William Blaine Richardson The Third Looks Too Brown To Be Veep, Says Hispanic Columnist

By Kleinheider Posted on June 23, 2008 at 9:00 am

Tim Chavez asserts that, no matter how much he may want to, Barack Obama cannot pick Bill Richardson to be his runningmate:

Gov. Bill Richardson, who has tons of foreign policy experience, has the baggage of being and looking Hispanic. Running on a ticket with another minority would be a nightmare for too many white voters. Change is one thing, but that would be … well, unimaginable, even for an Oliver Stone movie. Some folks are looking for an excuse not to vote for a black man. Putting a brown man with Obama will seal the sentiment at the ballot box.

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