I’ve gotten lots of e-mails in the past few days. Why Bill Richardson? they all say. Why this particular guy? If you don’t like Hillary, well, there’s lots of other choices. Why this choice? The truth is, I like Hillary Clinton fine. She’s a fine Senator today, and she’s going to be a fine Senator in 15 or 20 years when she’s the Majority Leader in the Senate.
But here’s why I’ve started this blog, started this idea, gotten behind a political figure most of you barely know.
“Because I’m tired of it. Year after year after year, having to choose between the lesser of who cares. Of trying to get myself excited about a candidate who can speak in complete sentences. Of setting the bar so low I can hardly look at it. They say a good man can’t get elected president. I don’t believe that. Do you?”
- Leo McGarry, “The West Wing”