Just a quick one-off, as I suspect this will show up shortly enough:

Yahoo! News is reporting that Richardson will appear with Obama at a campaign function on Friday, March 21, and will announce his endorsement of Obama.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080321/ap_on_el_pr/obama_richardson

I need to get this idea in print before it passes; so I apologize in advance if this post isn't particularly cogent or clear.

A few minutes ago, I read <a href="http://ruralvotes.com/thefield/?p=904">this post</a> at The Field regarding the <a href="http://www.dailykos.com/story/2008/3/17/12417/1285/527/478498">throwdown at DKos against the Clinton Civil War</a> that Hillary is bound to foment if she attempts to claim the nomination via a coup at the convention.

Kos' post is essentially a call to action to try to blunt Hillary's advance, to put quicker end to an increasingly bucolic primary season.

And as I read it, it occurred to me that much of the Democratic electorate, the Democratic National Committee, and the Democratic party big-wigs themselves are all somewhat paralyzed by this issue.  They don't want to move on the issue, for fear of a) prematurely ending a campaign that may produce an upset in their favor, and b) potentially offending the campaign that ends up getting the nomination.

This is an understandable, if spineless, position.

And it also occurred to me that throughout this entire campaign, Obama's whole message has been about Americans standing with their own voice to enact the change they want, and that is precisely what I saw as I read the Kos post - that despite the paralysis of the Democratic leadership, the people themselves may end up resolving the issue, in a demonstration and a validation of Obama's approach to government - inspiring us to change our nation, not expecting leadership to do it for us.

I realize this is simply me projecting my own impressions on the issue, but I don't think it's a wholly invalid view, either.

What do you think?

Politico is reporting that Michigan Democrats have finally drafted legislation to execute a redo primary in the state on June 3.

The relevant sections of the document appear to start on page 7, around section 608.

Maybe now that we actually have legislation Obama can say "Yay" or "Nay" to, he can answer whether he supports the revote.  I'd like that answer to be yes, because heretofore his argument has been that he's been waiting for legislation to approve or disapprove.

I haven't seen a link to this Daily Kos diary posted yet, so I'd like to spread this information...

Diary on Daily Kos - McAuliffe ambushing Dean? -- Need Action

From the diary:

The Clinton/McAuliffe wing of the party would like nothing more than to see Dean removed from the DNC, and frankly I see them using the fight over the seating of Michigan and FL delegates to be part of their attempt to bring him down in an fight about whose really has the power to make the rules in the Democratic Party.

The poster and others on DKos have banded together to gather donations for Dean in order to blunt the impact of Hillary's donor's attempts to hold the DNC hostage (in particular, I think Dean has shown himself a very capable leader of the DNC and I don't want to see him embattled because of this nomination fight).

Well, I guess that's about it.

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