{"id":3266,"date":"2008-05-22T16:38:00","date_gmt":"2008-05-22T22:38:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nmpolitics.net\/index\/2008\/05\/barack-obama-to-visit-las-cruces-area-on-monday\/"},"modified":"2008-05-22T16:38:00","modified_gmt":"2008-05-22T22:38:00","slug":"barack-obama-to-visit-las-cruces-area-on-monday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/2008\/05\/barack-obama-to-visit-las-cruces-area-on-monday\/","title":{"rendered":"Barack Obama to visit Las Cruces area on Monday"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/_IabUCQmoheQ\/SDX2B8jg78I\/AAAAAAAAFzs\/RYaB0s3h8tA\/s1600-h\/Obama,+Barack.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;\" src=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/_IabUCQmoheQ\/SDX2B8jg78I\/AAAAAAAAFzs\/RYaB0s3h8tA\/s200\/Obama,+Barack.jpg\" alt=\"\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5203335457791864770\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a>Democratic presidential candidate <a href=\"http:\/\/www.barackobama.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Barack Obama<\/a> will visit the <st1:city st=\"on\"><st1:place st=\"on\">Las Cruces<\/st1:place><\/st1:city> area on Monday.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><o:p> <\/o:p><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">The only other detail released by the campaign at this point is that Obama will host a public event. Sources said the focus of the Memorial Day visit will be veterans.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><o:p> <\/o:p><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">There was no immediate word on whether Gov. <a href=\"http:\/\/governor.state.nm.us\/\" target=\"_blank\">Bill Richardson<\/a>, Obama\u2019s most visible supporter in <st1:state st=\"on\">New Mexico<\/st1:state>, will be with the <st1:state st=\"on\">Illinois<\/st1:state> senator on the trip to <st1:place st=\"on\">Southern  New Mexico<\/st1:place>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><o:p> <\/o:p><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">Obama is one of four high-profile political figures who will visit <st1:state st=\"on\"><st1:place st=\"on\">New Mexico<\/st1:place><\/st1:state> next week. On Monday, Republican presidential nominee <a href=\"http:\/\/www.johnmccain.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">John McCain<\/a> will be in Albuquerque, while on Tuesday, Obama\u2019s wife <a href=\"http:\/\/www.barackobama.com\/learn\/meet.php#michelle\" target=\"_blank\">Michelle<\/a> will host a fundraiser in Albuquerque for her husband\u2019s campaign and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/president\" target=\"_blank\">President Bush<\/a> will be in Albuquerque for a fundraiser for the state Republican Party and 1st Congressional District candidate <a href=\"http:\/\/www.darrenwhiteforcongress.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Darren White<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><o:p> <\/o:p><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">The visits around the Memorial Day holiday underscore <st1:state st=\"on\"><st1:place st=\"on\">New Mexico<\/st1:place><\/st1:state>\u2019s importance in the 2008 election.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><o:p> <\/o:p><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">Obama lost <st1:state st=\"on\">New Mexico<\/st1:state> to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.hillaryclinton.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Hillary Clinton<\/a> in the Feb. 5 Democratic primary largely because she did well in southern <st1:state st=\"on\"><st1:place st=\"on\">New Mexico<\/st1:place><\/st1:state>. Obama has already visited <st1:city st=\"on\">Santa Fe<\/st1:city> and <st1:city st=\"on\">Albuquerque<\/st1:city>, so it makes sense for him to visit the southern part of the state on the same day McCain makes his first visit to <st1:city st=\"on\"><st1:place st=\"on\">Albuquerque<\/st1:place><\/st1:city> as a 2008 presidential candidate. Obama\u2019s wife visited <st1:place st=\"on\"><st1:city st=\"on\">Las Cruces<\/st1:city><\/st1:place> <a href=\"http:\/\/haussamen.blogspot.com\/2008\/02\/1000-show-up-to-see-obamas-wife-in-las.html\">in February<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><o:p> <\/o:p><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">McCain is expected to compete in the swing state of <st1:state st=\"on\">New Mexico<\/st1:state> because of his crossover appeal among independents and some Democrats and because he\u2019s a senator from the neighboring state of <st1:state st=\"on\"><st1:place st=\"on\">Arizona<\/st1:place><\/st1:state>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama will visit the Las Cruces area on Monday. The only other detail released by the campaign at this point is that Obama will host a public event. Sources said the focus of the Memorial Day visit will be veterans. There was no immediate word on whether Gov. Bill Richardson, Obama\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-3266","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3266","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=3266"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3266\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3266"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3266"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3266"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}