In campaign news, New Mexico Governor Bill Richardson is reportedly set to announce today he’s withdrawing from the Democratic presidential race. Richardson placed fourth in back-to-back contests in Iowa and New Hampshire. Meanwhile, candidates were back on the campaign trail on Wednesday, one day after Senators Hillary Clinton and John McCain won in New Hampshire. Speaking on NBC’s Today Show, Clinton talked about her widely reported display of emotion when she was asked about the personal toll of running a campaign.
Sen. Hillary Clinton: “I don’t get up every morning to go out and make a great speech, shake a million hands and then go to bed at night and say good for you. I go out to say, 'What can I do for you? How can I make your country what it should be?' When the woman said to me, 'How do you do that?' I really felt touched by that, and I think we did connect in a very personal level.”
Meanwhile, Democratic Senator Barack Obama vowed to rebound from his second-place finish in New Hampshire as the Democratic primaries move on to South Carolina, Michigan and Nevada. Obama spoke at a rally in New Jersey.
Sen. Barack Obama: “My voice is a little hoarse. My eyes are a little bleary. My back is a little sore. But my spirit is strong. And I am ready to bring about change in America. How about you?”
Obama has picked up the endorsement of Nevada’s Culinary Workers Union, with some 60,000 members.