What has Richardson gotten for being consistent, repeatedly raising the issue of the war during the campaign and showing the courage to tell it as it is on Iraq?  He gets accused of pandering and being unrealistic (attacked by many in the MSM that thought invading Iraq was a great idea). 

Here is his press release. 

CEDAR RAPIDS, IA– New Mexico Governor and Democratic Presidential candidate Bill Richardson today issued the following statement on Senator Hillary Clinton's drastic change to her position on the Iraq war:

“Senator Clinton's statement that we could 'certainly get all the troops out within a year' is a stunning flip-flop from what she has been saying all along. She consistently has called for leaving troops in Iraq to fight al-Qaida, train Iraqis, and protect U.S. assets. Has that suddenly been abandoned? If so, why has she changed her mind?

“In a September debate, she said that she could not commit to getting our troops out in five years, let alone in one year. Has anything changed about the logistics besides her position in the polls? It is clear that she is responding directly to my latest ad and my statements that she repeatedly has called for leaving thousands of troops in Iraq indefinitely. Rather than defending her position, apparently she simply has changed it.”

Since entering the race, Governor Richardson consistently has called for bringing all of our troops home from Iraq, a monumental diplomatic effort to reach a political reconciliation that could be enforced by a multinational peacekeeping force, and a donor conference to infuse the capital necessary to rebuild Iraq.

Recent statements on Iraq by Senator Clinton:

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  “Clinton: U.S. troops needed in Iraq beyond 2009″
  http://www.cnn.com/2…
  March 15, 2007.

  “If elected president, Sen. Hillary Clinton said, she would likely keep some U.S. forces in Iraq in a supporting role after 2009 because America has “a remaining military as well as a political mission” that requires a presence there.”

  * “A Duty to Mislead: Politics and the Iraq War.” By Ted Koppel. All Things Considered. June 11, 2007.
  http://www.npr.org/t…

  “But I ran into an old source the other day who held a senior position at the Pentagon until his retirement. He occasionally briefs Senator Clinton on the situation in the Gulf. She told him that if she were elected president and then reelected four years later, she would still expect U.S. troops to be in Iraq at the end of her second term.”

  * “Democratic Field Says Leaving Iraq May Take Years.” By Jeff Zeleny and Marc Santora. The New York Times. 12 August 2007.

  “Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton of New York would leave residual forces to fight terrorism and to stabilize the Kurdish region in the north

What has Richardson gotten for being consistent, repeatedly raising the issue of the war during the campaign and showing the courage to tell it as it is on Iraq?  He gets accused of pandering and being unrealistic (attacked by many in the MSM that thought invading Iraq was a great idea). 

Here is his press release. 

CEDAR RAPIDS, IA– New Mexico Governor and Democratic Presidential candidate Bill Richardson today issued the following statement on Senator Hillary Clinton’s drastic change to her position on the Iraq war:

“Senator Clinton’s statement that we could ‘certainly get all the troops out within a year‘ is a stunning flip-flop from what she has been saying all along. She consistently has called for leaving troops in Iraq to fight al-Qaida, train Iraqis, and protect U.S. assets. Has that suddenly been abandoned? If so, why has she changed her mind?

“In a September debate, she said that she could not commit to getting our troops out in five years, let alone in one year. Has anything changed about the logistics besides her position in the polls? It is clear that she is responding directly to my latest ad and my statements that she repeatedly has called for leaving thousands of troops in Iraq indefinitely. Rather than defending her position, apparently she simply has changed it.”

Since entering the race, Governor Richardson consistently has called for bringing all of our troops home from Iraq, a monumental diplomatic effort to reach a political reconciliation that could be enforced by a multinational peacekeeping force, and a donor conference to infuse the capital necessary to rebuild Iraq.

Recent statements on Iraq by Senator Clinton:

  *

  “Clinton: U.S. troops needed in Iraq beyond 2009″
  http://www.cnn.com/2…
  March 15, 2007.

  “If elected president, Sen. Hillary Clinton said, she would likely keep some U.S. forces in Iraq in a supporting role after 2009 because America has “a remaining military as well as a political mission” that requires a presence there.”

  * “A Duty to Mislead: Politics and the Iraq War.” By Ted Koppel. All Things Considered. June 11, 2007.
  http://www.npr.org/t…

  “But I ran into an old source the other day who held a senior position at the Pentagon until his retirement. He occasionally briefs Senator Clinton on the situation in the Gulf. She told him that if she were elected president and then reelected four years later, she would still expect U.S. troops to be in Iraq at the end of her second term.”

  * “Democratic Field Says Leaving Iraq May Take Years.” By Jeff Zeleny and Marc Santora. The New York Times. 12 August 2007.

  “Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton of New York would leave residual forces to fight terrorism and to stabilize the Kurdish region in the north