With the release of the journalists in North Korea, and his diplomatic ties to the secretive nation, Gov. Bill Richardson has suddenly become a favorite of the cable and network TV news shows. Just take a look at his Twitter account.
The journalists’ release came thanks to former President Bill Clinton who traveled to North Korea to meet with officials. Clinton, who as of May still hadn’t forgiven Richardson for backing Barack Obama over Hillary Clinton in last year’s Democratic presidential primary race.
He has already been on MSNBC and CNN and has a number of other appearances lined up.
For example:

And Richardson hits the trifecta with all three major broadcast networks:

And Michael Coleman of the Albuquerque Journal has a recap of Richardson’s appearance on the Situation Room.