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The DNC from the eyes of a first-timer
Originally written for the New Mexico IndependentAlso at New Mexico FBIHOPGoing to a national political convention is unlike anything else. Everywhere one turns, there are stories ready to be and...
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That One Guy/Palin rally in Albuquerque last night
This is a wrap-up after attending the John McCain/Sarah Palin rally in Albuquerque Saturday night.See the rest of my pictures from the event at the Flickr set.To hear the audio of the event, go to...
View ArticleNM still a swing state according to both campaigns
Crosspasted at New Mexico FBIHOP.Barack Obama and John McCain both agree on one thing, according to the New York Times -- New Mexico is still a priority. That's no surprise considering the wave of...
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200+ in heavy Hispanic area for Obama office opening
Click on pictures to make larger. For the rest of my pictures of the event see my Flickr page for the event.By my estimate, there were over 200 people at the opening of the latest Campaign for Change...
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NM-Sen, NM-01: Udall, Heinrich get IAFF Endorsements
Click on images to make larger. For all the pictures of the event, go to the Flickr page.U.S. Senate candidate Tom Udall and U.S. Rep. candidate Martin Heinrich both got a leg-up in their races, with...
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NM-01: DCCC Drops $145,000 for Heinrich
As usual, click on the image to the right to make it larger.The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee made a major ad buy Tuesday, spending $144,011.12 on ads on behalf of Martin Heinrich and...
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Obama Talks the Economy to 9,500 in Northern NM
Click on pictures to make larger. For more pics, go to the Flick Set page. Crossposted at NM FBIHOP.It's the economy, stupid.Well, according to Barack Obama's remarks at a rally in Española, that seems...
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NM Politicians at Obama Rally
For all photos on the event, including those of Sen. Obama, go to my Flickr Set. And click on images for larger versions.Crossposted at New Mexico FBIHOP.Barack Obama wasn't the only person to speak at...
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NM-01: Heinrich Talks Economy, Education, Iraq (w/ pics)
Over at New Mexico FBIHOP we have been doing weekly podcasts since Netroots Nation. And we are stepping up our game -- now we are also interviewing Democratic candidates for office. Democratic...
View ArticleMcCain's "Suspension" Stunt Just That -- A Stunt
John McCain declared yesterday he would be suspending his campaign. But it has proved to be just another cheap political stunt from John McCain. While he acts high minded and grants interviews to Katie...
View ArticleNM-Sen: Udall Kicking Ass
Two polls came out in the past two days in New Mexico, from Rasmussen and SurveyUSA. Both showed not only leads for Barack Obama over John McCain (Rasmussen says Obama by five and SurveyUSA says Obama...
View ArticleRep. Wilson thinks criticizing Bush's policy is unpatriotic
Crossposted at NM FBIHOPHeather Wilson has been one of John McCain's most visible campaign surrogates over recent months. She is staying in the limelight, and gaining national stature, despite her loss...
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Dems use McCain event as voter registration opportunity
A version of this is at New Mexico FBIHOPJohn McCain came to Albuquerque. You probably saw him speaking at the UNM Student Union Building (SUB) when one of his supporters called Obama a terrorist.While...
View ArticleNM-01: RNCC Cuts 2/3 of Media Buy
This is huge news. The National Republican Congressional Committee (NRCC) is pulling a large amount of promised ads for Darren White out of New Mexico.In a press release, the Martin Heinrich campaign...
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NM-01: Bill Richardson, Martin Heinrich Greet Canvassers
Crossposted at New Mexico FBIHOP. Click on pics for larger sizes.A crowd of sixty or so volunteers, canvassers and normal citizens gathered at the Bernalillo Campaign for Change office (next to the...
View ArticleClub for Growth candidates: Epic fail
A version of this appears at New Mexico FBIHOPClub for Growth was a big factor in electing Steve Pearce and others around the nation in Republican primaries. In New Mexico, the group endorsed Pearce in...
View ArticleRNC Backing off New Mexico Voter Fraud Claims?
