Richardson: Tuesday Is "D-Day" For Dems

(CBS)  New Mexico Governor Bill Richardson, a former candidate for the Democratic presidential nomination, predicted that the results of this week's primaries will decide the party's race.

"D-Day is Tuesday," he told Face The Nation host Bob Schieffer. "Whoever has the most delegates after Tuesday should be the nominee."

Richardson deferred from announcing a personal endorsement of either Hillary Clinton or Barack Obama ("I'm legitimately torn," between the two, he said), but suggested that the leader after this week's primaries will have the presumptive title.

He also called for a positive Democratic race rather than one marred by negative ads or name-calling. "We have to have a positive campaign after Tuesday," Richardson said.

"I think we've got to be ready for a very strong John McCain. Republicans are united right now. They don't have a divisive primary. It looks like the tone of our campaign is heading much too negative. And I want to see us after Tuesday basically come together and see where we are and move on to the general election.

"This campaign is getting much too negative. The American people want us to be positive. They want us to talk about issues. And I'm just worried that the tone of this campaign has gotten excessively negative. And it may hurt us in November."

Also appearing on the program, Sen. Christopher Dodd, D-Conn., advised the candidates against bickering.

"It doesn't serve our interests here to be demeaning the other candidate, in my view," he told Schieffer. "And I'm worried about these ads in a sense creating that kind of an environment."

However, Sen. Evan Bayh, D-Ind., who supports Clinton, did not think her campaign's controversial television ad (in which voters are asked to consider who would best handle being alerted to a world crisis at 3 a.m.) is negative.

"It's not a question of if we're going to be attacked again by al Qaeda; it's a question of when," he said.

"It is a dangerous world. And we need to have a debate about who is best prepared, for this important moment, to be commander in chief."

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Read the full "Face the Nation" transcript here.

[erinmicheles]

When Hillary Clinton was the presumptive front-runner, Bill Richardson had his lips absolutely attached to her posterior end. It was weak and unflattering pandering all in hopes of obtaining her Vice-Presidential nod. Even more unflattering is this most recent interview where Richardson shows that his political loyalties are only about as permanent as the "grey-away" rinse on that "hope to look hipper" facial hair growth.

[kansas1946]

However, Sen. Evan Bayh, D-Ind., who supports Clinton, did not think her campaign''s controversial television ad (in which voters are asked to consider who would best handle being alerted to a world crisis at 3 a.m.) is negative.
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Yes, Evan, just like Karl Rove and Co., didn''t think the swift-boat ads were negative. You need to get out of the same sewer that Rove inhabits. That ad is not only negative, it is friggin'' stupid.

Here is Hillary, poised expectantly over her "red" phone, in the middle of the night, in full jewels and makeup. Who is she, June Clever??

It is a stupid, stupid, ad.

[hook1950]

Richardson is correct, but the Clinton''s aren''t listening. All they want is power--they are the most dangerous people on the planet.

[elsylee28]

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Check out %u201CAl-Qaeda Gets Offended%u201D www.savagepolitics.com/?p=162 and %u201CPredatory Lenders and the Red Phone%u201D on www.savagepolitics.com/?p=158

Plus check the news article %u201CThe Intern%u2026.%u201D

[elsylee28]

Check out the article "The Intern..." at www.savagepolitics.com
Here is an excerpt:%u201C...the start of the Tony Rezko case in Illinois%u2026The case has plenty of new prosecution witnesses and novel evidence that are prone to certainly embarrass the Presidential hopeful. Recently the head magistrate in the case, Judge Amy St Eve, declared that the presentation of evidence regarding the finder%u2019s fee ($375,000) which was allegedly skimmed from investment quotas paid by the Illinois state teachers%u2019 pension fund, must include the $10,000 which ended up in the Obama campaign through the donation of a man called Joseph Aramanda. The prosecution has found that many of these %u201Credirections%u201D of funds to Obama (and others) were done at Rezko%u2019s direct behest and not on their own accord. Additionally it has been found that Mr. Aramanda%u2019s son, John Aramanda, was able to land a %u2018highly coveted%u2019 internship in Barack Obama%u2019s Washington Senate office a year after said funds landed in the Senator%u2019s campaign bank account..."

[rushlimpdrug]

Posted by mrefling1 at 08:04 AM

If you are one of those internet savy obama followers you might consider counting the times you click your mouse.

[jack3213]

OBAMA IS A SUSPICIOUS CHARACTER WITH A GOOD STUMP SPEECH. UNDERNEATH THE WORDS THERE IS NO SUBSTANCE. PEOPLE ARE SUCKERS AND CONTINUE TO FALL FOR THIS AND SHOULD BE MADE AWARE HE IS NOTHING MORE THAN AN EMPTY SUIT. CLINTON IS NOTHING MORE THAN A LIAR. NEITHER CANDIDATE IS QUALIFIED OR CREDIBLE AND SHOULD BE IGNORED FOR THE SAFETY OF THE USA.

[formrusmcsgt]

I''''m voting for Hillary Clinton. She is tested, proven, brilliant, a fighter.

Posted by jason101othe at 03:44 AM : Mar 03, 2008

Tested how? Voting the wrong way on the most important issue she''s faced?

Proven how? Ditto.

Brilliant...well that''s your assessment.

A fighter how? She has passed no major legislation in 6 years in the Senate.

[rushlimpdrug]

What a sad little man.
Or should I say:

What a sad fat pig.

Hey Richardson, shave that racoon off your lower lip your starting to remind me of Al Gore.

[skeezix06]

I was quite disappointed with his statement. Has the democratic party become so desperate to win that they would end campaigns before the person running was ready to end it? This is so wrong.