Harvard political scientist Samuel P. Huntington is bringing his cultural clash model home to the American Southwest, but it could be a clash crash
Category Archives: New Mexico Politics
The Oneness of New Mexico. Legislative, Executive, Judicial: unified! Politics and Government: same-same.
OK. The governor of Arizona is from New Mexico. The northern New Mexico congressman is from Arizona. The two square border states voted the same on the same day. But they’re different, no?
How I came to support the master of the New Mexico Senate for president of a small state college and a few afterthoughts.
Trouble with a judge? The highways? The schools? Who ya gonna call? In New Mexico now, you call the governor’s office.
New Mexico’s response to the drought is being written by lawyers and political experts. Meteorologists and geologists don’t write that good.
Too bad rapid Bill Richardson’s idea about light rail transportation avoids the Albuquerque Central problem. Too bad Mayor Martin Chavez is unrealistic. Urban light rail works in the four biggest North American Rocky Mountain metro areas. The fifth is Albuquerque. Impossible dream?
Minnie B. Owens had it right: the saloon men eventually will ruin the state. They aren’t doing much good for Bill Richardson’s political career either.
The Santa Fe press corps exploded in laughter when Bill Richardson made a slip of the tongue. But it was nervous laughter. The reporters were tense. The governor eats softball questions for lunch.
What is to be learned from the California recall and Arnold Schwarzenegger? New Mexico has already been through it. The story does not end with the election.
Why Bill Richardson “lost” Amendment No. 2 in the special election: Was it the the total return? Or something bigger, like the chickens coming home to roost?