Greg_Groogan's Blog

Talk about your wingman ! Anyone else see Bill Richardson swoop-in to shield frontrunner Hillary Clinton from the Obama/Edwards onslaught ?

"I'm hearing this holier than thou attitude toward Senator Clinton," chided the New Mexico Governor, further scolding,

"It's bothering me because it's pretty close to personal attacks we don't need."

Who does Richardson think he's kidding ? With almost no chance of winning the nomination himself  it's certainly not beyond the realm of the possible that he's getting a head start on the paegent to be the former first lady's number two.

And why not ? If, as the only hispanic in the presidential field, he can deliver a latino vote landslide, maybe Clinton/Richardson makes sense.

Toss in his foreign policy experience, years as a chief executive (albeit of a not-so-populous state) and ties to the previous Clinton administration and it's conceivable Richardson is on a short-list.

Or maybe not. 

Regardless, one veteran political activist tells me, Richardson's reluctance to mix it up with Hillary has been obvious.

Never more so than in the latest debate.