A Republican Redistricting Strategy for New Mexico

In yesterday's LA Times, there was this very interesting piece on Latino voting with a heavy emphasis on recent New Mexico politics, brought to our attention by New Mexico politico Mickey Barnett.

It comes complete with quotes from former Chairman Harvey Yates of the New Mexico Republican Party, from Albuquerque Journal pollster and political statistician Brian Sanderoff, and from as-yet-un-indicted co-conspirator Bill Richardson, who told the reporter this:

Fanniegate: An Albatross Around Democrat Necks

Walter Russell Mead is a political observer who addresses the problems of the left from the center-left.

Someday I will write about his description of the sequence of collectivist policy approaches he calls The Blue Models, their failures and their forced abandonments, but here I want to point you quickly at his review of a new book on the financial crisis that lays it at the feet of Democrat politicians, and his commentary on that issue's potential political impact should Republicans wake up to it and wield it correctly.  He says

At Last, A Poll, A Poll at Last.

Finally,  we get a poll on the Republican Presidential nomination race after the withdrawals of The Huck, The Huckster, and -- sadly -- The Hoosier.  Here is the RealClearPolitics summary.

That perennial favorite, Ida Noe, is tops with 22%.  Romney is second with his 17% share unchanged from his RCP average before the withdrawals of Huckabee, Trump, and Daniels.  Is that his limit, or is it the effect of his big health care speech?

Thought I Was Wrong Once, But I Was Mistaken...

Yeah, I know.  After I wrote about the Wisconsin Senate seat opening up in 2012, saying that Paul Ryan was certain to get in, he demurred.

But even as I was writing this analysis of the Republican presidential nomination field, including my diagnosis of Newt's ADHD, he had another attack.  On the May 15th edition of Meet the Press, he had this exchange with David Gregory:

Is Chris Christie THAT Guy? (Part II)

My New Jersey friend -- whose judgement I trust -- sends her thanks for my spreading her word on Christie, and adds these points:

Is Chris Christie THAT Guy?

New Jersey governor Chris Christie has drawn accolades from fiscal conservatives for battling with union members and others and for publicizing those battles on YouTube.  He certainly is combative and I cheer him for his choice of targets.

But is he a free-market fiscal conservative? 

Mitch Daniels Will Not Run

If I could send this out bordered in black, I would do so.