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No more touching

The Reno Gazette-Journal trailed Bill Richardson during his Carson City, Nev., stump earlier this week. Seemed like a pretty standard campaign trip, although the Kates are puzzled with one particular quote.

"In my campaign today, I touched students, I touched senior citizens, activists," Richardson said.

Sheesh. After all those "woman problem" rumors, you'd think he could find a different verb.

A controversial hire?

At the Washington Post, Mary Ann Akers' "Sleuth" blog reported that the guy who created those Hillary-as-Big-Brother ads has been hired by the same media company that represents Richardson. "Uh-oh," she wrote, "should Richardson now kiss good-bye his chances of becoming Clinton's VP pick?"

But it's not about race

Richardson's campaign announced Tuesday that he's been endorsed by Nevada's Hispanics in Politics Organization.

"While we are honored to support a strong Hispanic presidential candidate, our endorsement of Gov. Richardson is not about race," the group's chairman, Fernando Romero, said. "We looked hard at every candidate and endorsed the governor, because he has the experience to restore our country to greatness. A hard look at his record shows Gov. Richardson's proven ability to improve the lives of working Americans of every race."

Debating the debate

Last week's Democratic debate in South Carolina is still stirring them up. Zach Epstein, a columnist at the "Daily Colonial" blog rather archly critiqued Richardson's speech:

"Richardson was perhaps the most disappointing candidate of the night. He was the least deft public speaker of the eight, and often answered questions in a slow, rigid manner and tended to meander off topic."

But Kevin Hassett at the American Enterprise Institute disagreed, giving the guv an A-plus:

"It seems that, every primary season, some governor comes out of nowhere to steal the nomination. Richardson showed in this debate that it might well happen again. He was genuine and tough, the kind of guy who could pull the troops out of Iraq without looking wimpy."

Whizzer warfare

Richardson's remark during the debate that former Supreme Court Justice Byron "Whizzer" White was the deceased justice he most admired has earned him a thorough drubbing by pro-choice and gay-rights groups.

But Ron Chusid at the "Liberal Values" blog said Richardson at least admitted this week that he made a goof, saying he was thinking that President Kennedy nominated White and Kennedy is his hero. "I was thinking really fast - I didn't know, was he dead or alive," Richardson said. "I don't regret what I said. I make mistakes."

Wrote Chusid: "After six years of George Bush denying all his mistakes, I find this honest response rather refreshing."

It also bears noting that Richardson's favorite living justice was Ruth Bader Ginsburg.