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| | ==2008 Presidential Campaign== | | ==2008 Presidential Campaign== |
| | Bill Richardson withdrew from the 2008 Presidential race on January 9th, 2008. <ref> | | Bill Richardson withdrew from the 2008 Presidential race on January 9th, 2008. <ref> |
| − | [http://youdecide08.foxnews.com/2008/01/09/ap-bill-richardson-drops-out-of-democratic-presidential-race/ AP: Bill Richardson Drops Out of Democratic Presidential Race], [[Associated Press]], [[Fox News Channel]], January 9, 2008</ref> He withdrew after twin fourth-place finishes that showed his credentials could not compete with his rivals’ star power. | + | [http://youdecide08.foxnews.com/2008/01/09/ap-bill-richardson-drops-out-of-democratic-presidential-race/ AP: Bill Richardson Drops Out of Democratic Presidential Race], [[Associated Press]], [[Fox News Channel]], January 9, 2008</ref> He withdrew after twin fourth-place finishes (in Iowa and New Hampshire) that showed his credentials could not compete with his rivals’ star power. |
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| | Richardson received a "Pants on Fire" award from [[PolitiFact]] for this false statement to an Iowa crowd on Labor Day 2007. {{cquote| Iowa, for good reason, for constitutional reasons, for reasons related to the Lord, should be the first caucus and primary.}} The Founding Fathers are dead. God was not available for his opinion. <ref> http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/statements/45/ Richardson re-writes Bible, Constitution</ref> | | Richardson received a "Pants on Fire" award from [[PolitiFact]] for this false statement to an Iowa crowd on Labor Day 2007. {{cquote| Iowa, for good reason, for constitutional reasons, for reasons related to the Lord, should be the first caucus and primary.}} The Founding Fathers are dead. God was not available for his opinion. <ref> http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/statements/45/ Richardson re-writes Bible, Constitution</ref> |
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| | *[http://www.loyola.edu/dept/politics/intel/lee/bellows18.pdf Final Report of the Attorney General's Review Team on the Handling of the Los Alamos National Laboratory Investigation] ("The Bellows Report") (May 2000) | | *[http://www.loyola.edu/dept/politics/intel/lee/bellows18.pdf Final Report of the Attorney General's Review Team on the Handling of the Los Alamos National Laboratory Investigation] ("The Bellows Report") (May 2000) |
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| | {{DEFAULTSORT: Richardson, William}} | | {{DEFAULTSORT: Richardson, William}} |
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| | [[Category: United States Governors]] | | [[Category: United States Governors]] |
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