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Richardson: Handshakes and Chelsea
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ABC News' Sarah Amos Reports: There isn't a hand in New Hampshire that Gov. Bill Richardson doesn’t want to shake, and that includes Republicans, out-of-town visitors, and a Clinton.
As Richardson walked into a Portsmouth diner today, a murmur went through the crowd when people realized Chelsea Clinton was also there talking with New Hampshire voters. The two greeted each other and spoke briefly about the past.
The Governor, who worked in the Clinton White house over 10 years ago, reminisced about when he took Chelsea to a Navajo parade. Both were all smiles, but clearly eager to move on, as he told Chelsea to take care of herself, moving on as the former first daughter went out the door.
While seeing the two together may have been the high point of the Richardson's visit for many members of the media, it was far from the end of Richardson's time in Portsmouth. Richardson has based his campaign on a grass roots, shake-every-hand-in-the-state mentality.
And while it didn't get him into the top three in Iowa, he is still determined to make it work for him in New Hampshire. His goal for the day: shake 2000 hands, and by his own count he was half-way there when he pulled out of Portsmouth.
To reach his goal, the Governor climbed over caution tape to talk to construction workers in their truck, reached over the counters to shake hands of cooks in kitchens, and at one point chased down a woman saying, "wait, let me shake your hand."
Richardson will have to wait until tomorrow to see if his strategy works, but he did win over quite a few out-of-towners who told the Governor if they did live in New Hampshire they would have voted for him.
Not quite the answer the Governor was looking for, but trying to looking on the bright side, Richardson did reply to one couple, "I'm happy to have everyone's vote."
January 7, 2008 in Bush, George W., Obama, Barack, Thompson, Fred | Permalink | User Comments (3)
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awesome job Richardson :) Totally the only one with the experience and change that will get the job done from day one!!!!
Posted by: louise | Jan 7, 2008 5:54:25 PM
Richardson is nothing more then a paid mouth piece for mexico.
His only goal is to get into federal office and assure there is no southern border.
Posted by: JR | Jan 7, 2008 5:58:24 PM
Bill Richardson's father is caucasian(white) and mother is mexican. So he is of Mixed race, both white and mexican. (He was born in California). He is not exclusively Mexican, but belongs to both white and mexican races. Besides, he is the only candidate with the most and broad experience ever to run for President.
Barack Obama on the other hand is also of Mixed race, part white and part African. His father was black (African Immigrant) and his mother was white(from Kansas). So he is not exclusively African american, but he belongs to both races.
Posted by: Andy | Jan 10, 2008 12:11:09 PM
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