Why Bill Richardson Breaks My Heart

In a lot of ways, I'd like to pull for Bill Richardson in the Democratic primary. His resume is just what you'd want for a president: a wide range of government experience and some expertise in some very important fields, like foreign policy and energy. He's against the war and for a full troop withdrawal, which I support. He's got a solid record on issues important to me like civil liberties, and while he's not as progressive as I am on some things, nothing about his social policies gives me serious pause. True, he's not a very good campaigner, but he doesn't seem to have any skeletons in his closet, either. He also seems like a genuinely nice person with a decent, if sometimes goofy, sense of humor. These are all good things.

But every once in a while, he will say something so stupid that I really have to question whether he knows what he's talking about.