Posted: July 1, 2014 A recent Gallup poll (see link below) reflected what we already knew at DoesTomUdallRepresentYou.com. Tom Udall represents, at best, 23% of the American voters. Since he is a very very progressive liberal this 23% is probably … Continue reading
Monthly Archives: June 2014
Posted: June 30, 2014 In the article linked below from the New Mexico Telegram, Tom Udall gives a floor speech about minimum wage. In the speech he makes his tearful points, but talks in cotton candy, like he always does. … Continue reading
Posted: June 30, 2014 When you put up a Website you get all kinds of feedback. One of the more interesting tidbits came recently when a reviewer commented that DoesTomUdallRepresentYou.com was a nice “hate site”. This sent us thinking. When … Continue reading
Posted: June 30, 2014 The piece linked below appeared in the Albuquerque Journal and reflects many of the themes of DoesTomUdallRepresentYou.com. It supplements materials found in this website and reminds New Mexico voters, once again, that there is an opponent … Continue reading
Posted: June 29, 2014 The linked article below from the Albuquerque Journal poses some questions: Why, in this age of NSA and spying on everything, didn’t someone know that thousands of refugees were moving through Mexico and crossing into the … Continue reading
Posted: June 29, 2014 In this, the Atlantic article linked below, it is pointed out that psychopaths and politicians share certain characteristics. While it take a lot of problems to make a Hitler, psychopaths are among us and function in … Continue reading
Posted: June 28, 2014 This linked article in the Albuquerque Journal is short, to the point, and very descriptive of what the massive land grab of Tom Udall and Martin Heinrich means not only to Hispanics but all New Mexicans. … Continue reading
Posted: June 28, 2014 A report just released by the Center for Immigration Studies found that contrary to claims that America needs new workers, since 2000 all of the net jobs added by the U.S. economy have gone to immigrants, … Continue reading
Posted: June 28, 2014 Tom Udall has drawn a lot of fire from this Website. It is totally deserved and unrepentant. Elected officials of both parties need to be scrutinized, questions need to be asked, and conclusions need to be … Continue reading
Posted: June 27, 2014 He must have been missing in action – again. The Supreme Court of the U.S. just ruled that the President’s power to fill high level vacancies with temporary appointments is not legal. The lawsuit resulted from Obama’s … Continue reading
Posted: June 27, 2014 “We are witnessing a new federal government that is sort of a rogue organism that exists for its own enhancement and is willing to do anything to help those who help it …” “This is not America. … Continue reading
Posted: June 27, 2014 Just when you thought you could trust what you were reading, you are jerked back. This linked article by Politix Fireball concerns a top New Mexican blog by Joe Monahan who gets some attention in various … Continue reading
Posted: June 27, 2014 Tom Udall doesn’t talk at all about his greatest creation – ObamaCare. In fact, we haven’t seen him say a peep since the law has had to be amended dozens of times by the Emperor who knows … Continue reading
Posted: June 27, 2014 Tom Udall has headline after headline about the bad Supreme Court Ruling that lets wealthy donors give lots of money to political campaigns. He has also proposed a nonsense Constitutional Amendment to change the Constitution and … Continue reading
Posted: June 27, 2014 In researching for this site, it is not curious that Tom Udall has spent millions burnishing his image as a conscientious civil servant, a man of the public, a person who is looking to bring down … Continue reading
Posted: June 26, 2014 New Mexico continues to have staggering problems with feeding people. The state is among the top states in oil and gas production and has farms, dairies and ranches. However, 20% of the population is below the … Continue reading
Posted: June 26, 2014 Thomas Sowell writes words that Tom Udall only wishes he could live up to, and we wish Tom Udall would live up to as part of his oath of office requires. “The Constitution of the U.S. … Continue reading
Posted: June 25, 2014 You thought it was all over in New Mexico but Tom Udall and Martin Heinrich aren’t done yet grabbing properties for their environmental portfolio. They took half the state in southern New Mexico, are working on … Continue reading
Posted: June 25, 2014 If you want a picture of what Tom Udall and the Federal Government has done to New Mexico and other Southwestern states the article linked below is worth a read. It gives the evolving history of … Continue reading
Posted: June 25, 2014 You can be sure that Tom Udall has political reasons for everything he does. He sugarcoats his proclamations with flags and lots of barbecue sauce, but you can be sure his self interest is being protected. … Continue reading
Posted: June 25, 2014 A week or so ago, Martin Heinrich penned a silly op-ed in the Albuquerque Journal about Student Debt and how he was personally trying to make things easier but the mean Republicans were fighting him at … Continue reading
Posted: June 24, 2014 When ObamaCare was sold to the public, many had the idea that insurance companies, those mean old profit driven unfair insurance companies, were going to be brought under control. Tom Udall, on his Web pages and … Continue reading
Posted: June 24, 2014 You just don’t know that Tom Udall voted NOT to require Monsanto and other companies to label Genetically Modified Organisms (GMO’s) in the products they sell. In the recent signing of the Farm Bill of 2014, … Continue reading
Posted: June 24, 2014 Over and over in researching Tom Udall, it has been found that on almost every issue he has a hard time passing a simple test: “Do his votes and rhetoric line up?” Whether you look at … Continue reading
Posted: June 23, 2014 There is a progressive movement afoot in the Senate and that movement looks to raise taxes, expand social spending, continue loose money policies and go after big business that has, up to now, been supporting Democrats … Continue reading
Posted: June 22, 2014 According to Project Vote Smart, a non-profit, non-partisan Congressional watchdog and information website for voters, Tom Udall had a 100% favorable rating by the American Immigration Lawyers Association. This means they really really liked Tom Udall … Continue reading
