I am writing today to announce the closure of the New Mexico Independent. After three and a half years of operation in New Mexico, the board of the American Independent News Network, has decided to shift publication of its news…
While environmental activists played their part yesterday during demonstrations at the capitol building, going so far as to dress up as solar panels and to sing the tune of “You Are My Sunshine,” their counterparts, the anti-cap-and-trade contingency who has…
Roughly one quarter of University of New Mexico students are unimpressed with the state’s flagship public school, according to a survey that questioned college students about their higher education experiences.
As I’ve already reported, there have been a number of media reports indicating that Hillary Clinton‘s becoming secretary of state was likely or even a done deal. But The Politico says such talk is premature: Clinton isn’t certain she would accept the job even if Barack Obama offered it.
If true, that could be good news for New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson, who is angling to become the nation’s top diplomat.
The Politico quoted a “Clinton insider” who said media reports that portray Clinton as willing to accept the job — one went so far as to state that she had accepted — are inaccurate and “out ahead of the facts.” Clinton, the source was quoted as saying, is “torn” between the possibility of joining the Obama administration and working on health care and other policy issues in the Senate.
The media outlet said that matched with what “others close to Clinton” have been saying: that she “is conflicted and the deal far from done.”
