Sunday, October 14, 2007

Bill Richardson whines that Clinton is "acting as if she's won"

Of course she thinks she's got this sown up, she's ahead in the polls, she's raising tons of money and no one is airing negative ads against her:

Democratic presidential hopeful Bill Richardson said Saturday that Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton is "acting as if she's won" the nomination.

"I think this is a time when voters start making up their minds and we draw contrasts," the New Mexico governor told reporters after addressing a union picnic in Las Vegas. "This race is not over. ... We've got three months to go."

Richardson spent his day on the stump in Las Vegas distinguishing his positions from Clinton's. He described his plan to withdraw all troops from Iraq as the "clearest."

Richardson criticized Clinton's decision not to remove her name from the primary ballot in Michigan, despite a promise not to campaign in the state because it broke party rules in scheduling the contest before Feb. 5. Clinton is the front-runner.

"She wants to have it both ways, you're either in or out," Richardson said. "We got to have leaders in this country that are clear, that take strong positions."
If they were serious about stopping her they would run an ad like this: