NM-Rasmussen: Gov. Martinez (R) fighting for her political life

[Maxwell]

Rassy is Rassy, I feel the same way toward the Fallin poll even though I hope it is true. We'll have to see more polling.

Sadly, PPP will never poll Oklahoma. Luckily, they may poll New Mexico.

[Maxwell]

Not that it's a good comparison as the state has changed, but even the moderate Gary Johnson struggled somewhat in his re-election bid back in '98 (winning by eight points).  Democrats won every other down-ballot race that year, with Johnson's being the only GOP win on the NM ticket during that cycle.

It's a mistake to call Gary Johnson a moderate. Yes, he was socially moderate, but he was very fiscally conservative, and he got a fairly good opponent.