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Anyone can win the CD1 Democratic primary (2)
5/22/12 •
What to make of all the polls released today? As far as I’m concerned, this race could be roughly tied at a third apiece on June 5.
Gary Johnson plays the role of spoiler (14)
5/07/12 •
Until reform gives third-party candidates a chance to become viable, perhaps spoilers are our best hope of keeping the two-party system in check.
At the least, Wiener displays stunning ignorance (8)
5/02/12 •
Bernalillo County Commissioner Michael Wiener loaned his smiling face to the sex tourism industry – and possibly sex slavery – in a less-developed nation, and says that’s no different than posing with women at Hooters here. How very American.
Thanks to you, NMPolitics.net has a freelance budget (5)
4/30/12 •
Thanks to the donations of 150 of you, NMPolitics.net now has money to pay freelancers to write news articles.
The good old days in Sunland Park? I think not (12)
4/26/12 •
Jesus “Ruben” Segura’s 12-year tenure as mayor does not represent the good old days in Sunland Park. It’s just another page in a scandal-plagued chapter in the city’s history that needs to come to an end.
NMPolitics.net fundraising drive enters final week (0)
4/23/12 •
NMPolitics.net’s annual fundraising drive ends a week from today. If you haven’t yet made a donation to help keep this site going, please, make one today!
Sunshine is a foreign idea in Sunland Park (5)
4/23/12 •
By all appearances, the Sunland Park City Council tried to comply with the Open Meetings Act in appointing a new mayor, but it still failed. The city’s leaders don’t seem to know how to let sunshine in. They need help.
Heinrich, Balderas have made each other better (12)
4/18/12 •
Martin Heinrich and Hector Balderas are the future leaders of the Democratic Party, and during this U.S. Senate primary they’ve pushed each other to become better public servants.
Now is the time to donate to NMPolitics.net (0)
4/16/12 •
NMPolitics.net’s annual fundraising drive ends two weeks from today. If you’ve been meaning to make a donation but not yet done it, now is the time!
The two-party system protects itself once again (4)
4/11/12 •
If the two-party system that controls our government erred on the side of ballot access for minor parties and independents, I’d be more forgiving of the mistake several legislative incumbents and other Democrats and Republicans made this year that could have ended their campaigns.
NMPolitics.net reaches 62 percent of fundraising goal (0)
4/09/12 •
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NMPolitics.net can’t survive without you (3)
4/02/12 •
NMPolitics.net has fallen a little bit further behind my goal of raising $18,000 by April 30 each of the last few weeks. We need your help! Please, if you can afford to do so, make a donation today.
Support media that prioritizes telling the truth (0)
3/26/12 •
Good journalism seeks truth over balance, and that’s exactly what I try to do with NMPolitics.net. If you appreciate that type of work, will you make a donation to support it?
Sanchez and reporter should admit mistakes (5)
3/26/12 •
The lieutenant governor may have embellished when talking about voting for Ronald Reagan, but the reporter who criticized him failed to present the most obvious possibility: that Sanchez simply misspoke.
