This morning on Face the Nation, Gov. Bill Richardson explained the differences between Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama. Nothing surprising--Obama asked for his endorsement in a series of personal phone calls while the Clintons used "hundreds" of surrogates to strong-arm him. That kind of thing.
It wasn't until Richardson went into deeper detail that he said something that really caught my ear. Obama, he said, possesses "judgment, temperament, and patriotism."
Well, it's no secret that Hillary--and Bill, come to think of it--have a problem with judgment and temperament. But patriotism? This sounds like Richardson is either reassuring us that, despite the ties to Rev. Wright, Obama indeed loves his country . . . or, more interestingly, Hillary Clinton doesn't.
I think the Governor of New Mexico might have ratcheted the nasty factor in the Democratic campaign up a notch.
Thanks, Bill!
