Richardson tackles Cuba during TV debate

Though the conflict in Iraq was the issue du jour during last night’s Democratic presidential debate, Bill Richardson opined on Cuba’s future. “We should be planning for a post-Castro Cuba,” said the Mexican-American governor of New Mexico, and added that the U.S. ought to do “whatever it takes” to promote democracy on the island. He adroitly neglected to mention that he met Castro several years ago during a Congressional trip.

According to one blogger, Richardson’s defense of Attorney General Alberto Gonzales based on ethnicity may have lost him some support on the left. However, Richardson has recently reversed his stance on Gonzales and even called on the embattled Gonzales to resign.

Links-Guardian UK, The Telegraph, Reuters AlertNet, New York Daily News, Albuquerque Tribune, BlogCritics.org, The Latin Americanist

Image- New York Times (The Democratic presidential candidates line up after last night’s debate was over; Bill Richardson is second from right between Senators Joe Biden and Hillary Clinton)