Democratic State Senator Eichenberg On Diane Denish: “I Told Her I Didn’t Think She Was Going To Win.”
“Did freshman State Sen. Tim Eichenberg, D-Albuquerque, commit ‘political harakiri’ this weekend when he told a group that incumbent Lieutenant Governor Diane Denish can’t win the 2010 gubernatorial race in New Mexico? Last week he opted out of running for Lieutenant Governor in the 2010 Democratic primary. On Saturday, he told a bi-partisan group why he decided not to campaign for the 2nd spot on the ticket that will likely be led be Denish next year. Photojournalist and blogger Mark Bralley … wrote that Eichenberg told the crowd at the Southwest Learning Center in Albuquerque that due to Denish’s ‘complacency or complicity’ with the ‘pay-to-play’ atmosphere surrounding the administration of Governor Bill Richardson, and standing quietly behind him, that he was unwilling to invest a half million dollars in a ‘losing campaign.’ Bralley writes Eichenberg said, ‘I looked her square in the eye when I said that. I told her I didn’t think she was going to win.’” (Peter St. Cyr, “Eichenberg Says Denish ‘Can’t Win’ In 2010,” http://wordcab.blogspot.com, 11/1/09)
