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Arizona Going Rogue?

Beverly Davis | Posted 12.04.2008 | Home

Read More: Rasmussen Poll, Arizona Democratic Party, Project West Poll, Colorado, Super Vol, Obama, Mccain, Pennsylvania, AZ Poll, Arizona, Barack Obama, Don Bivens, Dean, Nevada, Howard Dean, New Mexico, Bruce Merrill Walter Cronkite School Poll, Michigan, Ohio, Research 2000 Poll, David Cieslak, Dave Ceislak, Battleground, Bivens, Home News
Beverly Davis

Is it possible that John McCain can lose his home state of Arizona? With new polls and early voting results showing the state is in play, during the ...

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This Wednesday:Will we be Citizens Again?

Lorelei Kelly | Posted 12.04.2008 | Home

Read More: Citizenship, Congress, New Mexico, Bailout, The White House Project, Obama 2008, Progressive Movement, Democratic Party, Republican Party, Civil Rights, Home News
Lorelei Kelly

No matter what happens on Tuesday, the Obama campaign will have revisited a lost ideology of citizenship for Americans that has enormous potential for our nation.

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McCain's Mountain Of A Problem

The New Republic | Posted 12.01.2008 | Politics

Read More: Gop, John McCain, Early Voting, Public Policy Polling, Presidential Election, Election 2008, Election Day, New Mexico, Colorado, McCain Campaign, Votes, Politics News

Our model does not make any specific adjustments for early voting, but it is presenting a major problem for John McCain in three states in the Mountai...

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Democrats: The New Western Strategy Is Paying Off

William Bradley | Posted 11.30.2008 | Politics

Read More: California, Ronald Reagan, Democratic National Convention, Afl-Cio, Nevada, George Bush, New Mexico, Jerry Brown, Colorado, Harry Reid, Barack Obama, Presidential Politics, Western Strategy, Organized Labor, Change to Win, John McCain, Gary Hart, Denver, Bill Clinton, Howard Dean, Politics News
William Bradley

While the current party leadership deserves credit for a new path to presidential power, much of the new "Western strategy" has long been championed by former Senator Gary Hart.

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Virginia=Win; North Carolina=Landslide

Cenk Uygur | Posted 11.30.2008 | Politics

Read More: Iowa, Virginia, Election Night, Barack Obama, Ohio, North Carolina, Florida, Electoral College, 2008 Election, New Mexico, John McCain, Colorado, Obama Wins Virginia, Barack Obama Electoral Votes, Obama Wins Election, East Coast Election Results, Obama Virginia, Politics News
Cenk Uygur

Unless something gargantuanly unexpected happens, if they call Virginia for Obama, you will know at that moment that he is the next President of the United States.

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Battle For The West: Latino Voters Remake the Electoral Map

Ryan Rivera | Posted 11.29.2008 | Home

Read More: Citizenship, Nevada, Pat Buchanan, John McCain, Battle for the West, Naturalization, New Mexico, Battleground States, Latino Voters, Illegal Immigrants, Amnesty, Immigration, Colorado, Arizona, Barack Obama, California, Home News
Ryan Rivera

A study published earlier this month by the William C. Velasquez Institute looked at statewide polling data and determined that, if the election were...

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Ignore the Negative Ads; Watch How He Treats His Wife

Pam Atherton | Posted 11.28.2008 | Home

Read More: President, Senator, Pete Domenici, Tom Udall, New Mexico, Negative Campaigning, Obama, Election, Steve Pearce, Attack Ads, McCain Robocalls, Obama Email Smear, McCain Negative Attacks, Compassion, Barack Obama, Obama Negative Attacks, Campaign Rhetoric, Respect, John McCain, Home News
Pam Atherton

There are quick ways to assess the measure of a man, whether he's a date or a guy running for office. Anybody can put on party manners for the camera, but what is he like underneath the show?

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Battle For The West: Obama Winning Numbers Game

Ryan Rivera | Posted 11.27.2008 | Home

Read More: Albuquerque, John McCain, George W. Bush, Battle for the West, Colorado, Democrats, Reno, Barack Obama, Sarah Palin, Las Vegas, Nevada, New Mexico, Early Voting, Voter Registration, John Kerry, Latino Voters, Republicans, Home News
Ryan Rivera

Sen. Barack Obama and 100,000 of his closest friends in Denver on Sunday (Reuters) Colorado "well over 100,000": record-breaking number of suppor...

