The Richardson/Denish administration.

Is it fair to call the current administration, the Richardson/Denish administration?

It would appear that Lt Governor Diane Denish is not happy with the characterization. Even with $2M in her war chest, Big Bill is an enormous albatross to be dragging around at election time.

Denish has responded to efforts to link her my name to the "Richardson" administration by invoking the time honored response to the pointing of fingers directly at her;

Legislators should act quickly, she said–putting “personal animosity aside”–because the state doesn’t have “time or money to waste”

Calling her out by name is "personal animosity".

Many argue that her unwillingness to stand on her own on issues, is the result of the fear of being slapped down by Big Bill; no one, not even the Lt Governor can stand up to him without being crushed under his onerous political weight.

I've never been much impressed by that argument.

If you only stand up for what you believe in, when there is no consequence for doing so, you don't end up standing for much of anything.

Denish, for example, still has no public position on the overwhelming number of political appointments to cushy government jobs, and their cost to taxpayers.

She cannot even promise not to abuse the process herself, for fear of pointing to Richardson's excess.




photo Mark Bralley