{"id":3557,"date":"2008-08-12T05:00:00","date_gmt":"2008-08-12T11:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nmpolitics.net\/index\/2008\/08\/national-groups-spar-over-n-m-cd1-race\/"},"modified":"2008-08-12T05:00:00","modified_gmt":"2008-08-12T11:00:00","slug":"national-groups-spar-over-n-m-cd1-race","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/2008\/08\/national-groups-spar-over-n-m-cd1-race\/","title":{"rendered":"National groups spar over N.M. CD1 race"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/_IabUCQmoheQ\/SKEmmYISAtI\/AAAAAAAAGbc\/LdpFJgqvkRI\/s1600-h\/Heinrich,+Martin.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;\" src=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/_IabUCQmoheQ\/SKEmmYISAtI\/AAAAAAAAGbc\/LdpFJgqvkRI\/s200\/Heinrich,+Martin.jpg\" alt=\"\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5233506682735297234\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a>In response to a radio ad currently being run by the conservative <a href=\"http:\/\/www.freedomswatch.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">Freedoms Watch<\/a> attacking 1st Congressional Democratic candidate <a href=\"http:\/\/www.martinheinrich.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Martin Heinrich<\/a>, the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dccc.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee<\/a> is running a new ad in the Albuquerque area attacking Heinrich\u2019s Republican opponent, <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 theme of the spat is a familiar one that\u2019s on the forefront of most Americans\u2019 minds: energy.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><o:p> <\/o:p><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">Freedoms Watch\u2019s ad, which you can hear by clicking <a href=\"http:\/\/www.newmexicoindependent.com\/files\/nmindependent\/ad-watch-outside\/FWR60-NM0101.mp3\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>, accuses Heinrich of opposing exploring for more offshore oil even though 70 percent of Americans support it.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><o:p> <\/o:p><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><a onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/_IabUCQmoheQ\/SKEml_79g7I\/AAAAAAAAGbU\/U9RSCNcmZLI\/s1600-h\/White,+Darren.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;\" src=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/_IabUCQmoheQ\/SKEml_79g7I\/AAAAAAAAGbU\/U9RSCNcmZLI\/s200\/White,+Darren.jpg\" alt=\"\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5233506676241171378\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a>\u201cHeinrich doesn\u2019t get it. American oil means lower gas prices, more American jobs and keeping American dollars here,\u201d the ad\u2019s narrator states.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><o:p> <\/o:p><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">Meanwhile, the new DCCC ad paints a May fundraiser for White as a champagne event while \u201cthe rest of <st1:city st=\"on\"><st1:place st=\"on\">Albuquerque<\/st1:place><\/st1:city> struggles with skyrocketing food and gas costs.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><o:p> <\/o:p><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">White, the ad points out, was President Bush\u2019s local 2004 campaign chair. It says he has raised $13,000 from the oil industry \u201cand he\u2019s asking us to believe he\u2019s going to solve the energy crunch?\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><o:p> <\/o:p><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">The ad then goes on to promote Heinrich\u2019s plan. Listen to the DCCC ad by clicking <a href=\"http:\/\/dccc.3cdn.net\/e256e5a95b0c7f89e2_w5m6b0b4b.mp3\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><o:p> <\/o:p><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><st1:state st=\"on\"><st1:place st=\"on\">New Mexico<\/st1:place><\/st1:state>\u2019s 1st District is one of 10 across the nation where the groups are currently airing competing radio ads.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In response to a radio ad currently being run by the conservative Freedoms Watch attacking 1st Congressional Democratic candidate Martin Heinrich, the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee is running a new ad in the Albuquerque area attacking Heinrich\u2019s Republican opponent, Darren White. The theme of the spat is a familiar one that\u2019s on the forefront of [&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-3557","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3557","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=3557"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3557\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3557"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3557"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3557"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}