{"id":2786,"date":"2008-01-28T09:20:00","date_gmt":"2008-01-28T15:20:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nmpolitics.net\/index\/2008\/01\/obama-to-visit-n-m-friday-no-word-on-clinton-visit\/"},"modified":"2008-01-28T09:20:00","modified_gmt":"2008-01-28T15:20:00","slug":"obama-to-visit-n-m-friday-no-word-on-clinton-visit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/2008\/01\/obama-to-visit-n-m-friday-no-word-on-clinton-visit\/","title":{"rendered":"Obama to visit N.M. Friday; no word on Clinton visit"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Barack Obama<\/a> will visit New Mexico<\/st1:state> on Friday, with the time and location for a stop in Santa Fe<\/st1:place><\/st1:city> yet to be announced, and sources tell me to expect Hillary Clinton<\/a> to visit the state late this week or this weekend. <\/p>\n

<\/o:p><\/p>\n

A posting on Obama\u2019s Web site<\/a> confirms that he will be in the state capitol on Friday but provides no other details. The Clinton<\/st1:city> campaign has promised that the senator will visit before next week\u2019s Feb. 5 Democratic caucus, but there\u2019s no official word on the date of a Clinton<\/st1:place><\/st1:city> visit. Neither campaign has responded to requests for more information about the candidates\u2019 visits.<\/p>\n

<\/o:p><\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Obama will visit the state on the heels of a huge win in South Carolina<\/a> on Saturday. He and Clinton are generally considered to be neck-and-neck going into the Feb. 5 contests in more than 20 states.<\/p>\n

<\/o:p><\/p>\n

Meanwhile, both campaigns remain highly active in New Mexico<\/st1:place><\/st1:state>. Clinton announced the endorsement on Friday of state Auditor Hector Balderas<\/a> \u2013 the youngest Hispanic statewide elected official in the nation \u2013 and on Saturday of former Gov. Bruce King<\/a> and his wife Alice.<\/p>\n

<\/o:p><\/p>\n

\u201cHillary Clinton has a clear vision to jumpstart our economy and get our country back on track,\u201d Balderas said in a news release. \u201cWith over 35 years of experience, Hillary will create new jobs, address our housing crisis and put money back into the pockets of the American people.\u201d<\/p>\n

<\/o:p><\/p>\n

King, in a conference call with New Mexico<\/st1:state> reporters, said he and his wife have known Clinton<\/st1:place><\/st1:city> since the 1970s.<\/p>\n

<\/o:p><\/p>\n

\u201cShe\u2019s the type of person that is really a doer and she really wants to lift everyone up,\u201d King said. \u201cSo it\u2019s very important that everyone in New Mexico<\/st1:state><\/st1:place> go out and support Hillary on Feb. 5.\u201d<\/p>\n

<\/o:p><\/p>\n

The Clinton<\/st1:place><\/st1:city> campaign plans a news conference later this week to announce the endorsements of state lawmakers and other elected officials. The Obama campaign, according to the Santa Fe New Mexican<\/a>, plans two news conferences on Tuesday \u2013 one in Santa Fe and one in Las Cruces \u2013 to announce new endorsements, including that of Las Cruces Mayor Ken Miyagishima<\/a>.<\/p>\n

<\/o:p><\/p>\n

In addition, thousands of volunteers spread out across New Mexico<\/st1:state><\/st1:place> this weekend, going door-to-door<\/a> in 17 cities to try to convince New Mexicans to support Obama.<\/p>\n

<\/o:p><\/p>\n

Feuding reaches New Mexico<\/st1:place><\/st1:state><\/span><\/p>\n

<\/o:p><\/p>\n

The campaigns are already continuing some of the feuding that colored this weekend\u2019s South Carolina<\/st1:place><\/st1:state> contest.<\/p>\n

<\/o:p><\/p>\n

Obama\u2019s campaign announced Friday the formation of a \u201cTruth Squad\u201d it said would counter negative and false attacks from the Clinton<\/st1:place><\/st1:city> campaign. Some leading Obama supporters in New Mexico<\/st1:state> joined reporters on a conference call on Friday to rebut attacks the Clinton<\/st1:place><\/st1:city> campaign has made in other states.<\/p>\n