Also at New Mexico FBIHOPVote fraud, vote fraud, vote fraud, voter registration fraud. That's all you hear about if you listen to conservative talk radio these days.Oh, and you hear Joe the Plumber...
View ArticleNM-01: NM GOP, Freedom's Watch, Illegally Coordinating?
Crossposted at New Mexico FBIHOPThe Democratic Party of New Mexico has filed a complaint with the Federal Election Commission (FEC) in which they argue the Republican Campaign Committee of New Mexico,...
View ArticleListening to the Locals: New Mexico
(In the final days of an election, there is so much information from so many races, it's difficult to stay on top of every story and understand the subtle dynamics often at play on the ground....
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Was Obama's NM Rally the Largest in State History?
Crossposted at New Mexico FBIHOPI was thinking about the relative size of the crowd last night to see Barack Obama (part of which is shown to the right) as compared to other crowds in the past. This...
View ArticleLocal TV on Tire Swing for McCain in New Mexico
KOAT is on the tire swing for John McCain.Yesterday, both McCain and Barack Obama (my post here, another take from the perspective of the crowd here) appeared in Albuquerque for highly differing...
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True Blue New Mexico
With all of the results in, I could hardly be any happier. There are a few races I wish would have gone the other way down the ballot (Victor Raigoza...) but sitting here on November 5, it is amazing...
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Mapping the Vote: New Mexico County by County
Crossposted at New Mexico FBIHOP.President-elect Barack Obama won New Mexico easily on Tuesday. Obama received 120,000, or 14.6 percent, more votes than his Republican counterpart, John McCain in New...
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Mapping the Vote: New Mexico Congressional Races
While much of the attention was on the presidential election during the past few months, all political eyes are now on Minnesota, Alaska and Georgia's U.S. Senate races. Alaska and Minnesota are in the...
View ArticleCongressional Republicans not even good at obstructing stuff
Pretty good stuff from Nate Silver at fivethirtyeight.com (yes it's still up and running, go check it out).He writes: The House Republicans are opposing popular legislation from a very popular...
View ArticleFederal grand jury investigating Domenici in firing of U.S. Attorney
Crossposted at New Mexico FBIHOPTalking Points Memo's Muckraker reported that former Sen. Pete Domenici is the focus of a federal grand jury probe into the firing of former U.S. Attorney David Iglesias...
View ArticleFormer Sen. Domenici's records subpoenaed in US Attorney firing investigation
Crossposted at New Mexico FBIHOPThe David Iglesias firing is the scandal that just won't go away for former Republican U.S. Senator Pete Domenici. The Associated Press is reporting that Domenici has...
View ArticleDomenici subpoenaed in US Atty firing: Is Rove the target?
Crossposted at New Mexico FBIHOPThe full version of the Associated Press story detailing a subpoena of former Sen. Pete Domenici's records is now available.It looks like Domenici himself isn't the main...
View ArticleUdall introduces RES into Senate
Crossposted at New Mexico FBIHOPSen. Tom Udall has introduced his first bill as a Senator, and it is one that is familiar to many who have followed Udall's career. Udall is introducing a piece of...
View ArticleDomestic partnership passes key Senate committee in NM
This is an unexpected piece of good news from the New Mexico state legislature. Domestic partnership, which was previously defeated in the Senate Judiciary Committee, is now going to the Senate floor...
View ArticleGOP lying about domestic partnership in N.M.
The state Republican Party commissioned a poll to see whether or not people actually supported domestic partnerships. So what was the result?Given the fact that the poll was a) commissioned by the...
View ArticleWhy Rush running the GOP is good news for Democrats
Originally posted at New Mexico FBIHOPWe got yet another example of Rush Limbaugh's huge influence within the Republican Party when Michael Steele apologized to Limbaugh today. Jed has a great concise...
View ArticleHow I use Twitter -- and make it useful (w/ poll!)
Hello, my name is Matt and I use Twitter. A lot. I'm at @fbihop.Those of you that follow me know this. And those of you that have met me in the past few months have probably heard me mention Twitter....
