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.
New Mexico might be having a meltdown over Gov. Bill Richardson’s loss of the commerce secretary nomination, but President-elect Barack Obama thinks it’s a joking matter.
Obama’s final words of a 40-minute interview with George Stephanopoulos on the Sunday morning…
Add another juicy nugget to the Bill Richardson saga.
TPM Muckraker noticed something interesting buried in a Washington Post article “on the incipient infighting between the [Barack] Obama and Richardson camps about who’s to blame for the aborted…
Gov. Bill Richardson sent out an e-mail to supporters explaining his decision to withdraw his name from consideration for the job of U.S. commerce secretary. The e-mail comes one day after the announcement, and curiously, it was sent from the…
National Latino leaders say Obama should appoint another Latino as Commerce Secretary in order to keep three Latinos in the Cabinet. And Albuquerque Mayor Marty Chavez is on their shortlist of potential contenders.
ABC News’ blog is reporting that the fingerpointing is starting on Gov. Bill Richardson’s withdrawal of his name from consideration for the spot of U.S. commerce secretary. Barack Obama’s camp says Richardson wasn’t completely forthcoming with the scope of the…
The Obama transition team knew about the federal investigation that ended up derailing Gov. Bill Richardson’s nomination Sunday as U.S. Commerce Secretary. But Richardson was hoping for a faster-paced inquiry that would clear his name in time for confirmation hearings, his spokesman told the Independent on Sunday.
When the news that Bill Richardson would be named Commerce Secretary came out, political pundits immediately starting characterizing it as a “demotion.” His impressive resume was referenced as proof that such a gig just isn’t good enough. An angered Latino punditry claimed that the Latino community was being slighted by Obama’s cabinet choices, compounded by the delay in announcing Richardson for the Commerce gig.
It looks increasingly like Bill Richardson won’t get the spot as secretary of state as many thought might be possible. Hillary Clinton is reportedly going to take that job.
And the latest rumors are that Bill Richardson will be…
