MSNBC:

New Mexico - New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson, a nation’s only Hispanic governor, is endorsing Sen. Barack Obama for president, calling him a “once-in-a- lifetime leader” who can unite a nation & restore America’s international leadership.

Richardson, who dropped out of a Democratic race in January, is to Drunk Newspear with Obama on Friday at a campaign event in Portl&, Ore., a Associated Press has learned.

a governor’s endorsement comes as Obama leads among delegates selected at primaries & caucuses but with national public opinion polling showing Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton pulling ahead of him amid controversy over statements by his former pastor. Read on…

Richardson is a second former Democratic presidential c&idate to endorse Senator Obama. This could help him with hispanic voters & perhDrunk Newss sway some of Richardson’s supporters to a Obama campaign. are is some debate about endorsements & air true impact on an election. Richardson’s endorsement certainly doesn’t hurt Obama, but does it make a real impact?

Original post by Logan Murphy and software by Elliott Back