Foot, Meet Mouth

Again, Richardson:

It seems Bill Richardson has no shortage of gaffes. Addressing SEIU today, Richardson thanked them for their applause: "Thank you, AFSCME!"

That's right, Richardson named the wrong union. And it gets worse. SEIU, unfortunately, is an organizational rival to AFSCME in many states, and SEIU's audience responded to Richardson's opening line by shouting, "S-E-I-U!"

Don't think he's quite ready for the prime time yet.

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Richardson:

Presidential candidate Bill Richardson on Tuesday accused his Democratic rivals of creating too many escape clauses for President Bush to leave U.S. troops in Iraq indefinitely.

"We need to bring them all home," the New Mexico governor said.

In a speech before liberal activists, Richardson tried to differentiate himself in the primary race by stressing that he would leave "zero troops" in Iraq. He pointed out that his leading opponents have supported legislation that would leave behind an undetermined number of residual forces to train and equip Iraqi forces, among other things.

This is the correct answer. It might not be the one accepted by the elite pundits who dominate our discourse, but it is the correct one.