New Mexico in Focus; RNC, Governor Martinez and Martha Burk

KNME-TV (Television station : Albuquerque, N.M.) · August 31, 2012

This week on New Mexico in Focus, the Republican National Convention in Tampa has taken center stage in the political world. NMiF will check in with Governor Susana Martinez from the convention, gathering her thoughts on its highpoints and on her prime-time speech Wednesday. The Line will analyze Martinez’s performance, and panel regular and RNC delegate Jamie Estrada reports back from the convention hall. Women’s rights activist Martha Burk begins a new series for the election season as she speaks with NMiF about the overtures being made by Republicans and Democrats to women. What issues resonate most with women? And where has each party met success and failure as they try to court the female vote? And New Mexico is set to host the International Symposium on Electronic Art this fall. The event is a major coup for New Mexico’s art scene. ISEA was last hosted by Istanbul and will be hosted in the future by Sydney and Dubai. NMiF will speak to some of the team that brought ISEA here and talk about events to come, including a day dedicated to the connection between technology, art and education. The Line also examines the political reshuffling taking place after congressional candidate Michelle Lujan Grisham resigned her post as a Bernalillo County Commissioner. And, of course, the opinion panel goes on the clock to discuss the rest of the week’s headlines. Host: Gene Grant. Correspondent: Matt Grubs. Guests: Susana Martinez, Governor of New Mexico; Martha Burk, National Council of Women’s Organizations; Suzanne Sbarge, ISEA 2012 Executive Producer; Agnes Chavez, ISEA 2012 Education Program Director; Nicholas Chiarella, ISEA 2012 Education Program Coordinator. Line Panelists: Dan Foley, Former NM House Republican Whip; John Wertheim, Former NM Democratic Party Chairman; Rob Nikolewski, Editor, Capitol Report New Mexico; Laura Sanchez, Attorney and Jamie Estrada, Former U.S. Commerce Department Official (uplink from RNC, not at table).