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Apr 25, 2008 Udall to grandchildren: Protecting environment is 'crusade of your days' Stewart and Lee Udall | 4/24/2008 - 4/12/08 Arizona native Stewart Udall served as secretary of the interior in the Kennedy and Johnson administrations from 1961 to 1969 and played a part in some of the nation's landmark environmental laws, including the Clean Air Act, the Wilderness Act... more...
Feb 25, 2008 Democratic Party shows support for Colón ALBUQUERQUE — New Mexico's Democratic Party chairman received a standing ovation during the party's first statewide meeting since its problem-plagued presidential caucus.

"Evidently, the rumors of my demise are greatly exaggerated," Brian Colón said Saturday, when more than 180 party... more...
Feb 25, 2008 Democratic Party shows support for Colón ALBUQUERQUE — New Mexico's Democratic Party chairman received a standing ovation during the party's first statewide meeting since its problem-plagued presidential caucus.

"Evidently, the rumors of my demise are greatly exaggerated," Brian Colón said Saturday, when more than 180 party... more...
Feb 1, 2008 Super Tuesday: New Mexico Youth Could Play a Big Role in choosing a Presidental Nominee Conor L. Sanchez | Generation: Next 1/31/2008 - 1/31/08 They're calling it a first in American political history, and indeed, never before has a primary day held such significance in a presidential nomination. On Feb. 5, known as "Super Tuesday," 22 states, including New Mexico, will vote... more...
Dec 6, 2007 Poll: Twice as many Hispanics prefer Dems to Republicans WASHINGTON (CNN) — More than twice as many Hispanic voters say they favor Democrats as Republicans – the lowest level of support for President Bush’s party since shortly before his first White House run, according to a new poll released Thursday.

Fifty-seven percent of registered... more...
Nov 30, 2007 Denish, Herrera, Balderas, Colon To Kick Off N.M. Presidential Caucus Wednesday in Albuquerque Lt. Gov. Diane Denish, along with Secretary of State Mary Herrera, State Auditor Hector Balderas, and Democratic Party of New Mexico Chairman Brian S. Colón, will kick off New Mexico's Democratic Presidential Preference Caucus season with a press conference next Wednesday, December 5th, at the... more...
Sep 26, 2007 Domenici's ratings take a tumble Poll shows senator's approval numbers continue to slide Fourteen months before he faces re-election, U.S. Sen. Pete Domenici's approval rating has plummeted 27 percentage points in the last 10 months and is now well below 50 percent, according to a monthly poll released Tuesday. The... more...
Sep 26, 2007 House Passes Children's Health Bill Despite Strong Republican Support, Threatened Veto Will Probably Stand By Christopher Lee and Jonathan Weisman Washington Post Staff Writers Wednesday, September 26, 2007; Page A04 A broad House majority gave final approval last night to a $35 billion expansion of the... more...
Sep 25, 2007 Editorial: Gunfight at the S-Chip Corral President Bush accused Congressional Democrats of putting health coverage for poor children at risk by forcing him to veto a bill that he says is a dangerous step toward government-run health care. The opposite is the case. Mr. Bush is the one putting the health of America’s children at risk,... more...
Sep 24, 2007 Florida Democrats Affirm an Early Primary PEMBROKE PINES, Fla., Sept. 23 — The Florida Democratic Party announced Sunday that it would move ahead with its plan to hold its presidential primary on Jan. 29 despite the national party’s decision to block the state delegation from the 2008 Democratic convention. State party leaders said... more...
Sep 24, 2007 Editorial: Larry Craig’s Great Adventure: Suddenly, He’s a Civil Libertarian Senator Larry Craig, Republican of Idaho, will ask a judge this week to reverse his conviction for soliciting sex from an undercover police officer in a Minneapolis airport bathroom. He should prevail. Mr. Craig did nothing illegal, and the law he was convicted under should be held... more...
Sep 20, 2007 Denish becomes regular face of public service segments If you think you’ve been seeing a lot of Lt. Gov. Diane Denish lately, maybe you’re watching too much late-night television. Denish, like several New Mexico politicians before her, frequently pops up in public service announcements — those noncommercial commercials that television stations... more...
Sep 18, 2007 There's the Red Vote, the Blue Vote . . . and the Little Green Vote By Dana Milbank Tuesday, September 18, 2007; Page A02 Federal law limits the participation of resident aliens in the political process. But it is silent on the role of extraterrestrial aliens. This loophole has not been lost on the life forms who arrived on these... more...
Sep 18, 2007 Editorial: Considering Mr. Mukasey Published: September 18, 2007 Michael Mukasey, President Bush’s nominee to be attorney general, is being promoted as a “consensus choice,” which is meant to signal the Senate that it should be grateful and confirm him without delay. Mr. Mukasey is clearly better than some of the “loyal... more...
Sep 17, 2007 Clinton Health Plan Outlined All Americans Would Be Required to Have Insurance By Beth Fouhy Associated Press Monday, September 17, 2007; Page A04 DES MOINES -- Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton 's sweeping health-care proposal, which she plans to unveil today, would require every American to carry health... more...
Sep 17, 2007 Bush to Name Ex-Judge as Successor to Gonzales WASHINGTON, Sept. 16 — President Bush has decided to nominate Michael B. Mukasey , a former federal judge from New York who has presided over some high-profile terrorism trials, as his next attorney general and is expected to announce the selection Monday, according to several people familiar... more...
