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A mandate for cooperation and bipartisanship
We’ve known since the first rebuking of the GOP in the 2006 election that 2008 was going to be a Democratic year. We all knew the party of the right would lose some additional ground in the U.S. House and Senate. But as the dust settles in New Mexico, it’s becoming clear that this was a complete slaughter.
Richardson flub reignites confusion over Obama tax plan
Republicans are using a statement Gov. Bill Richardson made today to accuse Barack Obama of lying about tax cuts he has promised most Americans, but a Richardson staffer says the governor simply misspoke in claiming that Obama will cut taxes for those making $120,000 and under.
Obama and McCain in Albuquerque on Saturday
Call it Super Saturday.
Barack Obama is joining John McCain and Hillary Clinton in New Mexico on Saturday, Obama’s campaign announced today.
And though McCain’s campaign hasn’t confirmed it, a number of GOP sources confirmed that McCain will hold a rally in Albuquerque Saturday morning or early afternoon before heading to Mesilla for a rally that begins around 3:30 p.m.
Prez race hinges on southern N.M.
It appears that Barack Obama and John McCain believe New Mexico’s five electoral votes hinge on what happens in the southern region of the state on Nov. 4. The move appears to parallel a move nationally by Obama as he goes on the offensive in traditionally conservative areas to put McCain on the defensive.
It doesn’t look like McCain is giving up on N.M., regardless of what CNN says
Is John McCain giving up on New Mexico? That’s what CNN’s John King is reporting, but there are lots of signs that McCain is still working hard to win the state’s five electoral votes, including a possible Saturday visit by the Republican presidential candidate to Mesilla.
TODAY’S TOP STORIES: Block Jr. is fined, SOS says pay up
Jerome Block Jr. just can’t seem to get a decent headline. The Democratic candidate for the Public Regulation Commission has been fined $11,000 by Secretary of State Mary Herrera for campaign violations and must return another $10,000 in public financing, The Santa Fe New Mexican and other newspapers report this morning. In other political news, [...]
Joe Biden rallies southern N.M. voters
Democratic vice presidential nominee Joe Biden gave a forceful and energetic speech full of shots at GOP presidential nominee John McCain and substantive policy discussion as he sought to energize voters in southern New Mexico.
Prez debate fact check guide: This one or ‘that one,’ they both lie
The nonpartisan truth factory known as Factcheck.org is as good a place as any to get your Wednesday night debate-watching detectors in gear. (It’s also a decent tool for setting some ground rules for a debate-watching drinking game, but the New Mexico Independent isn’t outright endorsing such potentially irresponsible behavior.)
Joe Biden to hold rally on the Mesilla Plaza
The Mesilla Plaza will be the location of Democratic vice presidential candidate Joe Biden’s Friday rally in southern New Mexico, Barack Obama’s campaign announced Tuesday tonight.
The “Change We Need” rally is open to the public and is scheduled to begin at 1:30 p.m., according to a news release from the Obama campaign. The area will [...]
Biden coming to southern N.M. on Friday
Sen. Joe Biden will make his first trip to New Mexico as a vice presidential candidate on Friday.
Biden will visit southern New Mexico on that day, the campaign of Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama announced today. The campaign released no further details but said more will be announced as soon as they are [...]