Ralph Nader steps up to the introduce Mike Gravel and is greeted by Boos. Yet he does have a good line about how people look at the quarterly fundraising reports the same way that people look at corporate quarterly reports. Gravel gets up and speaks, doing his standard speech about making it a felony for Bush not to have the troops home by New Years. He is getting a lot of applause.

Gov. Richardson gets up to speak, introduced by three brothers who served together in Vietnam. He talks about how this is one of the most important events he will speak at and about supporting Humphrey back in 1968. I think to myself, I bet he says that to all the women he meets. He talks about New Mexico as a state leading in clean energy. He comments to President Bush about the Kyoto plan, you might as well sign the agreement now, because if you don’t, I’ll sign it when I become President.

He talks about his plan on global warming being the most aggressive. Within 12 years, his plan would lower demand for oil by 50% and push mileage standards to 50 mpg. He encourages everyone to go read his plan on his website.

Gov. Richardson is saying some good stuff, but he is playing very fast and loose with the facts, especially about Edwards and about statistics about Iraq.

His speech ends and he gets a lot of applause. I can’t make out what the song is that is playing in the background. In the background, someone says, “He gives a good speech. I like what he says, but I don’t like him. I don’t like what he does.”

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