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.
Most New Mexicans still have a favorable view of former Gov. Gary Johnson, whereas other 2012 GOP presidential hopefuls are all unpopular, according to Public Policy Polling.
Multiple GOP-affiliated groups are calling for presidential candidate and former New Mexico Gov. Gary Johnson to be invited to an upcoming televised debate in New Hampshire. The debate’s hosts, CNN as well as the New Hampshire Union Leader and WMUR-TV, say they will not include Johnson because he has not received more than 2 percent support in any major national polls.
A new CBS News/New York Times poll shows that 56 percent of Republican voters do not feel enthusiastic about any of the official or prospective GOP candidates running for president in 2012.
Sarah Palin may be a weak candidate in a general election in New Mexico, but she would receive significant support in the primary, according to a poll by Public Policy Polling. The survey also shows that though former Gov. Gary Johnson would be the strongest Republican candidate against President Barack Obama in New Mexico, he would be tied for fourth place in a Republican primary.
Former New Mexico governor Gary Johnson came in third at the Conservative Political Action Committee straw poll this weekend. Johnson, likely buoyed by the support from thousands of Ron Paul fans, finished well behind Paul — who for the second year came in first.
According to a survey by a Democratic polling firm, President Barack Obama starts off in strong position to win New Mexico in 2012 as he did in 2008. The Public Policy Polling poll shows that Obama has a large lead over the potential Republican presidential candidates polled. The poll also shows that the strongest Republican challenger is former New Mexico governor Gary Johnson.
Sarah Palin’s endorsement of Susana Martinez received a lot of attention in May when the former GOP vice-presidential nominee traveled to New Mexico to stump for Martinez. But since the general election began, Martinez has rarely mentioned the conservative…
The state Democratic Party is attempting to capitalize on Steve Pearce’s recent comments indicating he was not convinced that President Barack Obama was born in the United States. An e-mail to supporters from Executive Director Scott Forrester announced that…
Delegates at a meeting of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People voted this week to adopt a resolution calling on tea party organizers to denounce racists in their ranks. The NAACP cited the claims of three…
Former Alaska Governor Sarah Palin’s endorsement may not be a blessing to congressional candidates, Greg Sargent finds in the internals of a new NBC/Wall Street Journal poll. The same, to a much lesser degree, could be said…
Minnesota Governor Tim Pawlenty has endorsed GOP gubernatorial candidate Susana Martinez and given her $5,000 from his Freedom First PAC. Martinez has been enjoying financial and endorsement support engineered by the Republican Governors Association. She has also received endorsements…
Just days after former GOP Vice Presidential nominee Sarah Palin visited Albuquerque to endorse Republican gubernatorial candidate Susana Martinez, former President Bill Clinton headlined an Albuquerque fundraiser for Democratic candidate Diane Denish. Local blogger Barb Wold of…
What effect with Sarah Palin’s endorsement of Susana Martinez have on the governor’s race? So far, our panelists seem to think it will help her in the primary election June 1—but not in the general election in November.
Susana Martinez needs a jolt to push her ahead of Allen Weh in June, and past Democrat Diane Denish in November. And depending who you ask, Sarah Palin’s endorsement might just be the lightning strike Martinez she needed. On the same day a major poll showed Martinez in a virtual tie with Weh, the 2008 Republican Vice Presidential candidate offered her support to the Doña Ana County D.A.
Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin has decided endorse GOP gubernatorial candidate Susana Martinez and will appear at a campaign rally with Martinez in Albuquerque on Sunday morning.
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Hundreds of placard-waving Tea Party activists in Albuquerque weren’t sheepish Thursday about sharing ideas on where to trim government fat. Eliminate the federal Department of Education. Reduce foreign aid. Starve the defense budget. Cut back or phase out big domestic spending programs like Medicaid, Medicare and Social Security. They all came up as potential cost-savings measures.
Former New Mexico governor Gary Johnson came in last place in a Presidential straw poll at the Southern Republican Leadership Conference, held in New Orleans this past weekend. Former Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney won the straw poll—which Nate Silver…
As the convention wrapped up with an hourlong address by and Q&A with Sarah Palin — broadcast live on CNN, Fox, MSNBC and C-Span — it was clear that the organizer’s massive and controversial gamble had mostly paid off. More than 200 members of the media had descended on Nashville to write probing stories on the Tea Party Movement.
Since the first announcements about the National Tea Party Convention, in November 2009, the high-priced, first-of-its kind event has been a magnet for controversy, a divisive subject within the burgeoning movement and a punching bag for local and national media.
New Jersey is poised to become the 14th state to allow the use of medical marijuana by people suffering from debilitating diseases under a bill that received legislative approval on Monday, the Record of Bergen County reports.
