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NOTES ON THE "SHOWDOWN"

  • Feb. 12th, 2008 at 9:29 AM
As expected, Attorney General Gary King's office has sided with the Legislature and Lt. Gov. Diane Denish over the light guv's power to accept bills passed by the Legislature in the event of the guv's absence. Read Kate Nash's story HERE.

I wrote a speculative sidebar on possible scenarios on how this situation plays out. You can find that HERE. (Is there a scenario I left out? Feel free to comment here and/or on the New Mexican site.)

I also did a little analysis piece on Denish's showing some political independence from Gov. Bill Richardson, both in this situation and her public take on the state party's handling of last week's Democratic Caucus. You can find that HERE . But don't read that without also reading Deborah Baker's piece about Richardson's office denying state police protection for Denish. That one is HERE.