Home Forums Hunting & Shooting Hunter's Campfire Tell Me About Sussana Martinez, N.M. Governor

Gets elected as a Repub Governor in a Blue state.

Evidently appeals to Hispanics.

SHOULD appeal to women.

Cruz might would take second spot to a woman. I doubt he would run with another male.

What are her weaknesses as a candidate for POTUS?

What could the Clinton machine dig up on her?

I can't imagine how someone named "Martinez" would appeal to Hispanics. She's also fluent in Spanish.

Her weaknesses as a candidate is that she has zero name recognition in the national perspective. She's an impressive lady who owns a private security firm. She is a staunch 2nd amendment supporter. I've heard he speak once and I was impressed.

Her lack of political machine and no name equity is a problem.

I doubt she would get my primary vote, but she a damm sight better than Hillary.

http://www.ontheissues.org/Susana_Martinez.htm

That could get changed, easily, if she and the Rs wanted to do so.

Obviously, at least one of them does not care to do so.

" no name equity is a problem."

Compared to a "Bush" in the primaries and a "Clinton" in the General?

Is there a term; "Name fatigue"?

I started this thread as part of my ongoing study of human nature. I knew that Jorge would be opposed because she's a woman, and Bowsinger would approve of her 'cause Sarah Darlin' helped her get elected.

I was sure that all the members from the N.E. would be lukewarm, at best.... and you've verified that.

Well,..she did Complete her first term as Gov, and she's an OU grad, probably worth a Vice running mate look.

There is no shortage at the V P level. We need someone at the top who has zero gag factor for the T P types among the R's and rates a second look from the Dems.

I know very little of her. I do however feel like this would be a very good time to get a woman into the WH. Women can cut a person in half in a way that most men cannot.
Primary wise, it would depend who else is on the ticket. Presidentially if on the ticket, I'm in.

Martinez is vetted, proven and solid...for VP material, not the big show.

If she fulfills complex voids that may exist for the GOP nominee, it's possible, I'm sure.

Two years out, anything is.


Look how much energy we've all put into Romney 2 years out. Now he's out. We're going to see a great deal more of this in my opinion and then on election night 2016, we'll again vote for one of two candidates, and their VP selections, just like we have all done since we were 18 or thereabouts.

I don't see name recognition as a problem. No one heard of zero or clinton when they came on the scene. Now we wish we hadn't. Maybe clinton and the demoncraps would wish they never heard of Martinez after she got momentum.

The concern I have, is does she want to run? I could get behind her 100% if she does.

In my human nature study, I'm mildly surprised by your open-mindedness, but it's still within my prediction parameters. Once your conversion is complete, you could be a big help bringing the establishment around.

From a General Election view, I think a Martinez/Cruz ticket would have the Dems and their media allies in a panic.

From a governing standpoint, I think they complement each other very well. Any weakness on Foreign Policy experience can't REALLY be exploited by Hillary, now can it?

I don't know allot about her but I've yet to hear anything bad and I'll take a Governor over a Washington insider so I'd support her.

How about Walker/Martinez?

Can she be/is she a bulldog?

She's a Lawyer/Politician and you wonder if she WANTS to be POTUS?

I googled her pic. I could get
behind her.

I do. I don't believe those failings necessarily defines a person.

Exactly!

I voted for her twice. In the last election, she absolutely buried Attorney General Gary King, the Democratic candidate who is the last (we hope) in a New Mexico political family dynasty. She carried all but the northern tier of counties which are old Hispanic and stubbornly vote Democrat. Republican fund-raisers love her and she raked in about three and a half times what King did. Most of that came from out of state.

She was handicapped during her first term trying to deal with a House and Senate dominated by Democrats. However, she got her way with the budget for the most part and her threatened vetoes headed off any proposed tax increases. This year, she has a Republican House and the Democrats have a smaller majority in the Senate. There are some moderate Democrats who have already sided with Republicans in the Senate on a few issues and that gives her a better shot at getting some of her priority legislation to her desk. It's a long session this year (60 days instead of 30) and that works in her favor, as well, giving her more time to work with those moderate Democrats in the Senate.

As far as being a V. P. candidate, I don't think that she will do it, even if they try to draft her. She has strong family ties and responsibilities in New Mexico right now and she doesn't seem to want to strain them.

Additionally, her husband Chuck Franco retired as Undersheriff in Dona Ana County when she was elected the first time. I have heard nothing negative about Chuck, but politics at the Sheriff's Office in Dona Ana County have been practiced along the lines of what we used to "Mexican politics" when I was growing up over in Texas. Democrats are likely to look harder at his background since they haven't found anything in hers to attack.

To win the General, she HAS to be at the top of the ticket. The V P slot allows the media to scream "pandering to women and Hispanics".

And what does Walker have in his resume that makes him a better choice?