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New Mexico, Firms To Create Suborbital Vehicles For Space Tourists

New Scientist | Posted 11.25.2008 | Home

Read More: Space Tourism, New Mexico Space Tourism, Suborbital Space Vehicles, New Mexico, Home News

The state of New Mexico hopes to collaborate with two firms to create suborbital vehicles for space tourists. This illustration is one concept for the...

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Rollin' With the Hate Talk Express
McCain NewsLadder

The Media Consortium | Posted 11.25.2008 | Home

Read More: William Grayson, Florida, John McCain, Islamophobia, Colin Powell, Hoax, Charles Fried, Pennsylvania, John Lehman, Clothing Allowance, Sarah Palin, Barack Obama, Ashley Todd, Acorn, Communist Party, New Mexico, Voter Supression, 2008 Presidential Race, Racism, Ken Adelman, Anti-Islamic, Nigger Please Its a White House, Hate Talk Express, Rolling With Hate Express, Ashley Todd Opinion, Recent Event Articles on Mexico, Hate Talk, Peter Feldman Todd, Home News
The Media Consortium

NOTE: After you click a link, click the title of the item to get the full text or video. "We've got them just where we want them." With each bit of b...

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Obama pitches self in new ad; McCain hits tax plan

AP | BEN FELLER | Posted 11.25.2008 | Politics

Read More: Nevada, Colorado, John McCain, New Mexico, Western States, Barack Obama, Politics News

RENO, Nev. — Democratic candidate Barack Obama began his closing argument for the presidency Saturday by asking voters to look to the future whi...

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Battle For The West: Local Republican Leader Calls Obama The "Muslim Socialist"

Ryan Rivera | Posted 11.24.2008 | Home

Read More: John McCain, Cair, New Mexico, Battle for the West, Republican Party, Barack Obama, Council on American-Islamic Relations, Obama Muslim, Obama Muslim Smear, Muslim, Why I Am a Republican Oct 24 Otero New Mexico, Home News
Ryan Rivera

What is it with local GOP officials in New Mexico? Last month, Bernalillo County Republican Party chairman Fernando C De Baca was forced to resign aft...

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GOP Group Head Calls Obama A "Muslim Socialist"

AP | Posted 11.23.2008 | Politics

Read More: Obama Muslim, Obama Muslim Smear, Obama Socialist Smear, Obama, Obama Smears, Barack Obama, New Mexico, Marcia Stirman, Otero, Obama Muslim Socialist, Politics News

ALAMOGORDO, N.M. — County and state GOP officials criticized the head of a New Mexico Republican women's group for calling Democratic presidenti...

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Tired of Joe the Plumber? Meet Bill the Rancher

John Neffinger | Posted 11.22.2008 | Politics

Read More: Congress, Congressional Elections, Economy, Ed Tinsley, New Mexico, Healthcare, Politics News
John Neffinger

Bill the Rancher came back to Hobbs just for the night to share this letter.

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Battle for the West: McCain Says He's Still Fighting in Colorado

Ryan Rivera | Posted 11.22.2008 | Home

Read More: Nevada, John McCain, Newspapers, Endorsements, New Mexico, Battle for the West, Colorado, Newspaper Endorsements, Barack Obama, Sarah Palin, Home News
Ryan Rivera

McCain operatives say rumors of their candidate's departure from the Centennial State are greatly exaggerated. CNN's John King reported on Monday that...

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Obama and Swing-State Governors Push Importance of Green Jobs in Palm Beach

Carol Anne Burger | Posted 10.29.2008 | Home

Read More: Google, Swing States, Green Jobs, Ohio, Jobs, Florida, Obama Florida, Obama Economy, Michigan, New Mexico, Barack Obama, Bill Richardson, Hillary Clinton, Colorado, Home News
Carol Anne Burger

What gives strength to the fabric of American society? Jobs do, that's what, and that was the message delivered by Barack Obama to an audience at the ...

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Texans for Obama Take New Mexico by Storm

Rachel Farris | Posted 11.21.2008 | Home

Read More: Texas, Road Trip for Change, Barack Obama, Obama Texas, Obama New Mexico, Offthebus 2008 Election, Election 2008, Obama Volunteers, John McCain, New Mexico, Campaign 2008, Home News
Rachel Farris

"The bathroom," our busdriver Jerry announced, "is like an outhouse. So don't use it unless it's an emergency. An' if you do have to use it, put the lid down. That'll help keep the smell down for the people in the back." Five rows from the back of the bus, I observed those around me looking uncomfortably at one another.

