Domenici and Luce

I don't know why Pete Domenici finally saw reality about the Iraq war. Maybe it was to save his slowly eroding image or maybe he is just tired of seeing the death and destruction brought on by this immoral and unnecessary war. It really doesn't matter to me what reasoning he used. I am just happy he has done it. If it will shorten this American tragedy then I am all for it. We can leave it to history to decide his part in this whole thing, but now he is lending his seniority and respectability to ending the war. Overall, that is a good thing. Meanwhile his protoge, Heather Wilson, continues her hawkish behavior.

Ben Luce, the my way or the highway renewable energy proponent, has continued his meltdown. After praising Governor Richardson's renewable energy package after its legislative approval ( which he lobbied for and supported) he then did a 180 degree turn and said it was awful. Now he is angry that PNM had provided an executive to help the Governor with Republican legislators on numerous issues during the session. Ben thinks it was a conflict of interest. I wonder if he feels that way about the Governor appointing many good environmentalists and conservationists to boards and commissions and executive jobs in state government. If you follow Luce's philosophy then Sandy Buffet who heads the Conservation Voters Alliance would have to step down from the Game and Fish Commission and Dave Simon, former head of the National Parks advocacy group in the west would have to step down as State Parks Director. This list could go on for a long while.

The Governor has been a leader on Environmental and Energy issues in the West and Ben Luce and his new non profit organization seem to want to punish him for it. I won't be making any donations to that group. I don't think they see compromise as an important thing.