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Friday, May 02, 2008
(Updated) Tonight on NM In Focus: NM-01 Congressional Candidates
UPDATE: You can see a video of this show here (episode 135). In the first segment on the GOP candidates, Bernalillo County Sheriff Darren White and State Senator Joe Carraro go at each other with the gloves off. Of special interest: Carraro challenging White's record as Secretary of the Department of Public Safety under former Gov. Gary Johnson, when 89% of state police officers supported a vote of 'no confidence' against him, and accusing White of 'bad management' practices that have resulted in violent crimes rising in the county.
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Must see TV: The race to replace Heather Wilson in the U.S. House of Representatives is the hot topic on this week’s episode of “New Mexico In Focus,” airing Friday, May 2 at 7 PM and repeating on Sunday, May 4 at 6:30 AM on KNME-TV, Channel 5.
All of New Mexico’s congressional seats are open in this November’s election. But no other race in the state will be more watched locally and nationally as the race to fill Heather Wilson’s congressional district one seat, covering the Albuquerque area. This week, the candidates for that seat, Republicans Joe Carraro and Darren White, and Democrats Michelle Lujan-Grisham, Robert Pidcock, Martin Heinrich, and Rebecca Vigil-Giron join co-hose David Alire Garcia to talk about the important issues facing New Mexico and the nation.
Then, Lonnie Talbert, former chairman of the Greater Albuquerque Chamber of Commerce, will join co-host Gene Grant and regular panelists Margaret Montoya from the UNM School of Law and UNM School of Medicine, Scott Darnell, Communications Director for the Republican Party of New Mexico, and Jim Scarantino, columnist for the Weekly Alibi to offer their unique brand of insight and analysis on the candidates and the race to November.
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May 2, 2008 at 02:10 PM in Media, NM-01 Congressional Seat 2008 | Permalink
Comments
I met Teague in Socorro last night at a hamburger fry.
I was disturbed to find out he is in the SAME ENERGY BUSINESS AS PIERCE.
Sure, he conducted a compassionate business providing health insurance for his employees and educating some of his employees worthy children.
I do not believe that he is the nut case that Pierce has proven himself to be.
But, I wonder about his commitment to our environment. He seemed evasive about drilling for natural gas on Otero Mesa or even for oil in Anwar. He said that these matters required further study. He seemed oblivious to the fact that that drilling for natural gas has already been proven to have contaminated the water table in Wyoming. How could HE NOT KNOW THIS WHEN DRILLING IS HIS BUSINESS?
I appreciate a policy wonk. He did not seem to have his positions crystal clear on health care, the war, women's reproductive health or equal pay. He needs to develop some clear stands on some of these issues or perhaps he is just not very liberal after all?
He did not have a comment regarding pit production at LA. He is supportive of technology transformation at LA to environmental and alternative energy technologies. He believes the tech transform will generate jobs.
Still, I think that Teague is a ringer for the energy industry and will promote more drilling.
Perhaps the REPS or rather the energy industry are hedging their bets trying to get and oil and gas man in office regardless.
I have not decided which Dem that I will vote for come this June.
Posted by: qofdisks | May 3, 2008 10:06:17 AM
Uh, I was looking at Darren White's Website, and he says we can't leave Iraq because it will become a safe haven for "Al Qaeda"? Uh Iraq has a Shiite Majority, and Al Qaeda has always only been 1-3% of the Iraqi resistance. Not to mention Al Qaeda has a safe haven in Pakistan. Wilson and White's websites make no mention of Bin Laden or the US Military Grade Anthrax Terrorist. What pisses me off is the local "news" media are afraid to do their damn jobs for fear of looking what Liberal. whatever.
Posted by: | May 4, 2008 8:37:08 AM