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Inboxes in South Filled With Warnings About Aliens, Commies and Schizophrenia

Linda Hansen | Posted 11.21.2008 | Home

Read More: Al Gore, Joe the Plumber, John McCain, Religion and Politics, Southern Politics, Sarah Palin, GOP Dirty Tricks, Offthebus, Bill and Hillary Clinton, Howard Dean, Howard Rich, Illegal Aliens, New Mexico, Hate Mail, John Kerry, William Friedkin, Nancy Pelosi, Roswell, Campaign 2008, Americans for Limited Government, Barack Obama, Home News
Linda Hansen

It's getting crazy down here in Dixie. When we're not talking to ourselves, we're talking to everybody else -- whether they want to listen or not. Yada-yada-Muslim, yada-yada-antichrist, yada-yada-doesn't-want-America-to-win, yada-yada-he's-a-commie-socialist!

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Barack Obama's End Game Will Be On The Ground

Stephen C. Rose | Posted 11.17.2008 | Politics

Read More: Barney Smith, Camp Obama, New Mexico, Al Giordano, Ohio, Joe the Plumber, Obama Fellows, Zack Exley, Community Organizing, Obama-Biden, Sean Quinn, Barack Obama, Indiana, Stephen C. Rose, North Carolina, Politics News
Stephen C. Rose

By Stephen C. Rose If Barack Obama becomes president, it will be because of grass roots organization. The people who will make the difference on Nove...

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Calif. Obama Volunteers Work the Swing States, on the Road and in the Office

Natasha Chen | Posted 11.15.2008 | Home

Read More: Florida, San Mateo, New Mexico, Ohio, Colorado, Barack Obama, California, Diebold, Home News
Natasha Chen

When the C-SPAN broadcast of the final presidential debate ended, Democrats at the San Mateo County headquarters ceased their cheering, laughing and a...

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Battle For The West: Fighting For Latino Voters

Ryan Rivera | Posted 11.07.2008 | Home

Read More: Polls, Pbs, Latino Vote, Barack Obama, Voter Registration, John McCain, New Mexico, Colorado, Acorn, Home News
Ryan Rivera

A cutout of Barack Obama at a Mexican Independence Day celebration in Denver last month (Getty Images) New Mexico took center stage over the weeken...

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Who Knew VP Debates Could Be So Entertaining

Ann Powers | Posted 11.04.2008 | Home

Read More: Debate, Albuquerque, Vice Presidential Debate, Joe Biden, Sarah Palin, Election 2008, New Mexico, Home News
Ann Powers

ALBUQUERQUE, NM - "Well, Sarah Palin didn't vomit or fall off the stage, so I guess she did okay," said Albuquerque vice presidential debate watcher T...

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Obama and Democrats Fighting Hard on GOP Turf

Paul Jenkins | Posted 10.31.2008 | Politics

Read More: Barack Obama, North Dakota, Rick Noriega, Mitch McConnell, Nebraska, Al Franken, West Virginia, George W. Bush, Oregon, Colorado, Mary Landrieu, Democratic Party, Missouri, Sarah Palin, Virginia, Montana, New Mexico, John Kennedy, John Kerry, New Hampshire, Ohio, Saxby Chambliss, Elizabeth Dole, Mississippi, Republican Party, North Carolina, Florida, John McCain, Alaska, Ronnie Musgrove, Louisiana, Presidential Election, Kentucky, Massachusetts, Texas, Lindsey Graham, Pennsylvania, Bob Conley, Minnesota, John Cornyn, Wisconsin, Michigan, Wyoming, Georgia, Iowa, Jimmy Carter, Jeff Merkley, Hillary Clinton, Utah, Senate, Indiana, Electoral College, 2008 Election, Electoral Map, Politics News
Paul Jenkins

All told, 20 states are currently at high risk of loss by the Republican party in either the presidential election, the Senate race, or both. How is that for expanding the playing field?

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Battle For The West: NM GOP Foot in Mouth

Ryan Rivera | Posted 10.27.2008 | Home

Read More: John McCain, Fernando C De Baca, Albuquerque, Race, Battle for the West, Barack Obama, New Mexico, Mary Jane Garcia, Home News
Ryan Rivera

Bernalillo GOP chair: 'Hispanics won't vote for a black president' The chairman of the Bernalillo County Republican Party resigned Thursday followin...

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Battle For The West: Bundles of Cash

Ryan Rivera | Posted 10.26.2008 | Home

Read More: Nevada, Debate, Sheldon Adelson, John McCain, Washoe County, Battle for the West, New Mexico, Campaign Finance, Steve Wynn, Colorado, Fundraising, Barack Obama, Home News
Ryan Rivera

Bundling Quid Pro Quo (image source: nymag.com) Campaign finance laws may limit the amount an individual can give to a candidate, but there's no end...

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