Sep 17, 2007 Editorial: The New Hampshire Phone Scam Published: September 17, 2007 On Election Day in 2002, when New Hampshire voters were going to the polls in a hotly contested Senate race, the phone lines in Democratic get-out-the-vote offices were jammed. The executive director of the New Hampshire Republican Party pleaded guilty to... more...
Sep 14, 2007 Richardson wouldn't trade being governor for VP By STEVE TERRELL | The New Mexican Thu Sep 13, 2007 10:02 pm In online debate, it sounds like the choice is president or staying in ‘the best job in the world’ Despite widespread speculation his presidential campaign actually is a bid for the vice presidency, Gov. Bill Richardson,... more...
Sep 14, 2007 Democratic Response to President's Address CQ Transcripts Wire Friday, September 14, 2007; 1:09 AM SPEAKER: SEN. JACK REED, D-R.I. [*] REED: Good evening. I'm Senator Jack Reed from Rhode Island, and I was privileged to serve in the United States Army for 12 years. I opposed the war in Iraq from the beginning. It... more...
Sep 14, 2007 Editorial: No Exit, No Strategy Published: September 14, 2007 This was the week in which Americans hoped they would get straight talk and clear thinking on Iraq. What they got was two exhausting days of Congressional testimony by the American military commander, hours of news conferences and interviews, clouds of... more...
Sep 10, 2007 Rove Replacement Seen as Highly Partisan Go-Getter By Michael Abramowitz Monday, September 10, 2007; Page A13 While President Bush was in Australia last week, the White House completed the divvying-up of Karl Rove 's sizable and important portfolio. Rove's longtime deputy Barry Jackson is taking over... more...
Sep 10, 2007 Dems Favor Denish Over Chávez for Gov. By Leslie Linthicum Copyright © 2007 Albuquerque Journal; Journal Staff Writer The election is almost three years away and one of the candidates hasn't even committed to running, but just for fun let's ask the question: What if Lt. Gov. Diane Denish... more...
Sep 8, 2007 Echoing the Candidates' Words -- In Spanish By David Montgomery Washington Post Staff Writer Saturday, September 8, 2007; Page C01 His is the voice of presidents, but tomorrow night in Miami -- after much study and meditation, an energy bar, almonds and water without ice -- Vincente J. de la Vega will lend it to... more...
Sep 8, 2007 As a Report Draws Near, Democrats Ready a Stance By DAVID M. HERSZENHORN Published: September 8, 2007 WASHINGTON, Sept. 7 — With Gen. David H. Petraeus set to testify before Congress on Monday about the status of the Iraq war, leading Democrats in the House and the Senate maneuvered Friday to portray his report as being... more...
Sep 8, 2007 Editorial: Denying Children’s Health Care The Bush administration reached a deplorable, preordained verdict yesterday when it denied New York State permission to expand a valuable health insurance program to help cover middle-class children. The administration, which makes no effort to disguise its disdain for government insurance... more...
Sep 7, 2007 Ex-treasurer cuts deal for his role in kickback scheme By BARRY MASSEY Associated Press Writer September 6, 2007 Montoya enters guilty plea, will testify for prosecution Former state Treasurer Michael Montoya pleaded guilty Thursday to a state felony charge of racketeering for his role in a kickback scheme he testified about in the... more...
Sep 7, 2007 A New Report on Iraq Lends Ammunition to Both Parties WASHINGTON, Sept. 6 — An independent commission of military experts, created by Congress to assess Iraq ’s military and police force, presented a finely nuanced report to the Senate Armed Services Committee on Thursday. But the report could not have been more straightforward for two... more...
Sep 5, 2007 Editorial: Another Iraq Photo Op Iraq is a long way to go for a photo op, but not for President Bush, who is pulling out all the stops to divert public attention from his failed Iraq policies and to keep Congress from demanding that he bring the troops home. As Americans and Iraqis continue to die — and Iraqi politicians refuse... more...
Sep 5, 2007 Democrats Aim to Reframe Iraq Debate WASHINGTON, Sept. 4 — As Congress reopened for business on Tuesday, the Democratic leadership promised to force a change in President Bush’s war strategy, and lawmakers maneuvered to frame the debate over Iraq ahead of reports next week by Gen. David H. Petraeus and Ambassador Ryan C.... more...
Sep 5, 2007 Craig Considers Remaining In Senate During Legal Battle By Paul Kane washingtonpost.com Staff Writer Wednesday, September 5, 2007; Page A03 Sen. Larry E. Craig (R-Idaho) is reconsidering his announced intention to resign, if he can clear his name of criminal and ethics charges before the end of the month, a spokesman said last... more...
Sep 4, 2007 Area election race ‘noticeably quiet’ By email = String.fromCharCode(106,103,114,105,109,109,64,115,102,110,101,119,109,101,120,105,99,97,110,46,99,111,109); document.write(' Julie Ann Grimm '); Julie Ann Grimm | The New Mexican September 3, 2007 Campaign season around corner and four council seats on ballot, but... more...
Sep 4, 2007 For Democrats, Primary Field Gives Confidence MANCHESTER, N.H., Sept. 3 — Forget the “lesser-of-the-evils” talk typically heard from Democratic primary voters around this time of a presidential campaign. Interviews with dozens of Democrats here and across the country this Labor Day weekend found them enthusiastic about their presidential... more...
Sep 4, 2007 John Edwards, Enjoying Timely Endorsements By Alec MacGillis Washington Post Staff Writer Tuesday, September 4, 2007; Page A05 PITTSBURGH, Sept. 3 -- The morning fog was still burning off the Allegheny River as workers gathered before 9 a.m. outside the hockey arena where a parade through downtown would later begin -- the... more...
