‘08 Election

The battle over immigration produces a new American voter

The impact of the immigration debate in this country, with a shift toward stronger enforcement of immigration laws, the construction of a border fence, and mass raids and deportations of immigrants over the past couple of years, can be seen in the stories of immigrants such as Pajarito Mesa’s Salvador Montes, who became a citizen and will vote for the first time this year.

Memo to Steve Pearce: NASCAR is not in the works for T or C

Unless the term “NASCAR” is meant to be a stand-in for motor sports in general, the claims by Republican U.S. Senate candidate Steve Pearce that NASCAR has plans to set up shop in Truth or Consequences are just plain wrong.
The latest instance was this week — October 27th to be exact — on Bob Clark’s [...]

Don’t be resigned. Push back against racism

Three more weeks. As with most Americans I figure, the economic news is weighing heavily on my mind when I consider the presidential race. All I really want to do is study this situation, which seems decidedly non-partisan to me. Rather, it’s a failure of capitalism which is as non-partisan as you can get. If only I could focus. But I can’t. Instead I’m thinking about race in America. As in, Race.

Taking a look at vote-getting in southern New Mexico

The local and national media provided a one-two punch last week about the prospects of southern New Mexico’s south valley being a decisive factor in this year’s presidential election.
 
On Thursday, Jose Z. Garcia of New Mexico State University wrote an opinion piece laying out the numbers to support his contention that the south valley near [...]