New Mexico in Focus; 716; The White House and the Roundhouse

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ENRICHING THE CULTURAL LIFE, ENVIRONMENT, AND SPIRITUAL >> Kate: THE ROAD TO THE WHITE BUT DID THE CANDIDATES JUST "InFOCUS" EXAMINES WHAT CAUCUS PLUS, THE WEEK IN PHOTOS, >> Kate: WELCOME TO "inFOCUS." IF THERE WAS A THEME LOCALLY, GOVERNOR BILL TO USHER HIS AMBITIOUS AGENDA

NATIONALLY, THE DEMOCRATIC A PRESIDENTIAL NOMINEE NEW MEXICO GOT A PIECE PRESIDENTIAL CAUCUS, THE CAUCUS AND THE LEGISLATURE SINCE THE CAUCUS IS THE BIG I'M JOINED BY GILBERT JOE MONAHAN, A POLITICAL AND ERIC GRIEGO, A DEMOCRATIC THANK YOU, GENTLEMEN, WE HEARD A LOT THIS WEEK WE'RE TALKING ABOUT 26 THE EXIT POLSTERS BYPASSED US. THE CANDIDATES WERE IN OTHER GILBERT ST. CLAIR, GIVE IT HOW MUCH DID WE REALLY MATTER? >> Gilbert: IN TERMS OF A PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE, ON THE OTHER HAND, WE DID

THE VISIBILITY, PERHAPS BETTER TO US IN A VERY LONG TIME, >> Kate: BY THE RESULTS, JOE HAD THE ELECTION BEEN HELD WERE WE A BELLWETHER STATE, >> Joe: I THINK KERRY DID A VERY HEAVILY SPANISH STATE, THAT COMBINED WITH THE ARIZONA I DO THINK WE HAD SOMEWHAT AS FOR WHETHER WE ARE WE ARE SO DIVERSE. WE HAVE THE HIGHEST MINORITY WE HAVE A HEAVY MILITARY BUT SOMEHOW WE COME OUT SAYING I THINK IT IS MORE A STROKE >> Kate: ALTHOUGH PEOPLE

ERIC GRIEGO, WE HEARD A LOT SOME PEOPLE WERE CALLING THIS CAN WE DRAW ANY CONCLUSIONS >> Eric: I THINK NEW MEXICO AND TO THAT EXTENT, THAT WAS WE HAVE THE ONLY HISPANIC WE'RE THE ONLY STATE TO EVER SO AMONG THE HISPANIC STATES, AS VERY MUCH A BELLWETHER THE HISPANIC VOTE, I THINK, WE HAVE ALWAYS GONE SO IF YOU'RE THE WINNER IN NEW SIGN THAT YOU MIGHT BE >> Kate: DO YOU SEE ANY WAY >> Gilbert: I'VE ALWAYS BEEN

NATIONALLY, BECAUSE HISPANICS PEOPLE FROM MEXICAN ORIGINS, AND THE INTERESTS AND I DON'T FEEL THAT PROBABLY >> Kate: WHICH MIGHT NOT BE YOU WOULD PROBABLY BE MORE >> Gilbert: WHICH SEEMS >> Joe: I WOULD AGREE THERE HASN'T BEEN SO MUCH BUT THE ISSUES WE HEAR ABOUT, AND I THINK THOSE ISSUES ARE

WHICH HAS A LOT OF HISPANIC SO IN THAT SENSE, I THINK DIFFERENT FOR HISPANICS THAN BUT YET THEY ARE FELT, MANY >> Kate: AND YET IT WILL BE >> Eric: I THINK ONE AND I THINK FOR THE >> Kate: LET'S TALK YOU WORKED WITH THE PARTY YOU EXPECTED A 10% TURNOUT, WE GOT A 22% TURNOUT. WHAT HAPPENED? WHY WERE PEOPLE >> Eric: I THINK IT IS TWO I THINK IT IS A SIGN THAT IN THE PROCESS, TO THE PARTY'S WE ONLY HAD ABOUT 165 POLLING ABOUT 10% OF WHAT WE NORMALLY FIRST OF ALL, PEOPLE CAME OUT

