There are so many people who supported Biden, Richardson, Kucinich, and Edwards, now wondering what to do when their primaries come up. If our candidate is on the ballot, do we vote our hearts, or do we wait for our candidate to endorse? Do we bite the bullet and vote for one of the remaining two major candidates?

If the Democrats go into the convention with no clear front runner, what then?

What we can do is learn about the primary process, and make an informed decision. As I understand it, if a candidate gets 15%or more of the vote, they are counted towards delegates. If the total is under 15%, the votes get distributed to the candidates who get over 15%, so, a vote will go to Hillary or Obama unless the candidate gets 15% or more. Delegates translate to leverage while drafting party platform at the Democratic Convention.

If there is no clear winner after the first vote at the convention, the committed delegates are then freed from their obligations, and can vote for whatever candidate they choose.

if you are registered in New Mexico, or any other state where you are reasonably sure that Richardson could go over the 15%, I suggest that you do vote for Richardson, so that he can have the delegates, and the leverage that comes with it. If you are not in a super Tuesday state, and you think this is a good idea, you can join the group of a neighboring Super Tuesday State, and communicate this idea.

I just took a nice lunch hour and made my last 30 phone calls to New Hampshire. All call lists are the luck of the draw, and I got a good one. After only 7 no answers, the daughter answered and said "I know she voted Richardson, we have a lawn sign and everything", I had one more yes, one maybe and a no off my list of 30. The rest weren't answering, or weren't home. The area code was 603, seacoast: Portsmouth, Durham, Dover, Hampton, Exeter, a stronghold of educated democrats, pure water and undeniable charm. A fitting goodbye to a place and a process I have come to love.

Nevada, South Carolina and Super Tuesday are ahead. I am lucky enough to live in Pennsylvania, where we border Delaware and New Jersey. New York is a short train ride away.

There is very much to do. There are Letters to the Editor to be written, events, benefits and fund raisers to be planned and attended. I have great Richardson baseball cards to give out. Soon, again there will be calls to be made and doors to be canvassed. I also plan to make a fun trip to NYC for visibility. Now that Letterman has negotiated successfully with his writers and is back in production, I plan to go do the audience of The Today Show, The View, and Letterman all in one day. I'll wear a Richardson shirt, and see if I can get his name on camera. I welcome company, I haven't decided on a date yet.

Please feel free to write me and let me know if you need help getting a project started, if you want to take the train for a long , fun day in NYC, or if you just want to talk about an idea you have to help Bill Richardson's campaign.

I took some photo's of the New Hampshire Experience, from our perspective, and will post them on this blog soon.

I thank all the great people I've worked with on this campaign so far.