Article: Let the mating ritual begin.

Bill Richardson has been looking for love. Have you noticed? Even as he tanked in the Democratic presidential sweepstakes, he tried so hard to look fetching to Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama. It's what passes for a mating ritual in politics--the "take me, I'm yours" passion of the vice presidential hopeful.

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And Richardson is good at it. During one of the Democratic debates, he gallantly defended Hillary when the other bullies threatened to beat her up: "I think that Sens. Obama and Edwards should concentrate on the issues and not on attacking Sen. Clinton." To ingratiate himself to Hillary's family, he arranged to watch the Super Bowl with ...

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