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I’ve written about the Las Cruces TEA Party not being allowed to hold its forum for candidates in the Nov. 3 municipal election at City Hall. They held a forum anyway, at a local church. Watch video here. Continue Reading
Many NMPolitics.net readers say the City of Las Cruces should have let the local tea party hold a candidate forum at City Hall like it allowed two other organizations. Continue Reading
The City of Las Cruces is letting two nonprofits hold candidate forums in the council chambers at City Hall before the Nov. 3 election. But when the Las Cruces TEA Party, which is also a nonprofit, made a similar request, the city said no. Continue Reading
If the Las Cruces Tea Party wants to be taken more seriously, it needs to consider why so many have viewed its float as offensive and demonstrate a greater sensitivity for their feelings and opinions. Continue Reading
Republican U.S. Senate candidate Greg Sowards is a hard worker and a man of faith who has never been afraid to take on the establishment or forge his own path. Continue Reading
Is the city government in Santa Fe treating the Occupy movement better than the TEA Party? That’s the question asked by Santa Fe New Mexican reporter Steve Terrell in a weekend column. Continue Reading
If I were to pick the ringleaders out of the local Occupy and Tea Party groups and buy them all lunch, they’d probably find that they have more in common than they know. Continue Reading
The Internet makes democracy possible in a way the world has never before seen. The challenge for movements like the Tea Party and Occupy is to rise above division and work together to change the world. Continue Reading
Is Occupy Wall Street a demonstration, a movement, or a transformative moment? Some believe it’s merely an irritant that will be suppressed in the coming weeks. I think it’s something much more. Continue Reading
NMPolitics.net’s Heath Haussamen talked about the Occupy and Tea Party movements and other topics today on the radio program News New Mexico. Click on the headline to listen. Continue Reading
It seems to me that TEA partiers are a loosely held and lead group of people who are paying attention to the actions of our elected leaders. Period. They have no problem with calling out someone who is not doing the right things, regardless of party. Continue Reading
Tea partiers have forced America to risk default with their insistence on dramatic spending cuts and opposition to tax increases. But their actions are based on a genuine concern that Washington’s spending has taken us to the brink. Continue Reading
U.S. Rep. Steve Pearce will travel out of his district on Friday to speak to a tea party group in Albuquerque, but his spokesman says that shouldn’t be taken as a sign that Southern New Mexico’s congressman is gearing up for a U.S. Senate run. Continue Reading
Conventional wisdom might suggest that former N.M. Gov. Gary Johnson has no chance of winning the GOP presidential nomination next year, but I believe people would be foolish to dismiss his candidacy at this point. Continue Reading
Republican U.S. Senate candidate Greg Sowards visited Washington, D.C. earlier this week in an attempt to establish himself as the true conservative in the race. Continue Reading