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gov. bill richardson now sporting a beard

appearing last night on anderson cooper 360, former 2008 democratic presidential candidate bill richardson told guest host soledad o'brien:

[Y]ou know, I'm a renaissance man. I'm growing my beard. I'm talking to you. I'm a local politician, retired.

O'BRIEN: What's that all about, you and Al Gore, you all grow a beard after you get off the campaign trail.

RICHARDSON: Well, you know, you go into decompression after you get into a race and you don't do well. So that's what I'm doing. ~ transcript