[MuttTheHoople]

Competency is racist.

[Cincinatus' Wife]

NM Gov. [Susana] Martinez's Pitch ......"Martinez grew up, like most New Mexicans of Hispanic descent, a Democrat.......

Before she ran for district attorney in Doña Ana County in 1996, two local Republicans invited Martinez and her husband to lunch. Martinez said she knew what they were after: a party switch.

“So, I told Chuck, ‘we'll be polite, enjoy a free lunch and then say goodbye,’” Martinez said. “But we talked about issues. They never used the words Republican, or Democrat, conservative or liberal.” They talked, she said, about welfare and the size of government, about taxes and small businesses.

.....“And when we left that lunch, we got in the car and I looked over at Chuck and said, ‘I'll be damned, we're Republicans.’”