Quote of the Day: [Gov. Bill] Richardson (Democrat-NM) is easily the most qualified of the Democrats in the field. He has served as a governor of a border state, has extensive foreign policy experience as Ambassador to the United Nations in the Clinton administration, and has served in many high-level federal positions including a tour as a Cabinet member as Secretary of Energy...Richardson possesses the seniority, experience as a chief executive, and more foreign policy experience than either [Hillary] Clinton or [Barack] Obama.-Amy Proctor, self-described "Christian Republican" blogger from the Northeastern U.S.A.
...if the Democrats succeed in nominating Richardson, he is almost certain to become the 44th President of the United States.
Before serving at the U.N. and heading the Energy Department, Richardson worked for the State Department and later became a staff member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, he spent 15 years in the U.S. House of Representatives expanding his interest in foreign relations, met with the North Koreans in 1994 and won the release of a U.S. helicopter pilot, and earlier this year he negotiated the release of U.S. journalist Paul Solopek from the Sudan and has been nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize for his efforts.
I've always considered Gov. Richardson among the top tier of the Democratic presidential candidates. And if Ms. Proctor is any indication, he could win over enough Republicans to take the White House back for his party.
According to his website, he will announce his intentions in January.
