[EL] Where Johnson is making a difference

[Douglas Carver]

In answer to the query asked yesterday about Gary Johnson (see below),
one place Johnson's candidacy is having an effect seems to be New
Mexico, where local political commentators think Johnson's candidacy
was the last straw in removing New Mexico from the swing state list
for this presidential election.  New Mexico was a very close vote in
2000 and 2004 (though Obama won by a decent margin in 2008), and
recently elected a Republican governor (who is presently achieving
minor national prominence).  But Johnson is at present polling around
10% in the state, pulling mostly from Romney, which, coupled with
demographic trends, seems to have taken New Mexico off of the swing
state radar.

Douglas Carver
Albuquerque, NM

“Buddy Roemer quits 2012 race”

Posted on May 31, 2012 3:16 pm by Rick Hasen
Politico reports.

The underreported story so far of the presidential campaign: (Where)
might Gary Johnson make a difference?





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Dilexi iustitiam et odivi iniquitatem, propterea morior in exilio.

(I have loved justice and hated iniquity, therefore I die in exile.)

    -- the last words of Saint Pope Gregory VII (d. 1085)