Editorial: Chávez demagogues LANL; Udall wants new role for it

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Editorial: Chávez demagogues LANL; Udall wants new role for it

By | The New Mexican

11/27/2007

There he goes again, sounding like a Republican — and a big-spending anomaly at that: Albuquerque mayor and senatorial aspirant Martin Chávez, running against Northern New Mexico's Rep. Tom Udall for the Democratic nomination, is painting his opponent as unfriendly to the working stiff.

Why? Because Udall voted for last summer's Energy and Water Appropriations Act. Among its features was a $400 million reduction in Los Alamos National Laboratory's budget. That, says the Chávez campaign, gives Udall the "dubious distinction of being the only member of Congress from New Mexico in history to vote in favor of decreased funding and cutting jobs at LANL" and at Albquerque's Sandia National Laboratories.

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And Udall, who has spent much of his nine years on Capitol Hill trying with little success to persuade those scientists on "the Hill" in the Jemez to broaden their nuclear-weapons mission into alternative-energy research and other civilian — or even other military — projects, thought perhaps a reduced allowance would get lab leaders' attention.

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1. Marty's pretty divisive

Yeah, now that Udall's in the race, Chavez has come out swinging. I think Udall is a far better candidate, and he'll get my vote and money. Chavez has been too development-friendly for my taste. I'm skeptical about these middle-of-the-roader Dems, not sure about their principles. I'd prefer someone who doesn't go with whatever position seems politically expedient in the moment. Udall has proven himself over the years to be more principled.

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2. welcome to DU!!

and I agree with your analysis

I am south eastern NM and we need reasonable protection from oil/gas waste and strong nuclear safety regs

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3. Welcome to DU!

Welcome to DU. It is great to see New Mexicans here to discuss what is happening in our state. The next year is going to be very interesting, and I hope very BLUE!
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I haven't been happy with Mayor Marty's development, but I already posted that in my debate with a Marty supporter. There was a time when everybody needed to be a middle of the roader to win, but before long the middle sifted way to far to the right. I've always been a lefty, but I feel like a raging radical these days. ;-)