{"id":3735,"date":"2008-09-19T11:21:00","date_gmt":"2008-09-19T17:21:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nmpolitics.net\/index\/2008\/09\/tinsley-wants-another-debate-to-focus-on-economy\/"},"modified":"2008-09-19T11:21:00","modified_gmt":"2008-09-19T17:21:00","slug":"tinsley-wants-another-debate-to-focus-on-economy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/2008\/09\/tinsley-wants-another-debate-to-focus-on-economy\/","title":{"rendered":"Tinsley wants another debate to focus on economy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/_IabUCQmoheQ\/SNPgBNV8qZI\/AAAAAAAAIv8\/VKeB3r-6nvk\/s1600-h\/Tinsley,+Ed.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer;\" src=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/_IabUCQmoheQ\/SNPgBNV8qZI\/AAAAAAAAIv8\/VKeB3r-6nvk\/s200\/Tinsley,+Ed.jpg\" alt=\"\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5247784302182967698\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a>Republican 2nd Congressional District candidate <a href=\"http:\/\/www.edtinsleyforcongress.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Ed Tinsley<\/a> is challenging Democratic opponent <a href=\"http:\/\/www.harryforcongress.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Harry Teague<\/a> to an additional debate to focus specifically on the economy.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><o:p> <\/o:p><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">Tinsley made the challenge in a Thursday news release.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><o:p> <\/o:p><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">\u201cThe nation and southern <st1:state st=\"on\"><st1:place st=\"on\">New Mexico<\/st1:place><\/st1:state> are facing the most challenging economic crisis since the Great Depression. Reforming our nation\u2019s financial regulators will dominate the political and policy agenda when a new president and Congress are sworn in just five months from now,\u201d he said. \u201cOur voters deserve to make an informed choice on who they want in <st1:state st=\"on\"><st1:place st=\"on\">Washington<\/st1:place><\/st1:state> representing them during these difficult times. Their livelihoods are on the line. Therefore, I am willing to join my opponent at a mutually agreed upon time and place to debate this issue.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><o:p> <\/o:p><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><a onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/_IabUCQmoheQ\/SNPf-NCzJEI\/AAAAAAAAIv0\/DIiVeD11R28\/s1600-h\/Teague,+Harry.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;\" src=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/_IabUCQmoheQ\/SNPf-NCzJEI\/AAAAAAAAIv0\/DIiVeD11R28\/s200\/Teague,+Harry.jpg\" alt=\"\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5247784250563044418\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a>Teague spokesman Alex Cole responded to an e-mail request for comment with this statement:<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><o:p> <\/o:p><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">\u201cWe look forward to debating Ed Tinsley on the economy, including his record as a <st1:state st=\"on\"><st1:place st=\"on\">Washington<\/st1:place><\/st1:state> lobbyist who opposed the minimum wage and who supported privatizing social security,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><o:p> <\/o:p><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">Cole didn\u2019t elaborate on whether Teague was agreeing to an additional debate or simply planning to discuss the economy at one of the already scheduled events.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><o:p> <\/o:p><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">Both candidates have confirmed attendance at one upcoming debate and two forums. The televised debate will be held Oct. 19 in <st1:city st=\"on\"><st1:place st=\"on\">Albuquerque<\/st1:place><\/st1:city> and is sponsored by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.koat.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">KOAT-TV<\/a> and the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.abqjournal.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Albuquerque Journal<\/a>. They\u2019ll be in <st1:city st=\"on\"><st1:place st=\"on\">Las Cruces<\/st1:place><\/st1:city> on Oct. 9 for a forum sponsored by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nmfirst.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">New Mexico First<\/a> and televised by <a href=\"http:\/\/krwg-tv.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">KRWG-TV<\/a>. And both plan to participate in a forum on Oct. 21 in <st1:city st=\"on\"><st1:place st=\"on\">Hobbs<\/st1:place><\/st1:city> sponsored by the local <a href=\"http:\/\/www.hobbschamber.org\/html_2002\/index.htm\" target=\"_blank\">chamber of commerce<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Republican 2nd Congressional District candidate Ed Tinsley is challenging Democratic opponent Harry Teague to an additional debate to focus specifically on the economy. Tinsley made the challenge in a Thursday news release. \u201cThe nation and southern New Mexico are facing the most challenging economic crisis since the Great Depression. Reforming our nation\u2019s financial regulators will [&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-3735","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3735","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=3735"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3735\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3735"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3735"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3735"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}