RNC: Palin Reax
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She's a hit. Donations and offers to volunteer have been pouring into the New Mexican Republican Party headquarters since John McCain's selection of Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin as his running mate, says state Republican Party secretary Nina Martinez.
I spoke to the New Mexico delegate at St. Paul's Xcel Center just before Palin's historic address at the Republican National Convention. She said the party's HQs in Farmington, Roswell, Albuquerque, Santa Fe and Las Cruces have all seen an influx of support due to Palin, who Martinez called "a great, working mom, not a fake, media-created entity."
And judging from the way the New Mexico delegation - and the rest of the convention hall - responded to Palin's feisty speech last night, the Republican support will continue.
"I love her!" squealed delegate Pam Wolfe of Las Cruces midway through the speech, in which Palin took direct aim at the experience and motives of Democratic challenger Barack Obama.
New Mexico delegate Demesia Padilla of Albuquerque is on the left, Nina Martinez of Edgewood is on the right. Taken at the Xcel Center in St Paul, MN.
Martinez and fellow delegate Demesia Padilla of Albuquerque said they especially liked Palin's plans for energy. High gas costs are especially important to people who live in remote towns in New Mexico and must drive long distances as part of regular life. " I live in Edgewood, and it's 80 miles round-trip to the Big I."
During the speech, Palin pledged to lay more pipelines, build more nuclear plants and use clean coal while searching for alternative fuel sources, all in an effort to reduce America's dependence on foreign oil.
Martinez said she and other New Mexicans she knows drive big vehicles"not to fulfill some Western myth, but because we really need them" to navigate dirt roads and other rough terrain in the state, said Martinez. The Republican Party is not a party for rich, corporate America," said Martinez. "We both live on dirt roads."
Padilla said she also appreciated Palin's role as a high-profile working mother and said she didn't appreciate all the negative spin being put on the fact that Palin's 17-year-old daughter is pregnant.
"I have two teenage daughters, and thank God, no, I haven't had to deal with that. But I WAS a teenage mom," said Padilla. "We all have to realize that these things happen."
I spoke to the New Mexico delegate at St. Paul's Xcel Center just before Palin's historic address at the Republican National Convention. She said the party's HQs in Farmington, Roswell, Albuquerque, Santa Fe and Las Cruces have all seen an influx of support due to Palin, who Martinez called "a great, working mom, not a fake, media-created entity."
And judging from the way the New Mexico delegation - and the rest of the convention hall - responded to Palin's feisty speech last night, the Republican support will continue.
"I love her!" squealed delegate Pam Wolfe of Las Cruces midway through the speech, in which Palin took direct aim at the experience and motives of Democratic challenger Barack Obama.
New Mexico delegate Demesia Padilla of Albuquerque is on the left, Nina Martinez of Edgewood is on the right. Taken at the Xcel Center in St Paul, MN.
Martinez and fellow delegate Demesia Padilla of Albuquerque said they especially liked Palin's plans for energy. High gas costs are especially important to people who live in remote towns in New Mexico and must drive long distances as part of regular life. " I live in Edgewood, and it's 80 miles round-trip to the Big I."
During the speech, Palin pledged to lay more pipelines, build more nuclear plants and use clean coal while searching for alternative fuel sources, all in an effort to reduce America's dependence on foreign oil.
Martinez said she and other New Mexicans she knows drive big vehicles"not to fulfill some Western myth, but because we really need them" to navigate dirt roads and other rough terrain in the state, said Martinez. The Republican Party is not a party for rich, corporate America," said Martinez. "We both live on dirt roads."
Padilla said she also appreciated Palin's role as a high-profile working mother and said she didn't appreciate all the negative spin being put on the fact that Palin's 17-year-old daughter is pregnant.
"I have two teenage daughters, and thank God, no, I haven't had to deal with that. But I WAS a teenage mom," said Padilla. "We all have to realize that these things happen."
