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By Whitney Cheshire Ouch. Bill Richardson’s team may be at that point: That time in a campaign when strategists and consultants – those hired public-relations guns – clench their teeth, breathe in and beg for a little rain to come in and cool off what turned out to be a triple-digit scorcher of political screw-ups. It’s the kind of heat that can envelope a candidate and threaten to cook him alive. A little too melodramatic? Perhaps. Continue Reading
By Whitney Cheshire Is there such a thing as patriotic politics? Welcome to your special Fourth of July edition of the Wednesday Morning Quarterback. If you’re reading this column on our great day of independence, you probably have the same incurable political bug that we do. Which means that, at some point in the last month, you’ve probably had a conversation about the presidential race that started out with a prediction of victory for either Barack Obama or Hillary Clinton (sorry Bill) in the Democratic primary and ended in something like, “But by golly, what the heck is going to happen with the Republicans?” The Democratic contest is solidified. The frontrunners are the frontrunners and it’s highly unlikely that anything will upset that multi-million dollar boat. Continue Reading
By Whitney Cheshire New Mexico’s leadership overhaul, six months later. Is it reform, or just status quo? Last November, New Mexicans elected four brand-new leaders, and re-elected two old ones, to statewide office. But despite the fresh blood, the dominating political philosophy in Santa Fe hasn’t changed much. Six of our seven statewide leaders were Democrats before the election and six of our seven statewide leaders are Democrats now. Continue Reading
By Whitney Cheshire Take two Albuquerque City Council races, stir in a measure finance committee, add a dash of “recall,” and voila! Marty’s Party specialty… ABQ Takeover Soup! Good Wednesday morning to you here in the Land of Enchantment! We’re still laughing at the New Mexico GOP’s most recent Richardson baseball card, released yesterday. Click here to check it out. Continue Reading
Yeah, we know it stinks to do this just two weeks after she started her regular column on this site, but the Wednesday Morning Quarterback won’t be running today because Whitney Cheshire is out of town. She promises to return next week, and that this won’t happen too often. But we all need an occasional break… – Heath Haussamen Continue Reading
By Whitney Cheshire Jails, taxes, lies, bloggers, candidates who can’t read a voting record… Will the GOP stay mum? Welcome to Campaign Albuquerque 2007! We’re going to stick with Albuquerque stuff today, because it really doesn’t get any better than this! By now, you know that the Albuquerque City Council handed Mayor and gubernatorial candidate Martin Chávez a stiff defeat on Monday when it overrode his veto, keeping in place $9 million for jail funding. On a 6-3 vote that crossed party lines, a majority of the council said “No” to Mayor Marty and his latest attempt to funnel public safety dollars into his special projects. Continue Reading
Today marks the start of a weekly column on this site written by Whitney Cheshire, a conservative New Mexico campaign consultant. If you missed last week’s announcement, read it by clicking here. By Whitney Cheshire The Duke City starts its experiment in taxpayer-funded campaigns this year – But does anybody want to guess about the Mayor Marty Chávez factor? We’ve got some good Albuquerque stuff for you today… YO! You’ve found the WMQB at our new home. Continue Reading
Since 2005, Whitney Cheshire has been maintaining a blog called The Wednesday Morning Quarterback with which I’m sure many of you are familiar. Since then, the conservative media relations and campaign consultant, who is based in Albuquerque, has provided witty, frank analysis from the right. A week from today, The Wednesday Morning Quarterback is going to join Heath Haussamen on New Mexico Politics. Cheshire plans to write a weekly column that will run on Wednesdays. Though this site, she’ll continue to bring you news, analysis and a view from the right. Continue Reading