Sep 4, 2007 Barack Obama, Drawing the Big Crowds By Anne E. Kornblut Washington Post Staff Writer Tuesday, September 4, 2007; Page A05 MILFORD, N.H., Sept. 3 -- As Sen. Barack Obama led a rowdy mob down the street here during a Labor Day parade, an organizer wearing a Mitt Romney pin stood on the sidewalk and... more...
Sep 4, 2007 Hillary Clinton, Stumping With Burgers and Bill By Dan Balz Washington Post Staff Writer Tuesday, September 4, 2007; Page A05 SIOUX CITY, Iowa, Sept. 3 -- Hillary and Bill Clinton brought their traveling political road show to Iowa on Labor Day. The former first lady and the former president, by now long practiced as... more...
Aug 31, 2007 Op-ed submission: New state helmet law, By Lt. Gov. Diane Denish If spending just $10 would spare your child’s life and his or her future happiness and earning power, who would decline to do so? That small expenditure – the price of a helmet for a child who’s riding a bike or a skateboard – is the best insurance against life-threatening brain injuries and... more...
Aug 31, 2007 Editorial: Disowning Senator Craig The Republican Party is in quite a rush to keelhaul Senator Larry Craig for his run-in with the vice squad in an airport men’s room. Disclosure of the senator’s guilty plea to disorderly conduct set off a frenzy to demand an investigation by the Senate’s somnolent Ethics Committee and to strip... more...
Aug 31, 2007 Justice Dept. Probing Whether Gonzales Lied By Dan Eggen and Paul Kane Washington Post Staff Writer and washingtonpost.com Staff Writer Friday, August 31, 2007; Page A01 The Justice Department 's inspector general indicated yesterday that he is investigating whether departing Attorney General Alberto R. Gonzales... more...
Aug 29, 2007 A Scandal-Scarred G.O.P. Asks, ‘What Next?’ By SHERYL GAY STOLBERG Published: August 29, 2007 WASHINGTON, Aug. 28 — Scott Reed, a Republican strategist, was at a dinner in Philadelphia on Monday night when his cellphone and Internet pager began beeping like crazy. Only later did he learn why. His party was buzzing with news... more...
Aug 28, 2007 Editorial: The House Lawyer Departs Attorney General Alberto Gonzales has finally done something important to advance the cause of justice. He has resigned. But his departure alone cannot remove the dark cloud that hangs over the Justice Department. President Bush needs to choose a new attorney general of unquestioned integrity... more...
Aug 27, 2007 DNC Strips Florida Of 2008 Delegates No Convention Slots Unless Later Primary Is Set By Michael D. Shear Washington Post Staff Writer Sunday, August 26, 2007; Page A01 The Democratic National Committee sought to seize control of its unraveling nominating process yesterday, rejecting pleas from state party... more...
Aug 27, 2007 Richardson calls for end to primary scramble EXETER, N.H. — New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson appealed Saturday for an end to the one-upsmanship among states vying to hold the earliest Democratic party primary. Speaking after a campaign stop at a home in Exeter, the Democratic presidential hopeful said he believes it is important that the... more...
Aug 27, 2007 Senator’s Office Is Burglarized By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Published: August 27, 2007 HARTFORD, Aug. 26 (AP) — Burglars broke into Senator Christopher J. Dodd’s office here late Saturday, taking undisclosed items and leaving evidence at the scene, the police said. Investigators declined to say what was stolen or what was left... more...
Aug 27, 2007 Obama and Edwards Step Up Attacks on Front-Runner Clinton By Perry Bacon Jr. Washington Post Staff Writer Sunday, August 26, 2007; Page A04 Toiling behind Hillary Rodham Clinton in most national polls, her two main rivals in the 2008 Democratic presidential field, Illinois Sen. Barack Obama and former North Carolina senator... more...
Aug 22, 2007 Lt. Gov’s race: Solano gets running start By email = String.fromCharCode(115,116,101,114,114,101,108,108,64,115,102,110,101,119,109,101,120,105,99,97,110,46,99,111,109); document.write(' Steve Terrell '); Steve Terrell | The New Mexican August 22, 2007 Santa Fe County sheriff is first to announce bid for office, but... more...
Aug 22, 2007 Editorial: Stacking the Electoral Deck The Electoral College should be abolished, but there is a right way to do it and a wrong way. A prominent Republican lawyer in California is doing it the wrong way, promoting a sneaky initiative that, in the name of Electoral College reform, would rig elections in a way that would make it... more...
Aug 9, 2007 Minorities Now Form Majority in One-Third of Most-Populous Counties By SAM ROBERTS Published: August 9, 2007 In a further sign of the United States’ growing diversity, nonwhites now make up a majority in almost one-third of the most-populous counties in the country and in nearly one in 10 of all 3,100 counties, according to an analysis of census... more...
Aug 8, 2007 Fundraisers Tap Those Who Can't Say No By Matthew Mosk Washington Post Staff Writer Tuesday, August 7, 2007; Page A01 When Michael A. Mingolelli pulled out his checkbook on June 25 and made a $500 pledge to Sen. John McCain , he was not thinking about the promise of a McCain White House . The financial and... more...
Aug 8, 2007 Edwards Makes Courting Labor a Key Strategy in Bid for Nomination Backing Meant Little for 2004 Candidates By Dan Balz Washington Post Staff Writer Tuesday, August 7, 2007; Page A05 CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa, Aug. 6 -- Former senator John Edwards of North Carolina came to a labor hall here Monday morning for a speech on trade policy, but he had... more...
