Richardson’s Problem

The ads he has come up with are not a bad way to convey his “experience,” but a larger problem he may have is what happens when his rivals begin paying attention to him and pointing out all of the failures that occurred on his watch in his various posts.  His tenure as Secretary of Energy is the most damaging and the most well-known, so why exactly does he think it is a good idea to remind people that he was in charge of the department during one of its worst security/espionage scandals?  For that matter, what did he accomplish as U.N. Ambassador?  What did he accomplish in Congress besides the usual pork spending?  He has some minor successes as governor (he banned cockfighting, after all), but even here he doesn’t actually have that much to run on.  Yes, he cut income tax rates, and we New Mexicans appreciate that, but that is literally the only thing he has done that most New Mexicans can recall him doing that does not involve gladhanding with Richard Branson, blowing huge sums on the Spaceport or wasting our money on a worthless train to Raton.  No offense to the good folks of Raton, but who wants to go to Raton?  More to the point, if you want to go, drive there, for goodness’ sake!