Maybe when Bill "No Momentum" Richardson (how do you latinize
Richardson's name?) terms out as NM Governor he can become a
alien-smuggling kingpin of some kind. Would suit him perfectly and he
could make use of all his Washington whiteman connections to keep
things going securely and profitably.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/22578720/

Richardson to end presidential run
Democratic N.M. governor to announce decision Thursday, sources say
NBC News and news services
updated 5:59 p.m. PT, Wed., Jan. 9, 2008

MERRIMACK, N.H. - New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson will announce
Thursday that he is ending his campaign for the presidency, sources
inside the Richardson campaign confirmed to NBC News on Wednesday.

Sources told The Associated Press and NBC News about the withdrawal
plan on condition of anonymity in advance of the governor's
announcement.

The Richardson campaign would not comment on the governor's decision,
reached after a meeting with his top advisers Wednesday in New Mexico.

Richardson had one of the most wide-ranging r=E9sum=E9s of any candidate
ever to run for the presidency, bringing experience from his time in
Congress, President Clinton's Cabinet, in the New Mexico statehouse as
well as his unique role as a freelance diplomat. As a Hispanic, he
added to the unprecedented diversity in the Democratic field that also
included a black and a woman.

But Hillary Rodham Clinton and Barack Obama dominated the spotlight in
the campaign, and Richardson was never able to become a top-tier
contender. He accused his rivals of failing to commit to bring troops
home from Iraq soon enough.

He portrayed his campaign as a job application for president and ran
clever ads that showed a bored interviewer unimpressed with his
dazzling resume. The commercials helped fuel his move to double-digit
support in some early state polls, and advisers argued he was poised
to move past former vice presidential nominee John Edwards for the
role of third-place challenger.

No momentum
But he was not able to build the momentum and came in a distant fourth
place in Iowa and New Hampshire. Richardson didn't get quite 5 percent
in the New Hampshire primary Tuesday and came in with just 2 percent
in the Iowa caucus last week.

Richardson was born 60 years ago in Pasadena, Calif., after his
American father sent his Mexican mother there to give birth and erase
any doubts that his son would be a U.S. citizen. His father was an
international banker from Boston, and Richardson spent his childhood
in Mexico City before being sent to boarding school in Massachusetts,
where he was a standout baseball player.

After graduating from Tufts University in 1971 with a master's degree
in international affairs, Richardson worked first as a congressional
aide and then for the State Department. He was a staffer for the
Senate Foreign Relations Committee when he decided to leave Washington
in 1978 to launch a political career.

Richardson settled in New Mexico partly because of the state's large
Hispanic population, and he won election to the House. Richardson is a
master negotiator and put his diplomatic skills to work to rescue
Americans held hostage abroad. He earned a reputation for a mix of
patience, toughness and cultural sensitivity that served him well on
mercy missions from North Korea to Cuba to Sudan.

Named to high posts by Bill Clinton
President Clinton recruited Richardson to become U.S. ambassador to
the United Nations, then secretary of energy two years later.

He was easily elected to two terms as governor but will be forced from
office by term limits in 2010. His closest advisers hope that even if
his presidential campaign didn't bring him many votes, it built his
reputation so that he'll one day be able to add even more to his
r=E9sum=E9.

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