LINES WERE LONG. THEY STOOD >> Kate: YOU RAN OUT >> Eric: WE RAN OUT BY ALL INDICATIONS, IT WAS IF I WERE CARL ROGE OR SOME TURNOUT WAS UP IN EVERY SINGLE EVEN THOUGH WE HAD A SMALL OF POLLING SITES THAN SOUTH SO IT WAS A BIG, BIG DAY >> Kate: WHAT DO YOU DRAW >> Gilbert: IT WAS OBVIOUS WE WENT IN, AND THE FIRST POLL I THINK WHAT THE TURNOUT

IS THAT AMONGST THE STRONG THERE IS AN INTENSE FEELING WHO IS THE MOST ELECTABLE? WHEN YOU LOOK AT HOWARD DEAN'S WHAT HE DIDN'T GET WAS A GAIN I THINK THOSE UNDECIDEDS VERY THE WHITE HOUSE, AND PROBABLY AND WHAT WE ARE GOING TO SEE IN MY OPINION, IS A REAL THE MIDDLE IS NOT GOING TO BE IT IS GOING TO BE MOTIVATING >> Kate: SO AS THE TWO

EACH OTHER, AND WE HAVE SEEN >> Gilbert: WELL, I THINK IT THIS CAMPAIGN, AND >> Kate: SOME PEOPLE MIGHT MIGHT THAT INDECISION FOR SOME UP UNTIL THE FINAL WEEKEND, FOR THEM TO MAKE DECISIONS ISSUES MORE PARTICULAR TO NEW >> Joe: FIRST OF ALL, THESE AND I THINK MOST PEOPLE WOULD WESTERN AMERICA, ARE NOT BEST TRANSLATED BY THE TIME THE CANDIDATES GOT BUT TO GET THE MESSAGE OUT MEXICO WOULD HAVE TO PART

I NOTICE GOVERNOR RICHARDSON PRIMARY, AN OLD IDEA THAT'S BUT RIGHT NOW, WE ARE A PART >> Kate: WHAT'S THE WHOLE DEAL AND YES, WE GOT TO BE A PART >> Joe: I THINK THE STRATEGY, ON THE NATIONAL LEVEL, IS AND I THINK THEY THINK THAT'S THIS TRUNCATED PRIMARY DOES DO THE CANDIDATES GET AS MUCH AND IF I COULD, I WANT TO PICK AND GIL MENTIONED ERIC SAID CARL ROGE BUT THERE WAS SOMETHING THAT

FOR THE PRESIDENT, I THINK, THE SOUTHERN PORTION OF NEW THEY WERE NOT ENERGIZED DOWN IN THAT EASTERN PART OF NEW DEMOCRATS TRADITIONALLY CROSS NOT SEE ANY SIGNS OF THEM I THINK THE PRESIDENT, AS GIL ONTO HIS BASE, AND >> Kate: IT WAS A ERIC GRIEGO, WHAT DOES >> Eric: WE HAVE A COUPLE A GENERAL AND TWO DECORATED I THINK THAT HAD A LOT TO DO AND WHY GENERAL CLARK DID WELL IN THE SOUTH, JOHN KERRY DID

I THINK WE TALKED PEOPLE IN THE MIDDLE, TO CAMPAIGN AGAINST IT LOOKS LIKE IT IS GOING >> Kate: GIL ST. CLAIR, TELL BUSH, AT THIS POINT, HAS NOT DO YOU SEE HIM AS VULNERABLE? >> Gilbert: WELL, I THINK THAT MOST ESPECIALLY BECAUSE THERE BUT I THINK, ALSO, I MEAN, ONCE THE PRIMARY TO GO INTO A LULL WHERE AND FLYING AROUND IN AIR FORCE >> Kate: ARE WE HEARING ANY >> Gilbert: THERE ARE SOME

