Richardson battles in New Hampshire

GOVERNOR-- RICHARDSON IS HOPING TO DO BETTER IN NEW HAMPSHIRE THAN IN LAST WEEK'S IOWA SHOWING....  More »

GOVERNOR-- RICHARDSON IS HOPING TO DO BETTER IN NEW HAMPSHIRE THAN IN LAST WEEK'S IOWA SHOWING. AND AS STUART DYSON FOUND OUT-- THERE'S GRUMBLINGS ON THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL-- THAT ANOTHER POOR SHOWING-- COULD STOP RICHARDSON'S RUN FOR THE WHITE HOUSE SOONER THAN EXPECTED. REPORTERS IN NEW HAMPSHIRE SAY RICHARDSON HAS BEEN IN A GREAT MOOD THE LAST FEW DAYS - TALKING ABOUT A 'BIG SURPRISE' - HE DID THAT IN IOWA TOO - THE BIG SURPRISE TURNED OUT TO BE TWO PER CENT OF THE VOTE AND A HUMILIATING FOURTH PLACE FINISH. RICHARDSON'S POLLING BETTER THAN THAT IN NEW HAMPSHIRE - ANYWHERE FROM FOUR TO SEVEN PER CENT DURING THE PAST 24 HOURS - BUT STILL A LONG WAY BEHIND OBAMA CLINTON AND EDWARDS. THE DEAN OF NEW MEXICO'S POLITICAL BLOGGERS LOOKS BACK ON BILL'S YEAR-LONG RUN FOR GLORY. ' It shows you how difficult it is - even when you put all your heart and soul into a campaign - presidential politics is different than running for governor or running for mayor - it's a national scene and it looks as if the Governor is going to come up a bit short here.' REPORTER STEVE TERRELL OF THE SANTA FE NEW MEXICAN - COVERING RICHARDSON IN NEW HAMPSHIRE - TELLS US THERE'S A SURE SIGN THAT IT'S OVER. ' They haven't been advertising on television at all - don't kid yourself - if a candidate has money to spend they're gonna be spending it on TV - if they're taking a state seriously at all - IF they have the money.'CAMPAIGN INSIDERS TELL TERRELL RICHARDSON MAY PULL THE PLUG AFTER THE NEVADA PRIMARY JANUARY 19TH - LAST WEEK HE SAID HE WOULD STAY IN AT LEAST UNTIL SUPER TUESDAY - FEBRUARY THE FIFTH. VOTERS IN MORE THAN TWENTY STATES CAST PRIMARY BALLOTS THAT DAY - INCLUDING NEW MEXICO DEMOCRATS - BUT IF YOU DON'T HAVE MONEY FOR TV IN STATES LIKE CALIFORNIA - NEW YORK - MISSOURI - YOU WON'T EVEN BE A BLIP ON THE RADAR SCREEN. IN THE NEWSROOM SD EWN4. IT'S NOW THE  « Less