<\/o:p><\/p>\n

\u201cWe are here today because we are tired of hearing negative attacks against Sen. Obama from the Clinton<\/st1:city><\/st1:place> campaign,\u201d former state Rep. Patsy Trujillo said. \u201cWe are here today to stop those lies from infiltrating the debate here in New Mexico<\/st1:place><\/st1:state> and we are here to set the record straight.\u201d<\/p>\n

<\/o:p><\/p>\n

She and others talked briefly about Social Security, the economy, the Iraq<\/st1:country-region> war and other issues, in some instances sharing Obama\u2019s plans and in others sharing what the Clinton<\/st1:place><\/st1:city> campaign has said about Obama\u2019s plans and calling that information false.<\/p>\n

<\/o:p><\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s time for the Clinton<\/st1:city><\/st1:place> campaign to tell the truth,\u201d state Rep. Al Park<\/a> said. \u201cIf you won\u2019t tell the truth during the campaign, how can we be sure that you\u2019ll tell the truth in the White House?\u201d<\/p>\n

<\/o:p><\/p>\n

The Clinton<\/st1:place><\/st1:city> campaign responded by releasing a statement from Matt Farrauto, former executive director of the state Democratic Party, to the Albuquerque Tribune<\/a> starting that Obama \u201chas trouble taking responsibility for and explaining his record.\u201d He said the Clinton<\/st1:place><\/st1:city> campaign would \u201crespond quickly and effectively\u201d to keep the campaign focused on the issues.\u201d<\/p>\n

<\/o:p><\/p>\n

Even before the Obama campaign\u2019s conference call with reporters, the Clinton<\/st1:place><\/st1:city> campaign invited the Albuquerque Journal<\/a> to listen in on a national conference call about \u201cObama campaign attacks\u201d \u2013 a conference call the newspaper reported included more attacking of Obama than it did explanations of his alleged attacks.<\/p>\n

<\/o:p><\/p>\n

I\u2019ll share more details about the visits by both candidates as soon as I have them.<\/p>\n

\n

Update, 8:45 a.m.<\/p>\n

<\/o:p><\/p>\n

Obama spokesman Trevor Fitzgibbon said Sunland Park Mayor Jesus \u201cRuben\u201d Segura will also endorse Obama at Tuesday\u2019s news conference in Las Cruces<\/st1:place><\/st1:city>. He said other endorsements were being vetted by the national campaign and can\u2019t yet be released.<\/p>\n

<\/o:p><\/p>\n

But he said the campaign is finding a lot of support among Hispanics in New Mexico<\/st1:state>, and he expects Miyagishima, Segura<\/st1:place> and others to focus on Obama\u2019s electability during Tuesday speeches.<\/p>\n

<\/o:p><\/p>\n

Fitzgibbon also said that U.S. Sen. Ted Kennedy<\/a>, D-Mass., will visit New Mexico<\/st1:state><\/st1:place> later this week to campaign for Obama. Kennedy endorsed Obama on Sunday.<\/p>\n

\n

\n

Fitzgibbon said he had no details about Obama\u2019s Friday visit, and couldn\u2019t even confirm that Obama will visit on that day.<\/p>\n

\n

Update, 10:45 a.m.<\/p>\n

<\/o:p><\/p>\n

State Sen. Dede Feldman<\/a>, D-Albuquerque, endorsed Obama this weekend. You can read about it on her blog by clicking here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\n

Update, 1:25 p.m.<\/p>\n

<\/o:p><\/p>\n

Also endorsing Obama from Do\u00f1a<\/st1:placename> Ana<\/st1:placename> County<\/st1:placename> will be state Reps. Nate Cote<\/a> and Jeff Steinborn<\/a>, Las Cruces City Councilor Miguel Silva<\/a>, Do\u00f1a Ana County Commissioner Dolores Salda\u00f1a-Caviness<\/a> and Do\u00f1a Ana County Democratic Party Vice Chair Art Terrazas, according to a news release.<\/p>\n

\n

Their endorsements will be formally announced at a news conference at Obama\u2019s campaign headquarters in Las Cruces<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>, located at 212 West Hadley<\/a>, at 12:15 p.m. on Tuesday.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Barack Obama will visit New Mexico on Friday, with the time and location for a stop in Santa Fe yet to be announced, and sources tell me to expect Hillary Clinton to visit the state late this week or this weekend. A posting on Obama\u2019s Web site confirms that he will be in the state […]<\/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-2786","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2786","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=2786"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2786\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2786"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2786"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2786"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}