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.
The Hill newspaper out of Washington, D.C. asked 97 Senators “If you were asked, would you accept an offer to be the VP nominee?” The three who were not asked (John McCain R-AZ, Barack Obama, D-IL and Hillary Clinton, D-N.Y.) are still currently running for President.
Both New Mexico Senators, Republican Pete Domenici and Democrat Jeff Bingaman, however, responded to the request:
Sen. Jeff Bingaman (D-N.M.) “I don’t expect to be asked. That’s one advantage of being from a small state. I would doubt that’s in the cards. And I’ve got a day job already.”
Sen. Pete Domenici (R-N.M.) “No. I’m too old.”
The current Vice-President, Dick Cheney, is from a smaller state than New Mexico (Wyoming). Domenici, 76, is five years older than John McCain; McCain was born on Aug. 29, 1936 while Domenici was born on May 7, 1932.
Two other Republicans responded they were too old for the job; Thad Cochran, 70, of Mississippi; Chuck Grassley, 74, of Iowa.
Other responses from Senators were more light-hearted. Robert Byrd, D-W.Va., said, “No, I can already preside over the Senate, and I do not enjoy spending a lot of time at ‘undisclosed locations.’ ”
Mel Martinez, R-FL would respond, “I’d say, ‘Please read the Constitution.’ I wasn’t born in America; I can’t be VP."
