New Mexico Governor, superdelegate, and highest ranking Latino politican Bill Richardson may have made the riskiest political gamble of his life on Friday by officially announcing his endorsement for Barack Obama with a major speech at the height of the campaign controversy on race.
Richardson, who was appointed as Ambassador to the United Nations, and Secretary of Energy during the 8 years Bill Clinton was president, had been a long-time ally of the Clintons, but as the demand for a new kind of politics is sweeping America, Richardson too is caught up in the fever making sure he is part of the sweeping, and not one of the swept.
Hillary Clinton up to now had been able to keep her campaign alive with the support of the Latino community who were very loyal because of the prosperity Americans experienced during the Clinton years of old, and in large part because they did not know much about the junior Senator from Illinos. Increasingly though, it’s becoming evident that it is the newer, younger, generations of Latino Americans who are politically aware, involved, and in many cases influencing the decisons of their parents to vote for “change,” and a new era in politics.
Portland, OR.
March 21, 2008
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