Litmus-testing the fence-sitters
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This high-pitched disagreement about what kind of America we want and the demonization of the opposition is going to tear down the fence the undecideds are sitting on. Continue Reading
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This high-pitched disagreement about what kind of America we want and the demonization of the opposition is going to tear down the fence the undecideds are sitting on. Continue Reading
The GOP’s message to our parents and grandparents sounds like a broken record: If you get sick, you’re on your own. Continue Reading
Last week we fell behind the pace we need to keep to reach our fundraising goal by April 30. Please, make a donation today to help sustain this site! Continue Reading
We’ve got the better part of a year to build a bigger team of sunshine champs and then we’re going to bring our A game to the 60-day session in 2013. In the meantime, public officials who say they support transparency should lead by example and not wait for new laws to force them to do the right thing. Continue Reading
We no longer treat young students just entering our schools humanely. Kindergarten students are treated inappropriately for their age. Continue Reading
My hope is that my fellow New Mexicans will join me in voting for reform and for placing the interests of children and their parents before politics. Continue Reading
My fellow New Mexico Democrats, in this vital election, let us choose integrity over compromise. Continue Reading
Being a Christian and a former state and federal drug prosecutor, I take issue with Pat Robertson’s stance on the legalization of marijuana. Continue Reading
Advertised as giving a leg up to returning vets from Iraq and Afghanistan, two bills we passed during the recent session will instead waste millions on subsidies and tax breaks to businesses that don’t need them. Continue Reading
NMPolitics.net is almost halfway through our annual fundraising drive and not quite at 50 percent of our goal. Can you help us reach $9,000 in the next few days? Continue Reading
If Gov. Susana Martinez is successful in remaking the Legislature in this year’s election, so be it. If not, she needs to change her tone – and let’s hope there will still be some lawmakers around who are interested in working with her. Continue Reading
My dog Conrad was amused by the story of an Albuquerque man who registered his dog to vote and promptly got a voter card for the dog in the mail. Continue Reading
The Senate president pro tem has inappropriately used government resources to campaign twice in the last week. I wish the Legislature and governor would wake up to the fact that an independent ethics board is needed to address such conduct. Continue Reading
New Mexicans – just like other Americans – believe in responsible energy exploration and that we need energy from all sources – including renewables – to provide for our long-term energy needs. Continue Reading
The Obama administration is working to help our state and others that have been hit hard by the housing downturn. Continue Reading