Governor Bill Richardson just sacked up. He just endorsed Obama. OK, that's no big deal, right? Lots of folks like Obama. Sure. Except that Richardson is close personal friends with the Clintons. He was an ambassador to the UN and Energy Secretary under oral-sex enthusiast Bill Clinton. And according to this NY Times article, Bill Clinton had been heavily courting Richardson's endorsement ever since he withdrew from the race. He flew out to New Mexico to watch the Super Bowl with Richardson, for goodness sakes.
So what did Richardson do? Well, aside from drawing Judas analogies from James Carville (the Ragin' Cajun), he went with what he thought was right. He didn't give in to the pressure or friendship ties. No, he went with what he believed in, and in doing so, sacked up more powerfully than he ever could have thought possible. He points to Obama's speech on race earlier this week as typifying why he chooses Obama.
And I think he's right. While Clinton spent last week dodging more questions about NAFTA, since the release of her White House itineraries, Obama was faced with the specter of a long--time friend saying something pretty incendiary. And rather than throw him under the bus, Obama SACKED UP, and gave one of the most moving and powerful speeches in political history. And as we know in our movement, one sack-up begets another... So it made sense that Richardson took that as his cue to lift those puppies up and do what he wanted and knew was right.
Keep fighting the good sack fight, America.
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