{"id":29056,"date":"2011-05-09T10:57:44","date_gmt":"2011-05-09T16:57:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nmpolitics.net\/index\/?p=29056"},"modified":"2011-05-10T00:08:53","modified_gmt":"2011-05-10T06:08:53","slug":"new-mexico-you-matter-in-2012","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/2011\/05\/new-mexico-you-matter-in-2012\/","title":{"rendered":"New Mexico, you matter in 2012"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_29083\"  class=\"wp-caption module image alignright\" style=\"max-width: 270px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-29083 \" title=\"Rove, Karl\" src=\"http:\/\/www.nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/Rove-Karl.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"270\" height=\"238\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Karl Rove speaking in Las Cruces last year. (Photo by Heath Haussamen)<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Hey New Mexico, heads up &#8211; you matter.<\/p>\n<p>You are one of the 14 cherished states that actually matter in the 2012 election cycle.<\/p>\n<p>Now, I have my own reasons (in my head) as to why you matter, but that&#8217;s a later blog. (You know why and feel free to comment.)<\/p>\n<p>You can hate Karl Rove all you want for naming you as <a href=\"http:\/\/online.wsj.com\/article\/SB10001424052748703849204576303090659547856.html?mod=googlenews_wsj\">one of the top 14<\/a>, but I&#8217;d advise you to get over it. Get over it fast.<\/p>\n<p>Please take a moment and <a href=\"http:\/\/online.wsj.com\/article\/SB10001424052748703849204576303090659547856.html?mod=googlenews_wsj\">have a read<\/a> to find out why he listed you as one of those states that matters.<\/p>\n<p>Here we go, New Mexico, here we go.<\/p>\n<p>PS: And, yes, I am a cheerleader for your state &#8211; despite never actually having cheered. (That said, my mom was a cheerleader for UMASS &#8211; does that count? My little sister too&#8230; who is currently living in Santa Fe.)<\/p>\n<p><em>Sarah Lenti is the blogger behind NMPolitics.net\u2019s <\/em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nmpolitics.net\/index\/the-savvy\/\" target=\"_blank\"><em>The Savvy<\/em><\/a><em>. E-mail her at <\/em><a href=\"mailto:sarah@nmpolitics.net\"><em>sarah@nmpolitics.net<\/em><\/a><em>. For full disclosure, Lenti is a Republican strategist who works closely with potential\u00a0GOP\u00a0presidential candidate Mitt Romney\u2019s PAC.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hey New Mexico, heads up &#8211; you are one of the 14 cherished states that actually matter in the 2012 election cycle, according to Karl Rove.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1192,181],"tags":[156,116],"class_list":["post-29056","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-commentary","category-the-savvy","tag-2012-election","tag-washington"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29056","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\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=29056"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29056\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=29056"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=29056"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=29056"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}