0)

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