OK, NM conservative or liberal? (Taos: hotels, homes, buyers)

[Hombre57]

Originally Posted by nmnita

and I wonder why they declined? I lived in NM long enough to know that the NCR is about as liberal as a group can be..

Nita

Sure is a mystery. Maybe the republicans didn't want to be surrounded? Maybe the republicans didn't want to be seen as rubbing elbows with libs? No partisanship there, or here.
I am sure hispanic people will sit up and take notice after the media informs them.

[nmnita]

Originally Posted by Hombre57

Sure is a mystery. Maybe the republicans didn't want to be surrounded? Maybe the republicans didn't want to be seen as rubbing elbows with libs? No partisanship there, or here.
I am sure hispanic people will sit up and take notice after the media informs them.

just thought you may want to know, when we were still in NM (a year ago) both the chairman or the republican party in Valencia County and the chairman in ABQ were hispanics. Not all hispanics are libs but I guess you didn't want to hear that did you?

Nita

[domino]

I think his point is that Republicans aren't doing a whole lot to tap into this rapidly growing group. Why not offer an alternative by courting their political organizations? The Republican leadership regularly attend NAACP functions, member of which aren't traditionally leaning Republican. The best defense is a good offense.

[nmnita]

Originally Posted by domino

I think his point is that Republicans aren't doing a whole lot to tap into this rapidly growing group. Why not offer an alternative by courting their political organizations? The Republican leadership regularly attend NAACP functions, member of which aren't traditionally leaning Republican. The best defense is a good offense.

I pretty much know what he was getting at, but we also know his overall views. As for the Republicans not attending I am sure they thought, at this time it would be a total waste of time and money as it would be. I believe the party would rather concentrate on the individaul than a ratical group like the NCLR. At least that is how I see this.

Nita

[domino]

Originally Posted by nmnita

I pretty much know what he was getting at, but we also know his overall views. As for the Republicans not attending I am sure they thought, at this time it would be a total waste of time and money as it would be. I believe the party would rather concentrate on the individaul than a ratical group like the NCLR. At least that is how I see this.

Nita

Like I said, best defense is a good offense. If the Republicans make a play for the NCLR crowd, the Dems have to spend resources keeping that group in the fold, and can't spend resources elsewhere. Certainly someone in the Republican leadership could have found time to attend at minimal cost.

[nmnita]

Originally Posted by domino

Like I said, best defense is a good offense. If the Republicans make a play for the NCLR crowd, the Dems have to spend resources keeping that group in the fold, and can't spend resources elsewhere. Certainly someone in the Republican leadership could have found time to attend at minimal cost.

none of us can answer that, we can speculate but we don't have answers.

Nita

[Hombre57]

but we also know his overall views

how a person can know that from just a few lines.......
republicans are such goooood mind readers. maybe they read tea leaves too

[Hombre57]

Originally Posted by domino

Like I said, best defense is a good offense. If the Republicans make a play for the NCLR crowd, the Dems have to spend resources keeping that group in the fold, and can't spend resources elsewhere. Certainly someone in the Republican leadership could have found time to attend at minimal cost.

I agree. I would like to think the conservative party would like to spread themselves out a bit, and start appealing to people of different walks of life, and yes, even to minorities AND liberal organizations to try to get some voter base back together for the upcoming elections. Political organizations can no longer afford to snub groups simply for their beliefs, the republicans can use every vote they can get in the future.

[nmnita]

Originally Posted by Hombre57

I agree. I would like to think the conservative party would like to spread themselves out a bit, and start appealing to people of different walks of life, and yes, even to minorities AND liberal organizations to try to get some voter base back together for the upcoming elections. Political organizations can no longer afford to snub groups simply for their beliefs, the republicans can use every vote they can get in the future.

I believe it is the Republican party and not the conservative party. I know many moderates that ar Republicans as well as many that are democrats. Certainly not all Democrats are libs. As for different walks of life, care to esplain that statement? If you are referring to minorities only, what about Condoleezza Rice or the head of the Republican party right now? How about J.C. Watts? Then there is always Mel Martinez? Maybe you should check on the voting records of the Cubans in Florida and those in California!

Nita

[Hombre57]

Originally Posted by nmnita

I believe it is the Republican party and not the conservative party. I know many moderates that ar Republicans as well as many that are democrats. Certainly not all Democrats are libs. As for different walks of life, care to esplain that statement? If you are referring to minorities only, what about Condoleezza Rice or the head of the Republican party right now? How about J.C. Watts? Then there is always Mel Martinez? Maybe you should check on the voting records of the Cubans in Florida and those in California!

Nita

Well, to start with, I do not go state to state seeking who voted for whom. I really don't care about politics that much, and prefer not to become involved in the 2 party squabbles.

I only did the post which touched this thing off because I watched a news clip about how the republican party more or less snubbed the invitation to attend.

I'd like to see the republican party re-invent itself and come up with some new ideas. The party is licking it's wounds, and I'm wondering when they're going to stop shooting themselves in the foot? It's as if they're doing it every other day. And, Americans are watching closely for their next move.

Explain different walks of life: a division in America, rich and poor, erosion of the middle class, and headed toward socialism.

Republicans have long been known to promote business, with tax breaks for big business, while the poor have been suffering, and the middle class dwindling away, and becoming poor. Democrats are for government control and regulation. I think we need something from middle of the road. Something less of the two extremes.

I do not know the demographics, republican/democrat, although enjoyep seems to be quite knowledgeable on the subject. I think New Mexico is probably one of the poorest states in our union. We do have many poor people in the state, and, we have depressed wages, or, many people just earning minimum wages.

I would have to say to the original op, that no matter where one might go in New Mexico, politics is not the usual discussion in the local cafe or cantina. We discuss the weather and other subjects of interest. About the only time people really become inflamed or passionate about politics is in these blogs and forums, and not necessarily in public. I recall this past election where many people I'd met were pretty tight-lipped about who they were going to vote for. It wasn't discussed openly in my neck of the woods.

Oh, we have many hispanics which hold public offices in this state, perhaps more than any other state, excepting maybe florida.