The United States should not take the message to Governor Richardson at face value.

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So it would appear that Indiana has a savvy governor who understands the value of creating business connections for his state.

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He's new, he's outside Washington, he has the value also of being the governor of Virginia, which lo and behold is actually a battleground state this year.

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