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How Barack's bucks help Bill

Stephen Dinan of the Washington Times said Friday that Barack Obama's huge fund-raising machine helps Bill Richardson and Chris Dodd, mainly because it shows Hillary Clinton hasn't run away with the nomination.

"Their path to the nomination is obvious, if not clear - run steady races and hope to capitalize as Mr. Obama and Mrs. Clinton stumble, or drag each other down. And both men know they have to score surprises in New Hampshire or Iowa and use the free press attention to slingshot into Super Tuesday on Feb. 5."

Maybe not the Hispanic candidate?

Rachel Kapochunas of Congressional Quarterly analyzed Richardson's so-far lack of appeal to Hispanics, thanks to a poll earlier this week that showed only 37 percent of 1,000 Hispanic registered voters even knew there was a Hispanic running for president. Of those, only 25 percent could identify that person as Richardson.

The survey was done by the Democratic polling firm Lake Research Partners on behalf of the Latino Policy Coalition.

Maybe he is to Barbara

Boston Globe columnist Scott Lehigh hung out with Richardson in New Hampshire this week and on Friday offered glimpses of him impressing the crowd, getting snappish with wife Barbara over her slow-to-be-made sandwich at a sub shop and confronting Lehigh on whether he's "the guy calling around New Mexico asking if he's (Richardson) a bully?"

Yup. Turns out Lehigh is.

So, is Richardson a bully? Let's just say opinions differ.

I heart New Hampshire

Here's some of what Richardson said to the crowd this week in the Granite State:

"I love New Hampshire. I love the fact that you guys like underdogs. ÕCause I'm an underdog. I like where I am now. I'm movin' up. I used to be in the margin of error, and I'm up, but that's OK. I got 10 months to meet a lot of people. I love your house parties. Last trip, I did about six a day. That's how I campaign, like this, and I don't need big crowds in gyms."

Yeah, but he needs big crowds to vote for him.

Aw, shucks

At the Huffington Post, blogger Chris Weigant on Friday examined "the Democratic candidates the media isn't covering" and had this to say about Richardson:

"Biggest weakness: It's hard to find a weakness about Richardson. He's too nice a guy. That's about his biggest weakness, I guess, if you believe the adage about where nice guys finish. . . ."