While Dem Bill Richardson was bowling in Portsmouth last night -- and making it out in time to dodge the latest winter mini-storm -- voters discovered he wasn't very good with the candlepins but he is determined to raise an issue that's been a genie put back in a bottle -- Iraq. His campaign has released what might be called the first 'attack ad' of the Dem primary as Richardson has gone after the big three of Clinton, Edwards, and Obama for their Iraq policies. I say attack ad lightly because it's more of a gentle prod than a hammer but he does make the point because you can't simply eliminate Iraq from the political equation because of the relative calm perhaps before the next storm. The serious questions aren't growing smaller as I heard GOP anti-war critic Ron Paul say yesterday. You can see the ad here.
In my daily link, Richardson reminds folks that Iraq is more than an inconvenient truth lurking the closet -- it's the key to almost everything domestically and internationally. Whether voters are ready to believe that is another matter.
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