Aug 4, 2007 Heldmeyer won't seek third term The 57-year-old councilor announced Friday that she does not intend to seek a third consecutive term. She said, though, that she will continue to be active in local politics and has not ruled out a run for another elected position. Two other councilors up for re-election, Miguel Chavez and... more...
Aug 4, 2007 Former state senator a ‘genuine New Mexican’ Flags to fly at half-staff Monday and Tuesday for Michael Alarid
Former state Senate Majority Leader Michael Alarid is being remembered for his contributions to public education, his support of the National Hispanic Cultural Center and his concern for working families.
Alarid died... more...
Aug 4, 2007 Former state senator a ‘genuine New Mexican’ Flags to fly at half-staff Monday and Tuesday for Michael Alarid
Former state Senate Majority Leader Michael Alarid is being remembered for his contributions to public education, his support of the National Hispanic Cultural Center and his concern for working families.
Alarid died... more...
Jul 31, 2007 Alaska Senator's Home Is Raided Stevens Scrutinized In a Wide Inquiry Into Corruption in the State By Dan Eggen and Paul Kane Washington Post Staff Writer and Washingtonpost.com Staff Writer Tuesday, July 31, 2007; Page A01 Agents from the FBI and the Internal Revenue Service raided the Alaska home of... more...
Jul 31, 2007 Editorial: Time Running Out for Voting Reform Published: July 31, 2007 Before the House of Representatives takes its August recess, it owes it to the voters to pass a bill that would finally fix the problems with electronic voting. And there is a good bill ready, sponsored by Rush Holt, Democrat of New Jersey, that would go a long... more...
Jul 25, 2007 Democratic Party of New Mexico Victoryline Dear Fellow Democrats, Thank you for your continued interest in the Democratic Party of New Mexico. Below are several items that we hope you’ll find interesting. It has been an exciting time and Democrats around the State of New Mexico are participating in record numbers! more...
Jul 17, 2007 It Could Get Ugly, Or So They Hope Opponents Seek Gaffes in Financial Filings Tuesday, July 17, 2007; Page A06 Opposition researchers plowed into the latest presidential filings yesterday, hunting for a nugget that might have the same impact on an opponent as the two $400 haircuts discovered in former senator John... more...
Jul 17, 2007 Obama’s Camp Cultivates Crop in Small Donors By DAVID D. KIRKPATRICK , MIKE McINTIRE and JEFF ZELENY Published: July 17, 2007 WASHINGTON, July 16 — Senator Barack Obama was the guest of honor at a dinner at the luxurious Mark Hopkins Hotel in San Francisco this spring with a few hundred lawyers, executives and investors.... more...
Jul 17, 2007 Democrats Plan to Keep Senate in Session All Night for Iraq Vote By CARL HULSE Published: July 17, 2007 WASHINGTON, July 16 — Senate Democrats said Monday they would keep the Senate in session through the night on Tuesday in an effort to highlight Republican resistance to allowing a simple majority vote on a plan to withdraw troops from Iraq .... more...
Jul 17, 2007 Richardson courts women voters in N.H. By PHILIP ELLIOTT | Associated Press Mon Jul 16, 2007 3:23 pm CONCORD, N.H. — Presidential hopeful Bill Richardson said he will not concede the women’s vote to rival Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton and opened his courtship of the important Democratic voting bloc Monday by pledging... more...
Jul 17, 2007 On Tour to Highlight Poverty, Edwards Tries to Shift Race's Focus By Perry Bacon Jr. Washington Post Staff Writer Tuesday, July 17, 2007; Page A07 MARKS, Miss., July 16 -- From the Lower Ninth Ward of New Orleans to the Mississippi Delta to this town where Martin Luther King Jr. began his Poor People's Campaign almost four decades ago,... more...
Jul 17, 2007 Obama Faces the Test Dean Failed: Broadening Support By Anne E. Kornblut and Perry Bacon Jr. Washington Post Staff Writers Tuesday, July 17, 2007; Page A01 He raises tens of millions of dollars over a few months. His supporters are passionate, almost fanatical. And his grass-roots movement threatens a more established... more...
Jul 6, 2007 G.O.P. Support for Iraq Policy Erodes Further WASHINGTON, July 5 — Support among Republicans for President Bush’s Iraq policy eroded further on Thursday as another senior lawmaker, Senator Pete V. Domenici of New Mexico, broke with the White House just as Congressional Democrats prepared to renew their challenge to the war. “We... more...
Jul 3, 2007 Bush Commutes Libby's Prison Sentence By Amy Goldstein Washington Post Staff Writer Tuesday, July 3, 2007; Page A01 President Bush commuted the sentence of I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby yesterday, sparing Vice President Cheney 's former chief of staff 2 1/2 years in prison after a federal appeals court had refused... more...
Jul 3, 2007 Editorial: Soft on Crime When he was running for president, George W. Bush loved to contrast his law-abiding morality with that of President Clinton, who was charged with perjury and acquitted. For Mr. Bush, the candidate, “politics, after a time of tarnished ideals, can be higher and better.” Not so for Mr. Bush,... more...
Jun 28, 2007 Senators Subpoena The White House Panel Demands Papers On NSA Wiretapping By Michael A. Fletcher Washington Post Staff Writer Thursday, June 28, 2007; Page A01 A Senate committee investigating the National Security Agency 's warrantless wiretapping program issued subpoenas yesterday ordering the White... more...
