NM Political Blog Hop

The New Mexico political blogging scene continues to expand and improve. Here's a rundown on what some of them are talking about as we close in on our June 6th primary election.

New Mexico Matters discusses the damaging decision by Bernalillo County Clerk Mary Herrera to use the most stringent and patently unfair standards to toss provisional ballots in the 2004 election. Meanwhile, Cocoposts reports on the ongoing fiasco with voter cards and how Mary Herrera and Secretary of State Rebecca Vigil-Giron are responding. Heath Haussamen of Las Cruces provides a detailed report on the lastest developments in the Democratic primary PRC race between E. Shirley Baca and Sandy Jones.

New Mexico Viewpoints has significant coverage of the June 8th shareholder vote on the proposed sale of . Dem Land Commissioner primary candidate Jim Baca is providing a compelling narrative on his campaign and touting his recent endorsements from the Albuquerque Alibi and Santa Fe Reporter on Only in New Mexico.

New Mexico State Senator Dede Feldman's Blog offers a text of her recent graduation speech to the UNM Biology Department on politics vs. science. The Bomb Town News Observer is covering politics and more as it happens in Los Alamos, including a funny account of an historic day. Wills4223 covers the U.S. Supreme Court's recent decision trashing the rights of whistleblowers and, as usual, displays some terrific photos. Be sure to scroll down on the site.

Blogger m-pyre offers a golden Chavez splash with pizzazz and lastly, but not leastly, Joe Monahan comments on the major New Mexico primary races. He also reveals that Prez Bush will be visiting Roswell or someplace else in Southern New Mexico on primary election day on June 6th to tout his immigration reforms. Aren't we lucky?