I just got a phone call — unprompted — from Gov. Bill Richardson of New Mexico, a Democratic candidate for president, blasting Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton for saying she would withdraw nearly all American troops from Iraq within a year of beginning redeployment.
“Senator Clinton’s comments are a stunning flip-flop — she’s been saying she would keep troops in Iraq for five years, until 2013, and now she comes up with an inconsistent, incredible turnaround,†Mr. Richardson said.
Richardson must think that his shot at being Hillary’s running mate — or, rather, of Hillary being in a position to have a running mate — is looking iffy. He’s been quite gentle with her up to now.