Biden vs. Richardson is For Real

[oberliner]

Yesterday, Biden's campaign blasted Richardson for changing his position on troop withdrawal from Iraq. Then, just hours later at the AARP forum, Biden -- with a smile on his face, as always -- jabbed the New Mexico governor after Richardson talked about his experience dealing with health care.

"My good friend from New Mexico, God love him. His state's a couple million people," Biden said. "Give me a break. He can pull that together. Pull together 300 million people. That's like saying, you know, 'I played halfback when I was in high school; I can play in the pros' -- a different deal."

Well today, the Biden camp is once again going after Richardson -- this time charging that the New Mexico governor imposed an $8-a-day tax (which he later repealed) on nursing home beds to make up for a shortfall in Medicaid.

Why is Team Biden going after Richardson? A Biden aide tells First Read that Richardson has "gotten a free pass from the press. And we're not going to let that continue."

Richardson spokesman Tom Reynolds responds, "The campaign is heating up. Certain campaigns are trying to draw attention away from their low poll numbers with harsh attacks. We are going to continue to run a strong, optimistic campaign."

http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2007/09/21/374785.aspx

[zeemike]

1. I'll give you my (conspiracy) theory

Bidden and Dod are in it to draw votes away from whoever challenges Clinton. And this is mainly for the Iowa cacaos. Richardson is gaining favor with the Iowa people and Bidden is trying to slow it down.
If I am right the Bidden and Dod people will move to caucus with Clinton if her victory is in jeopardy just like Gephart people went to Kerry to stop Dean.
Bidden or Dod will be Clinton's VP

[MasonJar]

2. Excuse me, Senator Biden, but so what if New Mexico has 2 million. By

the way, how many does your state have?