There’s Bill (between MLK III and will.i.am and between 5 and 6pm)
Props to blogger and reporter Matthew Reichbach for getting this one online first:
Richardson will not get a prime time speaking engagement as it seemed he might be slated for on Wednesday night. It turns out the applause for Bill Clinton went on a little bit too long and someone had to be bumped off the list; New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson was the person bumped off the list.
It couldn’t have helped to see Tammy Duckworth speak while knowing that less than two weeks ago, Richardson was in the running for the top spot on Wednesday night’s speech lineup: for the vice presidential candidate spot. Instead, Delaware Sen. Joe Biden got that position and speaking spot.
Richardson will instead be sandwiched between a speech by Martin Luther King III and a performance by will.i.am and John Legend. Yeah, Richardson is between a famous civil rights leader’s son and a member of the Black Eyed Peas.
Yeah, it kinda sucks for Richardson and the suckiness trickles down to the rest of us who were hoping for a big moment for New Mexico.
But, you know, thinking about it on second read, I think Reichbach’s being a little pessimistic. will.i.am and John Legend are sure to draw a decent sized crowd, even at that hour.
And I’ll be there.
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