Jun 28, 2007 N.M. attorney general seeks answers on high gas prices By STAFF AND WIRE REPORTS June 26, 2007 State’s average second highest in the nation Never mind red or green. The attorney general has a new state question: Why are New Mexico’s gasoline prices higher than the national average? State Attorney General Gary King has sent a... more...
Jun 27, 2007 Democrat leader stops in Socorro The newly elected Chairman of the Democratic Party of New Mexico, Brian S. Colón, was in Socorro on June 23 as part of the Chairman's Listening Tour. Colón was elected by the Democratic Party of New Mexico's Central Committee, which is comprised of 416 members from across the state. The new... more...
Jun 27, 2007 Rep. Foley arrested GOP State Rep. Dan Foley was charged with disorderly conduct, obstructing an officer and resisting arrest The legislator faces a maximum fine of $784 and 20 days in jail and Municipal Judge Hector Pineda has ordered him to stand trial Aug. 2 after an on-court outburst following a player... more...
Jun 27, 2007 Rep. Foley arrested GOP State Rep. Dan Foley was charged with disorderly conduct, obstructing an officer and resisting arrest The legislator faces a maximum fine of $784 and 20 days in jail and Municipal Judge Hector Pineda has ordered him to stand trial Aug. 2 after an on-court outburst following a player... more...
Jun 21, 2007 Antiwar Democrats Are Less Critical As Clinton Takes A New Tack on Iraq Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton (D-N.Y.) drew only modest boos at a gathering of liberal activists yesterday, a sign of how well her changing position on Iraq is playing in the antiwar wing of her party. more...
Jun 19, 2007 Bush Aides' Misuse of E-Mail By Michael Abramowitz White House aides made extensive use of political e-mail accounts for official government business, despite rules requiring that they conduct such business through official communications channels, according to new evidence disclosed yesterday by congressional investigators. more...
Jun 15, 2007 Richardson agrees to book deal on energy policy By ASSOCIATED PRESS Fri Jun 15, 2007 12:06 am Democratic presidential hopeful Bill Richardson has a six-figure book deal to write about his prescription for making America energy independent and weaning the nation off fossil fuels. The book — tentatively called Leading by... more...
Jun 15, 2007 Taos Pueblo to share water rights By email = String.fromCharCode(115,109,97,116,108,111,99,107,64,115,102,110,101,119,109,101,120,105,99,97,110,46,99,111,109); document.write(' Staci Matlock '); Staci Matlock | The New Mexican June 14, 2007 Deal helps fulfill a settlement agreement in the Aamodt case Taos... more...
Jun 15, 2007 Libby Loses Bid to Stay Out of Jail For Appeal By Carol D. Leonnig and Amy Goldstein Washington Post Staff Writers Friday, June 15, 2007; Page A01 A federal judge ordered Vice President Cheney 's former chief of staff to surrender in six to eight weeks to begin serving his 30-month prison term, increasing the pressure... more...
Jun 11, 2007 A Test of the Senate Published: June 11, 2007 The Senate has scheduled a no-confidence vote today on Attorney General Alberto Gonzales. No one who has followed the news needs to be told why it is necessary. Mr. Gonzales is the Michael Brown of the Justice Department, smilingly presiding over incompetence,... more...
Jun 11, 2007 Democratic tour stops in Republican Roswell Michael Carlson Record Staff Writer He's on an all-county listening tour with hopes of electing Democrats to local and national offices. With most of the state's 33 counties left to visit, New Mexico State Democratic Chairman Brian Colón is focused on two goals: create Democratic... more...
Jun 7, 2007 They Know How to Caucus Teresa Vilmain and Other Experts in an Arcane Presidential Art By Alec MacGillis Washington Post Staff Writer Thursday, June 7, 2007; Page A01 DES MOINES -- Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton had a decision to make. After someone in her campaign leaked a memo late last month... more...
Jun 6, 2007 Libby Given 30 Months for Lying in C.I.A. Leak Case WASHINGTON, June 5 — I. Lewis Libby Jr. , the former chief of staff to Vice President Dick Cheney and one of the principal architects of President Bush’s foreign policy, was sentenced Tuesday to 30 months in prison for lying during a C.I.A. leak investigation that became part of a... more...
Jun 4, 2007 Richardson: U.S. should press China to help bring peace to Sudan MANCHESTER, N.H. -- At a debate with seven other presidential candidates Sunday, Gov. Bill Richardson said the U.S. should pressure China to take a bigger role in establishing peace in the Darfur region of Sudan. The statement came as Richardson and the other candidates competed for time and... more...
Jun 4, 2007 Richardson: U.S. should press China to help bring peace to Sudan MANCHESTER, N.H. -- At a debate with seven other presidential candidates Sunday, Gov. Bill Richardson said the U.S. should pressure China to take a bigger role in establishing peace in the Darfur region of Sudan. The statement came as Richardson and the other candidates competed for time and... more...
Jun 4, 2007 Democrats Focus on Iraq In Contentious Second Debate By Anne Kornblut and Dan Balz Washington Post Staff Writers Monday, June 4, 2007; Page A01 GOFFSTOWN, N.H., June 3 -- Democratic presidential candidates clashed sharply over Iraq in the second debate of the campaign Sunday night, with Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton ( N.Y. )... more...
Jun 3, 2007 What ‘Support Our Troops’ Entails Editorial What ‘Support Our Troops’ Entails Whenever and however American troops withdraw from Iraq, a flood of wounded and psychologically damaged veterans will present the nation for decades to come with costly needs that already are overwhelming government services. The... more...
