{"id":1728,"date":"2007-05-16T09:52:00","date_gmt":"2007-05-16T15:52:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nmpolitics.net\/index\/2007\/05\/publication-examines-domenicis-re-election-bid\/"},"modified":"2007-05-16T09:52:00","modified_gmt":"2007-05-16T15:52:00","slug":"publication-examines-domenicis-re-election-bid","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/2007\/05\/publication-examines-domenicis-re-election-bid\/","title":{"rendered":"Publication examines Domenici&#8217;s re-election bid"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/_IabUCQmoheQ\/Rkso5ord2QI\/AAAAAAAACUg\/Hzt-BWbvJNA\/s1600-h\/Domenici,+Pete.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;\" src=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/_IabUCQmoheQ\/Rkso5ord2QI\/AAAAAAAACUg\/Hzt-BWbvJNA\/s200\/Domenici,+Pete.jpg\" alt=\"\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5065187176545638658\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a>Congressional Quarterly has a new article examining the fact that, despite the problems dogging U.S. Sen. <a href=\"http:\/\/domenici.senate.gov\/\" target=\"_blank\">Pete Domenici<\/a>, R-N.M., Democrats have been, thus far, unable to find a top-tier opponent to take him on next year.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><o:p> <\/o:p><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">In an article <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cqpolitics.com\/2007\/05\/democrats_say_domenicis_no_sai.html\" target=\"_blank\">published Tuesday<\/a>, the publication examined the fact that Domenici is the topic of an ethics investigation and has seen his poll numbers drop, but Republicans don\u2019t seem concerned. Domenici is easily raising a great deal of money and Democrats have, thus far, been unable to find a known candidate to run against him.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><o:p> <\/o:p><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">Domenici has drawn challenges from lesser-known Democrats <a href=\"http:\/\/www.jimhannan.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Jim Hannan<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/mothermedia.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">Leland Lehrman<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><o:p> <\/o:p><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">The article quoted Matt Farrauto, executive director of the state <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nmdemocrats.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">Democratic Party<\/a>, as saying that, at last month\u2019s party meeting in <st1:city st=\"on\"><st1:place st=\"on\">Las   Cruces<\/st1:place><\/st1:city>, the talk was about taking on Domenici.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><o:p> <\/o:p><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">\u201cWe\u2019ll give Domenici the race of his life,\u201d Farrauto told the publication.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><o:p> <\/o:p><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">But I was quoted in the article as saying that a number of New Mexico Democrats aren\u2019t so optimistic. My experience in talking to Democrats is that many in <st1:state st=\"on\">Washington<\/st1:state> believe Domenici is vulnerable, but many in <st1:state st=\"on\"><st1:place st=\"on\">New   Mexico<\/st1:place><\/st1:state> doubt that.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><o:p> <\/o:p><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><st1:place st=\"on\"><st1:placetype st=\"on\">University<\/st1:placetype>  of <st1:placename st=\"on\">New Mexico<\/st1:placename><\/st1:place> political scientist Christine Sierra agreed that Domenici won\u2019t likely face a scenario where he\u2019s vulnerable.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><o:p> <\/o:p><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">I also discussed the divide in the state <a href=\"http:\/\/www.gopnm.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">Republican Party<\/a> revealed by last month\u2019s leadership battle.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><o:p> <\/o:p><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">The article also ran on the New York Times\u2019 Web site. You can check it out by clicking <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/cq\/2007\/05\/15\/cq_2731.html\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Congressional Quarterly has a new article examining the fact that, despite the problems dogging U.S. Sen. Pete Domenici, R-N.M., Democrats have been, thus far, unable to find a top-tier opponent to take him on next year. In an article published Tuesday, the publication examined the fact that Domenici is the topic of an ethics investigation [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1728","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1728","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1728"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1728\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1728"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1728"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1728"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}