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The majority of those who voted in the last non-scientific poll on this site said that even though the GRIPgate probe has ended, President Obama should not offer Gov. Bill Richardson a job in Washington. Continue Reading
Some 75 percent of the American public tells CNN that health care reform is necessary. If Democratic senators can’t find any Republicans in their body willing to represent all Americans, they should embrace the go-it-alone approach. Continue Reading
Following two debates with the Cato Institute’s health policy director, I’m still convinced that none of the arguments to let markets alone take care of health will work if your goal is to make sure sick people get health care. Continue Reading
Heath Haussamen was on NPR on Saturday morning talking about Democrat Jeff Bingaman, one of the “Gang of Six” senators working toward compromise on health-care reform in Washington. Continue Reading
Republican gubernatorial candidate Allen Weh has recently been saying the he was taking on his own party in trying to get former U.S. Attorney David Iglesias fired. That’s not quite inaccurate, but it’s also not quite how things happened. Continue Reading
UPDATED: Between 1,200 and 1,400 people showed up Tuesday evening for a tea party protest in Las Cruces that’s part of a nationwide tour, according to the Las Cruces Sun-News. Continue Reading
Global warming necessitates the development of improved energy sources and technological leaps in energy efficiency, and New Mexico can play an important role in making that happen, U.S. Energy Secretary Steven Chu said this evening. Continue Reading
UPDATED: Many of New Mexico’s political leaders were quick to comment today on the death of longtime U.S. Sen. Edward M. “Ted” Kennedy. Here are some of their statements. Continue Reading
The Constitution of the United States proves that out of many different peoples, interests and desires, one cohesive, national society can be created. The document gave the founders the unity and stability they wanted as a nation while safeguarding the rights and liberties of states and individuals. Continue Reading
The longtime state director for U.S. Sen. Jeff Bingaman will leave that job to become the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s director for rural development in New Mexico, the Obama administration announced today in a news release. Continue Reading
NMPolitics.net columnist Carter Bundy will take part in a debate on health-care reform next week that is being hosted by the Rio Grande Foundation. Continue Reading