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Originally Posted by JavaBlack
I don't understand this "highjacked by the left-wing" thing.
Richardson's a liberal. He just doesn't believe in gun control and has some alternate economic ideas- neither of which is inherently illiberal. His foreign policy stances are among the most liberal of all the candidates.
Policy-wise he was certainly my favorite, having time to look over everything.
But he has the problem of being a very lousy speaker... Seems weird considering he's a diplomat.
Not sure how that would affect his ability as commander in chief but it certainly hurt him in the campaign.
For gods' sake, Hillary brought "experience" into the game and Richardson was the only candidate with experience in both foreign policy and executive office.
Obama brought up "change" but Richardson's agenda is actually more deviant from the status quo, more liberal in some ways I'd dare say.
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I don't agree with many of his foreign policy issue (Kyoto waste of time for example). But he's fiscally conservative, supports a balanced budget amendment, voted for DOMA, wants to end oil subsidies, tough on criminals (especially sex offenders), supports death penalty, hard liner on drugs, supports nuclear power...I'm strongly against his illegal immigration policies. But of all the D's he's by far the most palatable IMO.