On Richardson

New Mexico Governor Bill Richardson is doing the dollar hustle in Manhattan this week. he is also trying to get some media attention with a shot on Jon Stewart's "Daily Show" (Comedy Central) show this evening. The New York Observer's Jason Horowitz found Governor Richardson in a bar... but it's a good thing. Horowitz reports:

Mr. Richardson, whose long and impressive résumé in government and foreign affairs has earned him enough attention to gain him thinking-man’s-dark-horse status in the crowded field of Democratic nominees, is working hard to break into the elite club of front-runners, which includes Hillary Clinton, Barack Obama and John Edwards.

He served 15 years in Congress before acting as Energy Secretary in the Clinton administration and turning in a generally admired stint as U.N. ambassador. He is the first major Hispanic Presidential candidate, and his two terms as governor of traditionally Republican New Mexico are another asset—especially because, as he informed the young crowd sipping pints of ale Monday night, “We elect governors in this country.”

Read about the man who should be the next president here.