Morning News Dispatch

March 22, 2008

New Mexico:

Governor Bill Richardson refused early yesterday to abide the call by the Obama campaign for super delegates to pledge their votes in accordance with the wishes of the voters they represent.

Richardson, who represents the people of New Mexico, rejected that idea in a surprising move and pledged his support to Senator Obama rather than Senator Clinton, who was chosen by voters in his state.

The Obama camp accepted Richardson's support after issuing a statement that it was a special circumstance which would be honored just this one time. When asked about Senator Kennedy's support, the phone line went dead and the campaign has not returned reporters calls.

Asked to comment on his surprising decision, Richardson had no explanation other than expressing a desire to leave New Mexico and move to Washington DC, where he said the grass was greener and the Rose Garden had no cactus or sagebrush, which he'd "grown tired of" scratching his legs and cluttering up the backyard of his Albuquerque ranch style home. He said he would also like to live in a big place where he could order anything he wanted to eat at any hour.

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