VEEPSTAKES POTPOURRI

--Richardson signs off a Democratic Party fundraising letter with the line: "Maybe I'll even decide to run for Governor again in 2014--if something else doesn't pop up in the meantime!"

--The Hill: For about two years former Homeland Security Secretary Ridge failed to register a nearly half-million-dollar lobbying contract he had with the Albanian government.

--Miami Herald finds Gov. Crist’s popularity sinking amid weak housing market, budget cuts.

--NY Times: Louisiana Gov. Jindal's "reformist image" has "recently taken a beating" after he refused to veto a sizable pay increase Louisiana legislators voted for themselves this month.