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Tough As Nails (NM R-Gov. Candidate Susana Martinez)
The Albuquerque Journal ^ | September 12, 2010 | Colleen Heild

Posted on 09/12/2010 9:48:57 PM PDT by CedarDave

Susana Martinez was a cheerleader and member of the Rangerette drill team at El Paso's Riverside High School.

But when a group of seniors running for student council asked her to join their slate of candidates, she took a pass. "I told them I don't want to be (council) secretary," Martinez recalled, noting that it was the only slot still open on the ticket.

Martinez studied the job descriptions and decided she'd rather be student body president. So she ran against the candidate whose ticket tried to enlist her. And she won.

The Democrat-turned-Republican has already risen to national prominence as the first Hispanic woman in the country to be nominated for governor by a major party. She has made a national list of "The Next Top Women to Watch in Politics." She wooed crowds alongside Sarah Palin in Albuquerque and got a plug on the Laura Ingraham radio show.

Martinez, 51, has raised her political horizons as she faces Lt. Gov. Diane Denish in the Nov. 2 general election.

Her résumé is long on government work — in fact, being a state prosecutor and children's court lawyer have been her only jobs, save for the few years she worked for her father's private security firm in El Paso.

She has modest roots, as the youngest child and "latchkey" kid of Hispanic parents who worked full-time jobs and at one time kept a lock on the freezer to ensure the food supply didn't run out.

That she is ambitious is a given. "Any Democrat who underestimates her is a fool, and they're asking for trouble," said Larry Allred, an attorney with the federal Public Defender's Office in Las Cruces, where Martinez serves as district attorney in the state's 3rd Judicial District.

(Excerpt) Read more at abqjournal.com ...


TOPICS: Politics/Elections; US: New Mexico
KEYWORDS: martinez; susanamartinez
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1 posted on 09/12/2010 9:48:59 PM PDT by CedarDave
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To: onyx

Ping


2 posted on 09/12/2010 9:52:09 PM PDT by Clyde5445 (Gov. Sarah Palin: :"You have to sacrifice to win. That's my philosophy in 6 words.")
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To: CedarDave

You have to register/subscribe to read the article.


4 posted on 09/12/2010 9:53:45 PM PDT by DB
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To: CedarDave

“The Democrat-turned-Republican has already risen to national prominence as the first Hispanic woman in the country to be nominated for governor by a major party.”

How many more times are we gonna fall for this? A leopard doesn’t change her spots. I for one, will never trust a democrat-turned-republican. The democrats are about to get trounced, there are going to be lots of them changing their party affiliation but not their agenda.


5 posted on 09/12/2010 9:56:14 PM PDT by Shadow Deamon
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To: DB

Read the post above yours.


6 posted on 09/12/2010 9:56:57 PM PDT by CedarDave (Ten-year anniversary - proudly Freeping since Aug 17, 2000)
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To: Shadow Deamon

She’s been a Republican for 15 years; not a newbie in the party. And she’s won her District Attorney positions as one, too.


7 posted on 09/12/2010 10:00:24 PM PDT by CedarDave (Ten-year anniversary - proudly Freeping since Aug 17, 2000)
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To: Shadow Deamon

Reagan was a Democrat turned Republican, and quite a large number of other staunch conservatives. There are quite a few life long Republicans who are anything but conservative. Switching parties is not the marker of where to judge someone alone - it is where they stand on the issues - and if those stances changed right before an election as an opportunity, or if they are views they’ve held for awhile.


8 posted on 09/12/2010 10:03:40 PM PDT by Republican Wildcat
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To: CedarDave

She looks like a real good candidate. Jim Geraghty at Natl Review had one of her campaign ads and it was funny.

Her opponent had some female teacher waxing about how great the Dem was on video. Mrs. Martinez comes back and says “Oh I know her - I sent her husband to jail for 23 years for kidnapping when I was prosecutor.”

You watch in and go...what!? Great campaign ad.


