Bill Richardson: Is Attorney General the Peoples' Lawyer or Just a Political Flack?

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from HuffPo: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/steve-clemons/bill-richardson-is-attor_b_44057.html

I think Warren Olney's show, "To the Point," airs in the Washington, DC area again tonight at 10 p.m. It aired earlier today at 2 p.m. Eastern and 11 a.m. Pacific. Bill Richardson is on for the last 10 minutes -- and Richardson is just superb.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/steve-clemons/bill-richardson-is-attor_b_44057.html

Among the many blunt but insightful comments Richardson shared were that "Attorney General Gonzales needed to decide if he was the nation's lawyer, the peoples' lawyer, or whether he was just the President's political flack."

Richardson did not feel that matters that were essentially "political" should be shielded by executive privilege. Unless it was a matter of national security, Governor Richardson saw the effort to shield Congressional oversight from the Gonzales attorney firings as inappropriate.

On the Middle East, Richardson got the frame exactly right. He didn't just focus on whether the surge would work or fail (though he called the surge "tragic"), he said that what needed to happen was a reconciliation process inside Iraq as well as a regional stakeholders gathering -- including Syria and Iran.

Essentially, Richardson thinks that the same kind of regional deal-making that the Iraq Study Group called for is what we should be enthusiastically pursuing in the region.

All in all, Bill Richardson's comments were excellent -- and were the type of quick hit common sense that other candidates should try out.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/steve-clemons/bill-richardson-is-attor_b_44057.html


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[TreasonousBastard]

1. I heard the show earlier, and Richardson was...

like a bright light at the end of the tunnel.

Says the right things and knows how to get stuff done.

Much as I like Obama, Gore and some others, Richardson is the one who has proven he can do the job.

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2. I'm looking forward to debates

[texpatriot2004]

3. Good one Mr. Richardson nm