Russell: Martinez a National Candidate in 2012?

Brigette Russell

Capitol Report New Mexico - The other day, Joe Monahan discussed Gov. Martinez’s national ambitions. Monahan and others in the know take the Governor’s vice presidential aspirations as a given. This is hardly surprising, given the national buzz her election generated. Before she was even inaugurated, a Politics Daily story called “Why the Next Republican VP Nominee Will Likely Be Hispanic” featured Susana Martinez and Marco Rubio as potential running mates on the 2012 ticket. The Albuquerque Journal, Santa Fe New Mexican and New Mexico Independent all picked up the story. Steve Terrell of the New Mexican quoted Martinez as dismissing all such talk in an interview in Latina magazine: Read full column here: News New Mexico

Russell: Martinez a National Candidate in 2012?