Tag Archives: Bill Richardson

A ‘Scandal’ in New Mexico?

Posted on September 22, 2010

In New Mexico’s governor’s race, Republican Susana Martinez accuses Democratic Lt. Gov. Diane Denish of giving a $500 million "special tax deal" to a developer who contributed to her campaign and hired her husband as a lobbyist. But Martinez, a district attorney, uses circumstantial evidence to make her case in …
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N.H. Debate: The Dems’ Turn

Posted on January 6, 2008 , Updated on January 8, 2008 , Corrected on January 8, 2008

Summary During the Democratic portion of the Jan. 5 New Hampshire debate: Obama claimed we are "back where we started two years ago" in Iraq. Actually, all indicators of violence show dramatic improvement compared with two years ago. Clinton repeated a misleading claim that the 2005 energy bill was "larded …
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Democrats Debate in Iowa

Posted on December 13, 2007

Summary In the final Democratic debate in Iowa, we found: Richardson claimed “enormous progress” in New Mexico education, when in fact the state’s eighth-grade reading scores have slipped and remain among the worst in the U.S. Richardson exaggerated the extent to which his state’s teacher salaries increased. Richardson said one-third …
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Stuck in Iraq

Posted on September 27, 2007 , Updated on September 28, 2007

Summary The latest Democratic presidential debate brought into sharp focus the candidates’ disagreements on how quickly the U.S. can disentangle itself from Iraq. Long-shot candidate Dennis Kucinich stood by his promise to bring all troops home within three months, and Bill Richardson said he could do it in a year …
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Richardson Flunks Two Subjects

Posted on September 12, 2007

Summary Democratic presidential candidate Bill Richardson, governor of New Mexico, has claimed again and again U.S. students, from kindergarten through 12th grade, are ranked 29th in the world in math and science. He claims they used to be No. 1, too. But none of that is true. The two leading …
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Richardson’s Job Boast

Posted on August 22, 2007

Summary Democratic presidential contender Bill Richardson boasts of creating 80,000 jobs since becoming governor of New Mexico. Not yet, he hasn’t. The state has gained fewer than 76,000 payroll jobs since he took office, and official figures showed a mere 68,100 gain when he first started making his inflated boast …
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