{"id":3179,"date":"2008-05-05T08:19:00","date_gmt":"2008-05-05T14:19:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nmpolitics.net\/index\/2008\/05\/kissling-backs-mccamley-in-cd2-race\/"},"modified":"2008-05-05T08:19:00","modified_gmt":"2008-05-05T14:19:00","slug":"kissling-backs-mccamley-in-cd2-race","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/2008\/05\/kissling-backs-mccamley-in-cd2-race\/","title":{"rendered":"Kissling backs McCamley in CD2 race"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/_IabUCQmoheQ\/SB8XnMkvrJI\/AAAAAAAAFpc\/42_4NxV_X4k\/s1600-h\/Kissling,+Al.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer;\" src=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/_IabUCQmoheQ\/SB8XnMkvrJI\/AAAAAAAAFpc\/42_4NxV_X4k\/s200\/Kissling,+Al.jpg\" alt=\"\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5196898457166523538\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a>Al Kissling, the 2006 Democratic nominee for the 2nd Congressional District seat in the U.S. House, has endorsed <a href=\"http:\/\/www.billmccamley.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Bill McCamley<\/a> in this year\u2019s race.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><o:p> <\/o:p><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">Kissling ran again this year, but dropped out of the race after he failed to secure the support of 20 percent of delegates and qualify for the ballot at the party\u2019s March 15 preprimary nominating convention. He endorsed McCamley on Sunday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><o:p> <\/o:p><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">\u201cBill and I may not agree on everything, but I have been very impressed with his energy and efforts crisscrossing this extensive district and making contact with the people,\u201d Kissling said in a release from the McCamley campaign. \u201cFor me, issues are critical in this campaign because we need someone in Congress who can work to solve problems and not just fill the seat. I have watched as Bill grows in his knowledge of the issues, and I feel that he will continue to develop in this area.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><a onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/_IabUCQmoheQ\/SB8XqskvrKI\/AAAAAAAAFpk\/d73UDVDKPEE\/s1600-h\/McCamley,+Bill.JPG\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;\" src=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/_IabUCQmoheQ\/SB8XqskvrKI\/AAAAAAAAFpk\/d73UDVDKPEE\/s200\/McCamley,+Bill.JPG\" alt=\"\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5196898517296065698\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a>McCamley said he is \u201chumbled\u201d to have Kissling\u2019s support.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><o:p> <\/o:p><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">\u201cAl was the only one with the courage and commitment to stand up to <a href=\"http:\/\/pearce.house.gov\/\" target=\"_blank\">Steve Pearce<\/a> in the last election. Al understands what it means to fight for Democratic values, not just to talk about them,\u201d McCamley said in the news release. \u201cI look forward to having him supporting me on the campaign trail as we spread our message of fixing <st1:state st=\"on\"><st1:place st=\"on\">Washington<\/st1:place><\/st1:state> so it works for the middle class and not special interests.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><o:p> <\/o:p><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-style: italic;\" class=\"MsoNormal\">As I\u2019ve disclosed in the past, I\u2019m friends with McCamley. Click <a href=\"http:\/\/haussamen2.blogspot.com\/2007\/03\/ethical-guidelines-for-this-site.html\">here<\/a> to read more about that.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Al Kissling, the 2006 Democratic nominee for the 2nd Congressional District seat in the U.S. House, has endorsed Bill McCamley in this year\u2019s race. Kissling ran again this year, but dropped out of the race after he failed to secure the support of 20 percent of delegates and qualify for the ballot at the party\u2019s [&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-3179","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3179","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=3179"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3179\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3179"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3179"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3179"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}