>> Kate: LET'S START LET'S START WITH YOU, ERIC PRESUMING JOHN KERRY WILL BE >> Eric: I THINK THE SOUTHERN AND THE TWO CANDIDATES THAT FIRST OF ALL, I THINK IT WOULD AND A SOUTHERNER WHO IS AND I THINK THE LIBERAL UP, AND I THINK HAVING >> Kate: SO YOU ARE SAYING >> Eric: YES. >> Kate: JOE MONAHAN? >> Joe: FIRST OF ALL, I DON'T HE IS MILKING IT FOR ALL IT'S THEY ARE GOING TO GO SOUTH. DUKAKAS IN '88 WENT TO BENSON I THINK KERRY HAS TO PICK UP

>> Kate: AND GIL ST. CLAIR, >> Gilbert: I THINK ALSO, THERE IS SOME DISCUSSION >> Kate: SORRY, LADIES THANK ALL THREE OF >> Kate: THE CAUCUS IS ALSO >> Kate: THE CAUCUS IS ALSO "NEW MEXICO, THE WEEK COURTESY OF THE ALBUQUERQUE IN LIGHT OF LAST SUNDAY'S THE DEMOCRATS APPEARED TO SHOW THE VICTORY OF ANOTHER SELF LARGE CROWDS TURNED OUT AND FOR HIS APPEARANCE BUILDING ON MONDAY MORNING, WHILE MOST KERRY SUPPORTERS NINE-YEAR-OLD SOMAH HAALAND

SOMAH, HOWEVER, WASN'T SHAWN SEANTON, SEEN HERE IN NORTHWEST ALBUQUERQUE THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL CAN BE BILL GIL MARTIN ALSO SHOWS CAMPAIGN TRAIL AS HE TRIED AND TAKING CENTER STAGE SURROUNDED BY HIS SECURITY THE GOVERNOR NEVER MISSED MEXICO, OR HIMSELF, >> Kate: WHEN TUESDAY NIGHT'S THE GOVERNOR AGAIN FOUND VETOES, ATTEMPTED VETO OF A BUDGET VETO HAVE SOURED RICHARDSON'S RELATIONSHIP WITH THE QUESTION OF HOW NEW JOINING ME FROM SANTA FE

REPUBLICAN REPRESENTATIVE ERIC ERIC, THANK YOU SO MUCH >> Rep. Youngberg: THANK >> Kate: I'D LIKE TO POINT OUT SENATOR SCHEDULED TO JOIN US, BUT LET'S GET INTO THE ISSUES. TWO AND A HALF WEEKS AGO, SINCE THEN, HE HAS SAID HE VETOED PART OF AND THEN THERE WAS WEEK ON THE SENATE SIDE COMPARING THE WAY THE GOVERNOR WHAT'S GOING ON? >> Rep. Youngberg: WELL, IT IS I WAS VERY PROUD OF THE HOUSE THE AUDIT PORTION HAVE ELIMINATED CERTAIN WHAT HAPPENED YESTERDAY I CAN SAY IS, IT IS

FOR A SENATOR TO HAVE TO GET I WASN'T THERE, BUT I HEARD I JUST DON'T THINK THAT OF NAME-CALLING, BOTH >> Kate: THE SENSE THAT WAS ON THE SENATE FLOOR WAS THAT RICHARDSON IS LESS A DIPLOMATE IS THAT YOUR SENSE OF HIM? >> Rep. Youngberg: WELL, KATE, BEHIND CLOSED DOORS THERE ARE RUMORS AND INNUENDOS >> Kate: TELL US WHY YOU'RE >> Rep. Youngberg: THIS WAS HE IS A REPRESENTATIVE IT IS AN INDICATION THE LEGISLATURE TO PROCEED MOST OF THE REPRESENTATIVES IN SANTA FE NOW HAVE BEEN HERE AND WE JUST NEED TO MAKE SURE

