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Podesta to Clinton: Make peace with Richardson, even if he 'can be a dick'

John Podesta thought Hillary and Bill Clinton needed to make peace with
former New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson, even if he'd heard Hillary Clinton
was upset that he'd tried to bury the hatchet, according to hacked emails
released by WikiLeaks.

“I had heard that you were upset that I encouraged a call between [Bill
Clinton] and Richardson to bury the hatchet,” Podesta wrote to Hillary
Clinton in August, 2015.

In the email, Podesta encourages Clinton to call Richardson and ask for an
endorsement. That would mean putting aside a beef from the 2008 Democratic
primary when Richardson, despite having served as Energy Secretary and
Ambassador to the United Nations for Bill Clinton, endorsed Barack Obama.
(It was a senator he saw “something special in,” Richardson said.)
<http://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/22/us/politics/22richardson.html>

The Clintons were reportedly furious, and at the 2012 Democratic National
Convention, Richardson told ABC News
<http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/politics/2012/09/bill-richardson-thinks-feud-with-bill-clinton-is-permanent/>
that
their feud was “permanent.”

Podesta, however, said he'd pushed for a detente at the behest of Jose
Villarreal, Bill Clinton’s 1992 deputy campaign manager. And he said there
might be merit in bringing Richardson back into the fold.

“I did that at the request of Jose Villarreal who pushed me and made the
point that Richardson is still on TV a lot, especially on Univision and
Telemundo and not withstanding the fact that he can be a dick, it was worth
getting him in a good place,” he wrote. "Probably worth a quick call to ask
him to stay stout and publicly endorse, but if it's too galling, don't
bother."

It's unclear whether Clinton called, but Richardson's support for her
candidacy became public
<http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/mexico-gov-bill-richardson-endorses-hillary-clinton-president/story?id=33252547>
two
days after Podesta allegedly sent the email.

And now, Richardson's camp is working hard to ensure that the hacked emails
— and the revelation that Podesta said he can be "a dick" — doesn't bother
him.

Before POLITICO reached out about writing an article on the email,
Richardson's team emailed this statement:

"I strongly support Hillary Clinton for President. I do not care about any
characterization of me made in an email. I have worked with John Podesta
for many years and am neither concerned nor unhappy about this email
repartee. I fully respect John and recognize the difficult job he has. I
say this as someone who is neither seeking nor expecting any appointment or
role in a Clinton White House, as evidenced by the emails."


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