In an interview with Wolf Blitzer this evening, Gov. Richardson said that he would decide which presidential candidate to endorse within the next few days. His comments on procedural issues affecting the campaign, discussed below, may indicate a tilt toward Obama.
Richardson said that super-delegates should represent their constituents. As an example, he suggested that a super-delegate appointed to represent Latinos should give special consideration to the views of Latino voters. However, when Blitzer asked if that meant Richardson (who is a super-delegate as Governor of New Mexico) would vote for Clinton because she won in NM, Richardson smiled and reminded Wolf that the margin was only 1%. After Blitzer played a clip of Gov. Doyle (D-WI), Richardson stated that he agrees with Doyle that the super-delegates should not overturn the will of the people as expressed in primaries and caucuses. There is some tension between the view that super-delegates should represent their constituents and the view that they should affirm the will of the people as a whole, but Richardson didn't seem to be declaring any inflexible rules, just laying out factors that super-delegates should seriously consider.
With respect to Florida and Michigan, Richardson referred to his former candidacy and expressed strong opposition to changing the rules after the fact. He suggested that the DNC attempt to arrange caucuses in FL and MI.
Richardon's caucus proposal could be construed as pro-Obama. Some of Clinton's allies have opposed caucuses in FL and MI on the ground that Obama has won most of the caucus states. Apparently, people who need a president have time to vote in primaries that they are told will be meaningless, but don't have time to vote in caucuses that may be decisive in determining who will become president.
Richardson's agreement with Doyle on respecting the will of the people and his dismissal of Clinton's narrow win in NM as a factor in his decision also may hint at support for Obama. On the other hand, he may have spoken candidly about the merits of the procedural issues without regard to which candidate he intends to endorse.