May 30, 2007 My First Five Months As New Mexico's State Auditor I hope this finds you doing well. I wanted to update you on my busy first five months in office as New Mexico State Auditor. I have been aggressively combating fraud, waste, and abuse in local and state government by expanding the size of my office, hiring two investigators and more... more...
May 30, 2007 My First Five Months As New Mexico's State Auditor I hope this finds you doing well. I wanted to update you on my busy first five months in office as New Mexico State Auditor. I have been aggressively combating fraud, waste, and abuse in local and state government by expanding the size of my office, hiring two investigators and more... more...
May 24, 2007 Senators, Udall seek to put off drilling on Otero Mesa By FELICIA FONSECA | Associated Press May 23, 2007 Congressional delegation wants to ensure groundwater is protected ALBUQUERQUE — New Mexico’s congressional delegation is asking the U.S. Bureau of Land Management to hold off on its oil and gas leasing program on Otero Mesa... more...
May 24, 2007 Hispanic Hopeful for ’08 Confronts Immigration By ADAM NAGOURNEY Published: May 24, 2007 WASHINGTON, May 23 — Of all the candidates running for president, none have weathered more crosscurrents of the immigration battle than Gov. Bill Richardson , the New Mexico Democrat. Mr. Richardson, whose mother is Mexican, is... more...
May 22, 2007 Macho Mistakes at Ground Zero As more and more workers who inhaled the dust at ground zero fall ill, it has become increasingly clear that much of the problem can be traced to the Giuliani administration’s failure to insist that all emergency personnel and construction workers at the site wear respirators. The then-mayor... more...
May 22, 2007 Richardson's Bid Is Now Official LOS ANGELES, May 21 -- New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson established another landmark in the 2008 campaign Monday, becoming the first Hispanic Democrat to seek the presidency of the United States. Richardson, 59, the son of a Mexican mother and half-Mexican father, made his candidacy official at... more...
May 22, 2007 Richardson's Bid Is Now Official LOS ANGELES, May 21 -- New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson established another landmark in the 2008 campaign Monday, becoming the first Hispanic Democrat to seek the presidency of the United States. Richardson, 59, the son of a Mexican mother and half-Mexican father, made his candidacy official at... more...
May 17, 2007 Democrats Make Budget Proposal By Lori Montgomery Washington Post Staff Writer Thursday, May 17, 2007; Page A04 Congressional Democrats yesterday proposed a $2.9 trillion budget plan that seeks to boost spending by $23 billion over the president's request, setting up a confrontation with the White House... more...
May 16, 2007 The Unkept Promise on Voting Congress has done a terrible job of regulating electronic voting: It allowed A.T.M.-style voting machines to proliferate without requiring them to produce a paper trail that can be audited to ensure that the results are accurate. That has meant wasted time and money for the states, confusion for... more...
May 16, 2007 Clinton, Obama to Back Vote to Cut Off Funding for Troops in Iraq By Shailagh Murray Washington Post Staff Writer Wednesday, May 16, 2007; Page A04 Sens. Hillary Rodham Clinton ( N.Y. ) and Barack Obama ( Ill. ) announced yesterday that they will support a symbolic vote to cut off funding for combat troops in Iraq within a year, an... more...
May 15, 2007 Lawyer raises $50,425 for race Brian Egolf Jr. aims to replace Sen. John Grubesic More than a year before the 2008 New Mexico primary for legislative candidates, Brian Egolf Jr. has raised more than $50,000 for his campaign to unseat state Sen. John Grubesic, a fellow Santa Fe Democrat. According to his campaign... more...
May 11, 2007 Michelle Obama's Career Timeout By Anne E. Kornblut Washington Post Staff Writer Friday, May 11, 2007; Page A01 CHICAGO -- For the first time in her adult life, Michelle Obama is about to be unemployed. She never aspired to be a stay-at-home wife or mother. For years she wrestled with the issues that... more...
May 11, 2007 Mr. Bush Alone The difference between mainstream hawks and mainstream doves on Iraq seems to have boiled down to two months, with House Democrats now demanding visible progress by July while moderate Republicans are willing to give White House policies until September, but no longer, to show results. Then... more...
May 11, 2007 Richardson touts labor record at firefighters' convention By HOLLY RAMER / AP Thu May 10, 2007 8:01 pm PORTSMOUTH, N.H. (AP) _ Presidential hopeful Bill Richardson asked members of the nation's largest firefighters' union Thursday to compare his labor record to his Democratic rivals' rhetoric. "I've done it. I don't just say I'm for... more...
May 10, 2007 Bush Told War Is Harming The GOP A Warning on Eve Of Vote on New Bill By Shailagh Murray and Jonathan Weisman Washington Post Staff Writers Thursday, May 10, 2007; Page A01 House Republican moderates, in a remarkably blunt White House meeting, warned President Bush this week that his pursuit of the war... more...
May 10, 2007 Number of Fired Prosecutors Grows Dismissals Began Earlier Than Justice Dept. Has Said By Amy Goldstein and Dan Eggen Washington Post Staff Writers Thursday, May 10, 2007; Page A01 The former U.S. attorney in Kansas City , Mo. , Todd P. Graves, said yesterday that he was asked to step down from his job by... more...
