New Mexico has a purported 800-pound Democrat gorilla as governor, a Democrat secretary of state and Democrat attorney general who are shameless partisans, a Legislature that has been controlled almost continuously for more than 70 years by Democrats, and a judiciary that has similarly been dominated by Democrats for something like 70 years; 50% of the registered voters are Democrats compared to 33% Republican; and some 80 percent of its voters live in counties with Democrat county clerks.

Yet New Mexicans sent their electoral college votes to re-elect George W. Bush. Every Democrat leader in the country was depending on Bill Richardson and "Moving America Forward," his immodestly named PAC/527 organization, to deliver the state to Kerry. He didn't get it done. It looks to me like Richardson is political toast — the state he has been using for 25 years as his stepping stone to national office just turned into a lily pad, and it won't support a frog anywhere near his size.
John Dendahjl | 12.28.04 - 7:11 am | #

First off, Mr. Dendahl should know all about being political toast, being Texas-style toast himself.

Secondly, the criticisms about Richardson refusing to allow a recount don't credit his behavior as being part of a right-wing plot. His decision was undoubtedly made because he doesn't want any more national media attention on how poorly he did in getting out the Hispanic vote. It is also useful to ponder the campaign contributions that Sec. of State Vigil-Giron received from an ES&S touchscreen voting machine honcho.

Read here:
http://www.rmpn.org/weblog/archi...link/ 003596.cfm
Albuquerque Dem | 12.28.04 - 9:52 am | #