Well, color me surprised. It’s been obvious that an endorsement from New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson, the only Hispanic governor in the U.S. of A., was imminent. I was just sure he would be handing that endorsement to Hillary Clinton, but he’s decided to ride with Barack Obama instead. This endorsement is coming at a rough time for Obama — Clinton is ahead of him in public opinion polls and for all the talk about how brilliant his race speech was, it seems that people who had already made up their minds about Rev. Jeremiah Wright didn’t change after they heard Obama speak.

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