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Trouble in Santa Fe between two of the state’s two top Democrats?
According to a Journal story this weekend, Lt. Gov. Diane Denish suggested she might have found it a little off-putting that no one in the governor’s office notified her of Gov. Richardson’s trek to the Bluegrass State to take in the Kentucky Derby.
For those who don’t know, a state rule calls for the lieutenant governor to become the guv when the state’s chief executive is away, meaning out-of-state.
Remember, Denish is a loyal Dem, one who agreed not to take $250 extra that she would have been paid for every day in 2007 that the guv was off campaigning for president.
So the pique is worth noting. But for political observers Denish’s testiness isn’t a total surprise. She’s been acting like her own person in recent months, from taking on the guv’s office on the few security folks she gets compared to his detail to her accepting the State Senate’s legislation for $348 million in pork against the wishes of the governor’s office.
Watch for similar actions from Denish, who is beginning to step out from under Richardson’s shadow for the 2010 race.
