Albuquerque, NM- Tonight, the Rio Grande Foundation, a right-wing "think tank", is hosting a forum for Republican gubernatorial candidates. However, of the four Republican candidates, only Rep. Janice Arnold-Jones and Doug Turner are reportedly attending the event. Candidates Allen Weh and Susana Martinez are reportedly skipping this opportunity to share their views with Republican primary voters.
Scott Forrester, the Executive Director of the Democratic Party of New Mexico, released the following statement:
"Allen Weh and Susana Martinez are more than happy to let the Rio Grande Foundation do their political dirty work, but when that organization gives them an opportunity to share their views in front of a sympathetic audience, they refuse to participate. Either Weh and Martinez don't want folks to
know where they stand on key issues, they themselves don't know where they stand, or they know this forum will expose how unprepared they are to hold the state's highest office. Instead of taking this easy opportunity to show an ideologically friendly audience whether they have any ideas of their own, Weh and Martinez appear content to continue hiding behind baseless, negative press releases. To this point, Weh and Martinez have done nothing but throw rocks from the bleachers, and New Mexicans deserve better."
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It's too bad Diane Denish won't be there.
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