9 posted on 09/12/2010 10:05:11 PM PDT by Frantzie (Imam Ob*m* & Democrats support the VICTORY MOSQUE & TV supports Imam)
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To: Frantzie
As someone said, payback's a bitch:

Convicted

10 posted on 09/12/2010 10:09:17 PM PDT by CedarDave (Ten-year anniversary - proudly Freeping since Aug 17, 2000)
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To: CedarDave

Ya, I caught yours right after I posted mine...


11 posted on 09/12/2010 10:10:12 PM PDT by DB
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To: Shadow Deamon

My 1st vote was for McGovern then Carter then worked for Kennedy in June 1980, couldn’t bring myselt to vote for Jimma so I thought I’d give Reagan a try, voted for Ronny again in 84 and never voted for a single dem again. RR was a dem till he turned. Soon, millions will turn, this change will be truly historic come Nov 2nd.


12 posted on 09/12/2010 10:12:49 PM PDT by ynotjjr (No Democrat left standing November 2nd)
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To: CedarDave; clyde; everyone

Online contribution for Susana Martinez for Governor


13 posted on 09/12/2010 10:16:22 PM PDT by onyx (If you support Sarah and want on her Ping List, let me know!)
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To: Frantzie
She's got some good ads. Here is another about illegals:

http://www.youtube.com/user/SusanaMartinez2010#p/u/4/QKQ0XWVJla8

14 posted on 09/12/2010 10:18:46 PM PDT by CedarDave (Ten-year anniversary - proudly Freeping since Aug 17, 2000)
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To: Shadow Deamon

Ronald Reagan, Phil Gramm, Richard Shelby, Ben Lighthorse Campbell, lots of D’s turned R’s and did a fine job.


15 posted on 09/12/2010 10:20:00 PM PDT by EDINVA
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To: ynotjjr

“Soon, millions will turn, this change will be truly historic come Nov 2nd.”

I sure hope you’re right. Since I wasn’t going to join to read the entire article, I wasn’t aware that she’s been republican for 15yrs. I stand corrected, perhaps she’s genuine. Hopefully, those in NM know her.


16 posted on 09/12/2010 10:21:55 PM PDT by Shadow Deamon
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To: LegendHasIt; Rogle; leapfrog0202; Santa Fe_Conservative; DesertDreamer; OneWingedShark; ...
Admin moderator didn't like my ping list addition in #3, so I'll try it again without comments except to say the article is worth reading:

NM list PING!

(The NM list is available on my FR homepage for anyone to use. Let me know if you wish to be added or removed from the list. For ABQ Journal articles requiring a subscription, scroll down to the bottom of the page to view the article for free after watching a short video commercial.)

17 posted on 09/12/2010 10:31:15 PM PDT by CedarDave (Ten-year anniversary - proudly Freeping since Aug 17, 2000)
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To: Shadow Deamon
The article title is right on; take a look at this ad:

Border Security

BTW, I've worked in El Paso, the western edge of Juarez is opposite New Mexico while the main portion of the city is opposite El Paso. And in my office, I've got a lady whose mother still lives there (Juarez) and her family is afraid to go visit her. It's real bad and Obama is just making it worse.

18 posted on 09/12/2010 10:40:02 PM PDT by CedarDave (Ten-year anniversary - proudly Freeping since Aug 17, 2000)
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To: Shadow Deamon

I’m a Democrat turned Republican. I was 18 and it was NM and everyone was a Democrat. Even when I realized that I was really a Republican at heart I remained a Democrat because there was no reason to become a Republican because there were never any Republicans who had opposition in the primaries and so I stayed registered as a Democrat for a long time.


19 posted on 09/12/2010 10:57:54 PM PDT by tiki
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To: Shadow Deamon

There are a lot of people who are Democrats when they are young (and stupid) and become Republican later because they have started paying attention to what is going on....and getting educated.

Don’t be too rigid in your thinking....when logic and truth get through, there will be a lot more Democrats(marxists/progressives)fleeing—the truth can no longer be hidden with the internet.


20 posted on 09/13/2010 12:01:40 AM PDT by savagesusie
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