View ArticleLULAC alleges racial profiling in New Mexico
Originally posted at New Mexico FBIHOPThe League of United Latin American Citizens, LULAC, is asking the Department of Justice to look into racial profiling in Roswell. The Associated Press reports...
View ArticleLocal blogs need support too
A version of this appears at New Mexico FBIHOP.There was an interesting story coming out of the political blogosphere last week. Greg Sargent, who currently writes for The Plum Line but used to write...
View ArticleNM GOP elected officials -- 404 not found
Originally posted at New Mexico FBIHOPFormer Democratic Albuquerque mayor Jim Baca went to the New Mexico Republican Party website and saw something weird: It might be time for the Republican Party of...
View ArticleThe Incredible Shrinking Republican Party
Crossposted at New Mexico FBIHOPThat the Republican party is a hollow shell of what it even was five years ago is no secret. The party is losing its moderates at an alarming pace -- and not just the...
View ArticleNM-Gov: The GOP primary logjam
Originally posted at New Mexico FBIHOPFresh off of losing a Senate race in November after a bruising primary, could the Republican Party of New Mexico have an even worse problem in the 2010...
View ArticleRepublican protest fail in New Mexico
What happens when Fox News doesn't tell the right-wingers what to do and where to protests?KOB-TV on the protests of Barack Obama's credit card reform town hall: About 15 protesters stationed across...
View ArticlePew Political Values: Bad News for GOP, Good for Indies
Mark Blumenthal of Pollster.com says the Pew Research Center political values poll which was released today is notable for a number of reasons. The poll represents an unusually large-sample on a large...
View ArticleAssigning superhuman powers to Twitter
The media coverage of Twitter is getting more and more ridiculous as time goes by. I'm a bit of a Twitter evangelist, but I'm not one of those who says that Twitter is going to revolutionize...
View ArticleNM-Gov: There may be a Democratic primary
Looks like Diane Denish might be getting some gubernatorial primary competition in the form of Senate Majority Leader Michael Sanchez. The Belen Democrat has served in the Senate since 1992.Peter St....
View ArticleNot enough real quotes from "great Republicans" for NM GOP
Originally posted at New Mexico FBIHOPOne of the pages on the Republican Party's updated website is devoted to Words of Great Republicans. There are the usual suspects there (Abraham Lincoln, Teddy...
View ArticleCharlie Cook: Maybe she's running for Pres
Charlie Cook floated the possibility that maybe Sarah Palin is running for President. This isn't unique, a number of other people have said this is the real reason despite how ludicrous that sounds.But...
View ArticleRove admits role in firing of US Attorneys
Originally at New Mexico FBIHOPKarl Rove told the New York Times that he had a small role in the firing of former U.S. Attorney David Iglesias. "I was the recipient of complaints," Mr. Rove said,...
View ArticleNetroots Nation roll call
I'm not sure if anyone else has done this, but I thought, in light of hte news that I somehow scraped together the money to head to Pittsburgh for Netroots Nation, I thought I'd find out who all is...
View ArticleNetroots Nation '09, or How I Spent My Summer Vacation
Also at New Mexico FBIHOPWell, another Netroots Nation has come and gone. My second Netroots Nation (my first was last year in Austin, TX) went by in as big a blur as the first, a blur of panels,...
View ArticleRichardson: North Korea ready to re-enter nuclear talks with U.S.
Also at New Mexico FBIHOPAccording to Governor Bill Richardson, North Korea is prepared to reengage the United States on talk about their nuclear program. Richardson is hosting two North Korean...
View ArticleLandrieu won't support public option; instead wants to protect insurance...
Originally posted at New Mexico FBIHOPU.S. Senator Mary Landrieu, D-LA, was in Las Cruces yesterday for the Domenici Public Policy Conference. And she said she would most likely vote against a public...
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NM-Gov: Heather Wilson says no to a run
Crossposted at NMFBIHOPFormer U.S. Representative Heather Wilson, considered to be a top-recruit for Republicans, said that she will not be running for elected office in 2010 in an e-mail to...
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