OF THE HOUSE OF >> Kate: I KNOW YOU'RE COMING BUT HOW WOULD YOU COMPARE TO WORKING WITH HIS >> Rep. Youngberg: THIS IS SO I DIDN'T HAVE >> Kate: DO YOU HAVE SOME >> Rep. Youngberg: HE WAS A NO-DEAL TYPE AND HE WOULD NOT TRADE WHAT WHEREAS THIS GOVERNOR APPEARS IN FACT, THIS GOVERNOR HAS AND WE JUST DON'T HAVE ENOUGH >> Kate: LET'S START DOWN THAT HE HAS TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO TRY TO FIGURE OUT HOW MEDICARE. THAT'S THE ELEPHANT >> Rep. Youngberg: THAT'S

EDUCATION IS ABOUT 50% WITHOUT SUBSTANTIVE CHANGES WE CANNOT CONTINUE TO INCREASE AND INCREASE THE BENEFITS THAT AND CUT WHAT THE MEDICAID IT IS SOMETHING THAT JUST >> Kate: EVEN IN THE PRIVATE >> Rep. Youngberg: YES. >> Kate: IS THERE ANY WAY THAT THROUGH ON THIS PROMISE THAT FOR MEDICAID WITHOUT IN SOME >> Rep. Youngberg: KATE, WE ARE A VERY POOR STATE. WITHOUT OTHER SOURCES DOCTORS COSTS ARE GOING UP. THE POPULATION WHO WANTS

IT IS JUST AN EQUATION THAT WITHOUT SOME VERY SERIOUS AND SO FAR THIS YEAR, >> Kate: ONE OF THE IDEAS TRIGGERED THAT EPISODE GIVE US A PREDICTION. DO YOU SEE DECISIONS BEING >> Rep. Youngberg: WELL, PRESENTED A BILL THAT IS AND KNOWING HOW SLOWLY >> Kate: OR YOU WON'T GET IT >> Rep. Youngberg: YES. IF BILLS ARE BROUGHT UP WITH A MAJOR PORTION WE MIGHT BE DOING WHAT'S JUST >> Kate: WE FOUND IN THE LAST SOME MISTAKES MADE THAT

LET'S MOVE ONTO THE OTHER HALF WE WERE PROMISED EDUCATION WE VOTED FOR IT LAST TIME DO WE YET KNOW WHAT EDUCATION >> Rep. Youngberg: SORT OF. WE NOW KNOW THAT WE HAVE ONE HOWEVER, WE JUST DON'T KNOW GOING TO BE BELOW THAT PERSON, GOING TO INTERACT >> Kate: THIS WOULD BE >> Rep. Youngberg: RIGHT. WE HAD A BILL TODAY BEFORE STEWART INTRODUCED THAT WOULD OF FRAMEWORK AROUND HOWEVER, IT IS STILL UP WE KNOW THERE IS REFORM, >> Kate: FOR A LOT OF PARENTS, REFORM IS NOTHING MORE THAN AND PROVIDING THE LATEST WHY IS IT SO HARD FOR US

>> Rep. Youngberg: IT SEEMS CLASSROOM SIZE DOWN, TO EQUIP AND GET THE BEST AND BRIGHTEST BUT IT APPEARS THAT AS WE TRY WE ALL WANT GREAT TEACHERS, WE ARE JUST HAVING A REALLY >> Kate: LET'S MOVE ONTO TAX. THE GOVERNOR CAME IN WANTING WILL WE BE SEEING ANYTHING >> Rep. Youngberg: ON TAX UNFORTUNATELY, THEY APPEAR LAST YEAR WE HAD ONE BUT SINCE THAT TIME, WE HAVE INCREASES, AND THE NET RESULT

