Obama to campaign in New Mexico as VP rumors swirl
AFP - Mon Aug 18, 3:41 am EDTDemocrat Barack Obama was to campaign in New Mexico Monday to court the Hispanic vote amid swirling rumors about his possible choices of running mates.
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Democrat Barack Obama was to campaign in New Mexico Monday to court the Hispanic vote amid swirling rumors about his possible choices of running mates.
Races don't get much closer than the last two presidential battles in New Mexico: President Bush took the state by just 6,000 votes in 2004, and he lost it by less than 600 in 2000. The state only offers five electoral votes, but it's one of three mountain west states (along with Colorado and Nevada) seen, as a group, as the possible difference-makers in November.
Hillary Rodham Clinton on Sunday urged her supporters to work as hard for the election of her former rival, Barack Obama, as they had for her.
LAS VEGAS - Americans have trekked West in search of riches for more than 150 years — and Barack Obama is doing the same.
ESPANOLA, N.M. (AP) - Hillary Rodham Clinton made a pitch to her northern New Mexico supporters on Sunday, asking them to work for Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama.
Sen. Barack Obama swung through Albuquerque on Monday to talk health care, saying his policies would be similar to Gov. Richardson’s proposal for New Mexico. Sen. Hillary Clinton stopped in Española on Sunday to rally for Obama. Sen. John McCain was set to stump in Las Cruces on Wednesday. These visits aren’t the only sign that the national contenders are taking the state seriously. There are at ...
Republican presidential candidate John McCain will be talking energy and economics at a town hall meeting in Las Cruces Wednesday morning.
More news from across the state:
Photo: Republican presidential candidate Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., addresses a crowd at New Mexico State University. On Iraq, McCain said Obama ‘values withdrawal above victory.’
• To hear the full interview with Sen. McCain, click here. LAS CRUCES — Sen. John McCain spoke to a crowd of hundreds Wednesday in Las Cruces in his latest stop in New Mexico, a battleground state that could help make or break the Arizona senator's presidential bid.
(Las Cruces is about 220 miles from here.) "LAS CRUCES — Sen. John McCain spoke to a crowd of hundreds Wednesday in Las Cruces in his latest stop in New Mexico, a battleground state that could help make or break the Arizona senator's presidential bid.