From the AP via FirstRead, “New Mexico: Iceman For Governor?”
Val Kilmer is pondering running for governor of New Mexico in 2010, when Democrat Bill Richardson’s second term ends. ‘I’m just looking for ways to be contributive,’ Kilmer told The Associated Press on Thursday. ‘And if that ends up being where I can make a substantial [...]
Yet another Bush 2004 state goes to Obama.
5 electoral votes.
IT IS OVER!
Obama – 49%
McCain – 33%
Barr – 9%
Nader – 2%
This is a state that Bush took by only 1% in 2004, and barely lost in 2000.
The details…
Hispanics for Obama and self-identified libertarians for Barr make McCain a distant second.
Hispanics make up 30% of the sample, and they choose Obama over McCain, 59%-24%.
Libertarians are 10% of the [...]
– 47%
– 39%
Last month it was 50% to 41%, so Obama has a net -1 loss this month, but this is still significant enough to make his campaign confident that New Mexico could turn blue again.
The demo details…
As in most states, Obama polls better among women in New Mexico than men. He has [...]
I stole the pic and line from Ezra, but what about Bill?
After all, he’s got the swing state, gubernatorial experience, a demonstratable post-partisan track record and his foreign policy credentials are literally second to none in this or nearly any VP crop I can remember.
Plus, his endorsement of Obama came at a time [...]
That’s +7 for the day. Are the floodgates about to open?
From RCP:
[...] the Obama campaign has won the endorsements of Hawaii Rep. Mazie Hirono and Laurie Weahkee, a New Mexico superdelegate and lead organizer for the Native American Voters Alliance.
Also, Wilber Lee Jeffcoat…
Jeffcoat, a retired trucking supervisor and member of the S.C. Democratic Party executive [...]
And that means another superdelegate for Obama.
From NY Times:
Sen. Barack Obama officially pulled ahead today in the scramble for endorsements from colleagues in the U.S. Senate, thanks to Sen. Jeff Bingaman of New Mexico.
Never one of the Senate’s most high-profile members, Bingaman now has a claim to political fame: He put Obama over the top [...]
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