SO WHAT WE HAVE IS A GOVERNOR BUT IN FACT, IF YOU LOOK THEY ARE HIDDEN VERY WELL. THEY ARE IN SPECIAL FUELS BUT IF YOU LOOK AT THE TAX DON'T SEEM TO BE GETTING THOSE >> Kate: IN ORDER FOR HIM THE PROGRAMS THAT HE DOES WANT DO YOU HAVE TO FIND HIGHER >> Rep. Youngberg: THAT'S WHAT WE ARE SEEING HIGHER TAXES SO YEAH, YOU'RE RIGHT, WE DO HOWEVER, I JUST DON'T LIKE >> Kate: THE GOVERNOR PRIDES TWO WEEKS AGO HE HAS DECLARED YESTERDAY THE SPECTOR WAS

WHAT ARE THE CHANCES OF THAT, >> Rep. Youngberg: WELL, BUT I READ IN THE PAPER IT WOULD BE A VERY DIVISIVE >> Kate: SO YOU SEE NO HOPE >> Rep. Youngberg: WELL, POWERFUL GOVERNOR, HOWEVER, IT WOULD BE A VERY KNOW THAT IT COULD GET >> Kate: ANOTHER THING IS I HEARD A LOT BEFORE >> Rep. Youngberg: THAT'S WE ARE CONTINUING WITH CAPITAL WE ARE PUTTING IN I HAVEN'T HEARD ANYMORE

>> Kate: SO THE ONE THING THE SESSION IS OVER, THE WEST >> Rep. Youngberg: THE WEST >> Kate: WONDERFUL. THANK YOU SO MUCH, ERIC BEST OF LUCK FOR THESE FINAL I KNOW IT CAN GET HARRIED HANG ON TIGHT. >> Rep. Youngberg: THANK >> Kate: THAT'S OUR TIME I'LL SEE YOU HERE AGAIN NEXT MAJOR FUNDING FOR "inFOCUS" IS ENRICHING THE CULTURAL LIFE, ENVIRONMENT, AND SPIRITUAL MS. NELSON'S APPAREL WAS LOCATED AT 8510 MONTGOMERY, TO RESPOND TO THIS PROGRAM,

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I'M KATE NELSON. IF THERE WAS A THEME LOCALLY, GOVERNOR BILL TO USHER HIS AMBITIOUS AGENDA NATIONALLY, THE DEMOCRATIC A PRESIDENTIAL NOMINEE NEW MEXICO GOT A PIECE PRESIDENTIAL CAUCUS, THE CAUCUS AND THE LEGISLATURE SINCE THE CAUCUS IS THE BIG I'M JOINED BY GILBERT JOE MONAHAN, A POLITICAL AND ERIC GRIEGO, A DEMOCRATIC THANK YOU, GENTLEMEN, WE HEARD A LOT THIS WEEK WE'RE TALKING ABOUT 26 THE EXIT POLSTERS BYPASSED US. THE CANDIDATES WERE IN OTHER

GILBERT ST. CLAIR, GIVE IT >> Gilbert: IN TERMS OF A PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE, ON THE OTHER HAND, WE DID THE VISIBILITY, PERHAPS BETTER TO US IN A VERY LONG TIME, >> Kate: BY THE RESULTS, JOE HAD THE ELECTION BEEN HELD WERE WE A BELLWETHER STATE, >> Joe: I THINK KERRY DID A VERY HEAVILY SPANISH STATE, THAT COMBINED WITH THE ARIZONA I DO THINK WE HAD SOMEWHAT AS FOR WHETHER WE ARE WE ARE SO DIVERSE.

WE HAVE THE HIGHEST MINORITY WE HAVE A HEAVY MILITARY BUT SOMEHOW WE COME OUT SAYING I THINK IT IS MORE A STROKE >> Kate: ALTHOUGH PEOPLE ERIC GRIEGO, WE HEARD A LOT SOME PEOPLE WERE CALLING THIS CAN WE DRAW ANY CONCLUSIONS >> Eric: I THINK NEW MEXICO AND TO THAT EXTENT, THAT WAS WE HAVE THE ONLY HISPANIC WE'RE THE ONLY STATE TO EVER