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Richardson Ad Gets Tough on Rivals' Iraq Plans
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ABC News' Sarah Amos Reports: As Gov. Bill Richardson continues to struggle in the polls of early primary states, his campaign released a new ad Wednesday that is taking a tough look at his rivals position on the war in Iraq.
The advertisement, which will begin airing in Iowa and New Hampshire, comes out swinging at the New Mexico governor's rivals for the Democratic presidential bid. The announcer opens with the line, "Is there a difference between the Democrats in Iraq? There's a big difference."
Richardson has been seen as the most outspoken Democratic candidate when it comes to a plan for Iraq. From debates to town hall meetings, Richardson has pledged that if elected, he would call for an immediate and full withdrawal of all troops from Iraq.
However, in the past Richardson has been hesitant to get negative about his opponents' plans for Iraq.
That no longer appears to be the case, as this new ad singles out the what the Richardson campaign labels as flaws in the three front-runners plans: "Hillary Clinton, John Edwards and Barack Obama have repeatedly said they will leave thousands of troops in Iraq indefinitely, even beyond 2013."
"Iraq is the most important issue facing our country, but the national media and too many of my fellow candidates seem to have put it on the backburner," Richardson said in a statement released by the campaign.
Richardson has staked much of his campaign on appealing to voters with his plan for Iraq, yet it has not translated into the poll results he might have been hoping for. The latest ABC News/Washington Post poll puts Richardson at 8 percent, a far cry from the three double-digit front-runners.
The Richardson campaign will no doubt be watching to see if the new, tougher ad will push up poll numbers with the Iowa Caucus just around the corner.
December 19, 2007 in Bush, George W., Kucinich, Dennis, Tancredo, Tom | Permalink | User Comments (1)
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Richardson obviously doesn't understand that there is a need for troops in the region and that the thousands of US civillians in Iraq need some measure of US protection present. He'd playing fear and you would have thought we'd had enough of that the last 7 years.
Posted by: Louis | Dec 19, 2007 3:51:57 PM
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