Bill Richardson: a profile

Here's his background info, from Project Vote Smart:

Personal:
Wife: Barbara
Birth date: 11/15/1947
Birthplace: Pasedena, CA
Home City: Santa Fe, NM
Religion: Roman Catholic
Education: MA, Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, 1971. BA, Tufts University, 1970.

Political Experience:
Governor, State of New Mexico, 2002-present
Secretary, United States Department of Energy, 1998-2001
United States Ambassador to the United Nations, 1997-1998
Representative, United States House of Representatives, 1983-1997

Steve Sailer has a post on Richardson's background that you'll never read in The New York Times. Summing it up, Sailer writes:

Presumably, his career has been helped along by being a twofer -- he's one of these new-fangled Mexican-Americans and he's a traditional preppie WASP Old Boy at the same time!

Sailer continues:

On paper, he sounds like a plausible Democratic nominee in 2008. To win, the Democrats don't seem to need to gamble on a high-risk candidate like the irascible Hillary or the sometimes brilliant but moody and self-absorbed Obama. They just need a guy who won't blow it for them. And yet, Richardson's candidacy doesn't seem to be going anywhere.

The gurus at 2008Central have a post on whether Richardson might be angling for the Vice Presidency.

In this post on Richardson the day he announced his candidacy, Steve Clemons raised the issue of his treatment of women. Here's a follow-up from the Politico in March.