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Iraq
Richardson did not, of course, have to vote for the AUMF for Iraq, so it's not a close comparison. He had some reservations about going into Iraq (I've seen some quotes around the time of invasion saying he thought the diplomacy was a failure and would be a big problem), but I don't think you could call him a Dean-style, vocal critic at the time. However, I don't think you could say his position parallels Clinton in any major way since then. He has been significantly more critical of the war and the basic ideology behind it than has Senator Clinton. Of course, everyone on the Democratic side wants the war to be over, but Richardson has been more forceful and specific in calling for troops to be out now than has Clinton. He is also, to my knowledge, the only major candidate to make the explicit point that the invasion of Iraq is merely a symptom of some deeper, more fundamental problems with the establishment thinking on foreign policy. "Iraq is a symptom," he said at the DNC. "The disease is arrogance."
Senator Clinton reflects too much the establishment in DC which sort of says that the main problem with Iraq was in the implementation by Bush ("the mistakes were President Bush's" is her explicit message). This is a major, major difference between Senator Clinton and Richardson (and Obama and Edwards, for that matter, although Edwards's comments on Iran make me wonder about him a bit). And is, I think, the most important consideration when thinking of the candidates' positions on it.
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Senator Clinton reflects too much the establishment in DC which sort of says that the main problem with Iraq was in the implementation by Bush ("the mistakes were President Bush's" is her explicit message). This is a major, major difference between Senator Clinton and Richardson (and Obama and Edwards, for that matter, although Edwards's comments on Iran make me wonder about him a bit). And is, I think, the most important consideration when thinking of the candidates' positions on it.