May 10, 2007 U.S. Attorneys, Reloaded As the United States attorney scandal grows, so does the number of prosecutors who seem to have been pushed out for partisan political reasons. Another highly suspicious case has emerged in the appointment of Bradley Schlozman, a controversial elections lawyer, to replace a respected United... more...
May 10, 2007 What makes you think you can be president? SANTA FE (AP) _ Democratic presidential hopeful Bill Richardson hopes humor will catch the attention of Iowans and help boost his standing in a crowded campaign field. Richardson is airing another round of television ads in Iowa starting Thursday that spoof his status as a second-tier... more...
May 8, 2007 On Poverty, Edwards Faces Old Hurdles Critics Say He Brings Few Fresh Ideas to Signature Issue By Alec MacGillis Washington Post Staff Writer Monday, May 7, 2007; Page A01 ALLENDALE, S.C. -- His rivals for the Democratic presidential nomination were busy April 26 preparing for their first televised debate, but... more...
May 8, 2007 How Big a Stretch? For Barack Obama, Winning the White House Would Mean Bridging The Biggest Gap Of All By Lynne Duke Washington Post Staff Writer Monday, May 7, 2007; Page C01 They watch him. They listen to him talk. Is he the kind of person they think he is? The kind of black man? The stakes... more...
May 8, 2007 Richardson points to N.H. plant as potential model By PHILIP ELLIOTT | Associated Press Sun May 6, 2007 2:48 pm PORTSMOUTH, N.H. (AP) _ Presidential hopeful Bill Richardson traipsed up a mountain of woodchips and called for increased investment in alternate energy sources, such as the wood-burning power plant he toured Sunday. The... more...
May 2, 2007 Democratic Field Seeks New Moves to Halt War Clinton and Obama More Cautious Than Rivals By Dan Balz and David S. Broder Washington Post Staff Writers Wednesday, May 2, 2007; Page A06 Democratic presidential candidates urged Congress yesterday not to yield to President Bush's veto of an Iraq funding bill that included a... more...
May 1, 2007 Vigil-Giron ponders new position with Richardson Ex-secretary of state doesn't want film job, announces bid for lieutenant governor Former Secretary of State Rebecca Vigil-Giron, whose appointment to head the state Film Museum caused a political uproar, said Monday that she no longer wants that job and is talking with Gov. Bill Richardson... more...
May 1, 2007 Richardson focuses on Western issues in Nevada campaign stop By BRENDAN RILEY | Associated Press April 30, 2007 CARSON CITY, Nev. (AP) - Democratic presidential hopeful Bill Richardson sought Monday to play down his underdog status and stress his broad political experience and Western roots in an interview and campaign stops at a coffee shop, high... more...
Apr 30, 2007 Clinton's PowerPointer With Data and Slides, a Pollster Guides Campaign Strategy By Anne E. Kornblut Washington Post Staff Writer Monday, April 30, 2007; Page A01 It was fairly simple, Mark J. Penn said calmly to Vice President Al Gore, reporting the findings of an exhaustive survey he had conducted... more...
Apr 30, 2007 Jeff Carr Letter to the Editor 04/30/2007 Dear Editor, In regards to our brave, honorable and patriotic New Mexico National Guard soldiers, who were treated like common criminals I want to say that I am appalled and angry at the treatment they received. As a former guardsman, US History teacher and citizen I cannot let this stand... more...
Apr 26, 2007 Quiet revolution blurs line between old,‘new’Democrats By Patricia Chambers The Taos News A quiet revolution is stirring in the country, and Taos County is an important reflection of this grassroots resurgence that is bringing together old-line Democrats and new Progressives. In just a few short weeks, what looked like a... more...
Apr 24, 2007 Heinrich considers run for Congress Martin Heinrich is setting up a committee to explore a bid for Congress and taking an unpaid leave of absence from his job as state natural resources trustee to think about the idea. more...
Apr 24, 2007 Heinrich considers run for Congress Martin Heinrich is setting up a committee to explore a bid for Congress and taking an unpaid leave of absence from his job as state natural resources trustee to think about the idea. more...
Apr 20, 2007 House Approves A Full D.C. Seat By Mary Beth Sheridan and Yolanda Woodlee Washington Post Staff Writers Friday, April 20, 2007; Page A01 A bill giving the District its first full seat in Congress cleared the House yesterday, marking the city's biggest legislative victory in its quest for voting rights in... more...
Apr 20, 2007 Maybe Gonzales Won't Recall His Painful Day on the Hill By Dana Milbank Friday, April 20, 2007; Page A02 Alberto Gonzales's tenure as attorney general was pronounced dead at 3:02 p.m. yesterday by Tom Coburn, M.D. The good doctor, who also happens to be a Republican member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, made this... more...
Apr 20, 2007 Wolfowitz Backed Friend for Iraq Contract in ’03 By THOM SHANKER and STEVEN R. WEISMAN Published: April 20, 2007 WASHINGTON, April 19 — Paul D. Wolfowitz , while serving as deputy secretary of defense, personally recommended that his companion, Shaha Ali Riza, be awarded a contract for travel to Iraq in 2003 to... more...
Apr 20, 2007 Warming and Global Security People who give short shrift to environmental matters pay attention when national security becomes part of the conversation. So the debate over global warming took a useful turn this week as diplomats and retired military officers drew persuasive connections between climate change and the very... more...
Apr 20, 2007 Attorney General: Iglesias firing didn't surprise him By JENNIFER TALHELM | Associated Press April 19, 2007 WASHINGTON (AP) - Attorney General Alberto Gonzales confirmed Thursday that he discussed with President Bush concerns about U.S. Attorney David Iglesias of New Mexico, but he could not remember precisely why or when Iglesias was added... more...
