A Short (journalistic) History Of New Mexico Politics
“Everything based on experience elsewhere fails in New Mexico” — Gov. Lew Wallace
Tag Archives: Arizona
La Politica NM: Republicans Celebrate In The Shadow Of Arizona
What? No saguaros in New Mexico?
If Republicans are going to take advantage of Democratic disaffection, they will need to lure Hispanic voters. George W. Bush knew this. New Mexico Republicans know this. The problem is that damned Arizona.
New Mexico And Arizona Are Not The Same
For example, they have different governors
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?
November 20, 1902
The chairman of the U.S. Senate subcommittee on statehood got off the train, rode around Las Vegas and asked why all the market signs were in Spanish.