Apr 20, 2007 FULL CIRCLE Hilary Tompkins “walks in beauty,” a traditional Navajo saying, meaning “I have found that harmony, that place where I’m at peace with who I am and comfortable in my own skin,” she explains. Finding that beauty has been a lifetime journey along a road paved with diversity and tolerance but... more...
Apr 19, 2007 No Solution in Sight as Bush and Lawmakers Discuss Iraq Spending Measure WASHINGTON, April 18 — After weeks of acrimonious sparring over financing the next phase of the war, President Bush and Congressional leaders softened their tone on Wednesday but failed to resolve their differences over a timeline for removing most American combat troops from Iraq next year.... more...
Apr 18, 2007 Domenici Under Investigation Eyewitness News 4 has confirmed that Sen. Pete Domenici is now the subject of a full Senate ethics investigation in connection to the firing of former U.S. Attorney David Iglesias. more
Apr 18, 2007 Domenici Under Investigation Eyewitness News 4 has confirmed that Sen. Pete Domenici is now the subject of a full Senate ethics investigation in connection to the firing of former U.S. Attorney David Iglesias. more
Apr 12, 2007 Not All Rio Arriba Democrats Call Local Party Home Theresa Martinez was reelected as chairwoman of the Rio Arriba County Democrats Tuesday. She is wife of state Sen. Richard Martinez (D-Española). By Stephen Babcock and Sean McAlindin SUN Staff Writers The more things change, the more they stay the same in the Rio Arriba County Democratic... more...
Apr 10, 2007 ABQ Tribune: Domenici, Wilson, DoJ "belong in hotseat" U.S. Department of Justice officials who gave him the heave-ho have a lot of explaining to do. more...
Apr 8, 2007 Attorney Inquiry Touches a Pillar of New Mexico “If nothing else, it highlights his willingness to abuse his power,” Matt Farrauto, executive director of the Democratic Party of New Mexico, said of Mr. Domenici. “That is all fine and good in some people’s eyes if he is bringing home the bacon, but when he is using his influence to save the... more...
Apr 4, 2007 THE HILL: N.M.’s Domenici, Wilson face more questions about Iglesias The testimony of former Chief of Staff to Attorney General Gonzales, Kyle Sampson, before the Senate Judiciary Committee last week suggests that congressional pressure may have played a significant role in the firing of a New Mexico prosecutor. more...
Apr 4, 2007 THE HILL: N.M.’s Domenici, Wilson face more questions about Iglesias The testimony of former Chief of Staff to Attorney General Gonzales, Kyle Sampson, before the Senate Judiciary Committee last week suggests that congressional pressure may have played a significant role in the firing of a New Mexico prosecutor. more...
Apr 4, 2007 Courthouse indictments: Denish, King latest to return tainted cash By email = String.fromCharCode(115,116,101,114,114,101,108,108,64,115,102,110,101,119,109,101,120,105,99,97,110,46,99,111,109); document.write(' Steve Terrell '); Steve Terrell | The New Mexican April 4, 2007 Politicians say they'll donate contributions to charity Lt.... more...
Apr 3, 2007 Richardson signs medical marijuana bill Nearly three decades after medical marijuana first was approved in New Mexico, Gov. Bill Richardson on Monday signed a law authorizing the state Department of Health to give the drug to some seriously ill patients. New Mexico became the 12th state to legalize the use of marijuana for medical... more...
Apr 3, 2007 LANL: Bingaman aims to boost lab, science funding Andy Lenderman | The New Mexican April 3, 2007 LOS ALAMOS -- Los Alamos National Laboratory can help solve major problems facing the country, from tracking the flow of nuclear materials to developing better energy sources to rely upon, U.S. Sen. Jeff Bingaman said Monday. Bingaman... more...
Apr 2, 2007 GOP Senators Blasted for Blocking Resolution Honoring Cesar Chavez Senate Democratic leaders joined pro-immigrant groups to chastise Republicans for rejecting a resolution in honor of the late Mexican-American labor leader and civil rights activist Cesar Chavez. The resolution, sponsored by two Democratic lawmakers and defeated Thursday night, would have... more...
Apr 2, 2007 ‘Be politically active,' Denish urges By Don Pace Lt. Gov. Diane Denish stressed the importance of being politically active, at a gathering of Democrats Saturday. The meeting was to elect a county chairman, vice chairman and delegates who will travel to the state convention in Las Cruces in April. "It's important for... more...
Apr 1, 2007 2 in N.M. Delegation Feel Heat Over Firings As Heather A. Wilson and Sen. Pete V. Domenici sat in the kitchen of Domenici's Albuquerque home in January 1998, the two took the first steps in cementing a relationship that now has them facing another crossroads in their careers. The day after their meeting, the senator called Wilson to... more...
Mar 29, 2007 Tafoya defeats Knight for Taos County Dem Party chairman By Patricia Chambers The Taos News Democratic Party precinct leaders elected Thomas Tafoya Jr. to a two-year term as chairman of the county Democratic Central Committee Saturday (March 24) by a vote of 7030 to defeat incumbent Billy Knight for the position. ... more...
Mar 28, 2007 House Testimony Reveals: General Services Administration Used for Partisan Purposes In testimony before the House Government Oversight Committee, Congressman Braley of Iowa interrogated the Administrator of the General Services Administration (GSA), Lurita Doan, about a partisan Power Point presentation shown at a meeting that she attended. more...