Posted: June 22, 2014 Even Dana Milbank has insights occasionally. In researching Tom Udall, the man with many spots, but a truly Marxist core, we came upon a better understanding of the Third Way. Tom Udall supports the Third Way … Continue reading
Posted: June 22, 2014 All over the country there are polls, discussion, charges and counter-charges, voter apathy, mis-information and dis-information. Politicians are claiming they can walk on water while they are backfilling their own messes. It is a sight to … Continue reading
Posted: June 22, 2014 The ACLU is a traditional Democrat ally. It says much when they step up to the plate and denounce impending legislation from their favorite side of the aisle. It is a little like your best friend … Continue reading
Posted: June 22, 2014 Being inquisitive, we did a little research on La Raza, a very radical Hispanic group formed in the 1990’s by a man called Jose Angel Guitierrez. This is what Jose had to say about white Americans: … Continue reading
Posted: June 21, 2014 We are used to incompetence in government. We also know how the IRS treats citizens who have problems with their paperwork. Anyone who has had an audit knows how hostile, arrogant, and demanding the IRS can … Continue reading
Posted: June 21, 2014 We all know how Iraq went down. George W. Bush came up with some reasons to invade Iraq. The U.S. Congress took a vote and both parties agreed to send troops. Congress never declared war on … Continue reading
Posted: June 21, 2014 “Senator Tom Udall, in his sixth year as a U.S. Senator, is not newly advised of these problems (V.A.) regardless of what their PR spin says. He and his staff had to have known, in detail, … Continue reading
Posted: June 20, 2014 This article (linked below) from the Chicago Sun Times, hardly a conservative publication, sums up Tom Udall’s loser plan for a Constitutional Amendment, a plan backed by 40 Democrat Senators and not a single Republican. It … Continue reading
Posted: June 20, 2014 Here’s what Obama said in one of his previous campaigns where he promised he walked on water and then left us carrying the buckets: “The biggest problem that we’re facing right now has to do with … Continue reading
Posted: June 20, 2014 Like him, or not, this is a quite good summary of the current situation on our southern borders with Mexico. There comes a time when voters need to step up to the plate and make a … Continue reading
Posted: June 20, 2014 This short article (linked below) on a New Mexico Website just re-iterates what DoesTomUdallRepresentYou.com has been saying from the beginning. Tom Udall does not represent New Mexico in the least. His acquisition of New Mexico land … Continue reading
Posted: June 19, 2014 Govtrack.us (see link below) is an independent, non-partisan, non-government educational organization that helps people like you and me make sense of the political lies we are constantly told by both parties. Tom Udall has made a … Continue reading
Posted: June 19, 2014 Tom Udall has a chicken for every pot and an excuse for every season. You go to the store at least once a week and maybe more. You load the items in your cart, get to … Continue reading
Posted: June 19, 2014 We all know college graduates who have student loans approaching the stratosphere. We also know college grads who are working at Dollar Store for $10.00 an hour or pushing coffee at Starbucks because they haven’t found … Continue reading
Posted: June 18, 2014 The little essay (linked below) by a current Congressman out of South Carolina is so good that no comments are needed. Full article here >>>. … Continue reading
Posted: June 18, 2014 The American Middle Class is disappearing. That is a fact. Another fact is that current government policies are contributing to this loss of the Middle Class and Tom Udall continues to support the policies that are … Continue reading
Posted: June 18, 2014 The linked article below details heavy hitters who contribute lots of money to political candidates, political Pacs, and campaigns. It doesn’t discuss billionaires on both sides of the issues. The groups on the list contribute on … Continue reading
Posted: June 17, 2014 2008 seems like a whole century ago. It seems like yesterday it happened when banks were failing, insurance companies were failing, and Wall Street was sucking up to Uncle Sam for more money than he had … Continue reading
Posted: June 17, 2014 This recent finding by Pew Research (see link below) offers some insight into what many who follow politics already know. Pew tracked American’s beliefs on political issues for the past twenty years and found some interesting … Continue reading
Posted: June 17, 2014 When a nephew graduated from college, half of his class was from foreign countries. When they graduated, they took jobs in America and were enabled to do this by having an H-1B Visa. The large number … Continue reading
Posted: June 17, 2014 Recently, someone commented that this site was “right wing” but had “good information”. The “good information” part was correct. The “right wing” part is not correct. DoesTomUdallRepresentYou.com is a site focused on some simple ideas: Representatives … Continue reading
Posted: June 16, 2014 The article below is an excellent resource for voters who want to know about the money in politics by BOTH political parties, and, especially, by INCUMBENTS. If we want to rectify money in politics we should … Continue reading
Posted: June 16, 2014 The linked article describes a meeting of New Mexico’s Congressional Delegation doing a workshop on business in New Mexico. DoesTomUdallRepresentYou.com can only wonder if any of the Congressional Representatives did research before coming to the meeting? … Continue reading
Posted: June 15, 2014 The movement of children has accelerated. They have been coming in greater and greater numbers from Mexico, Central America, and parts even further south. While the Administration and Democrats call for “immigration reform” our borders have … Continue reading
Posted: June 15, 2014 They aren’t really pilots anymore. They used to pilot multi-million dollar aircraft but now they sit in comfy chairs around the world and fly the unmanned drones for military operations and surveillance. At Holloman Air Force … Continue reading
Posted: June 14, 2014 It is rather odd that Tom Udall would crow about the benefits of a farm bill that continues federal government subsidies to farmers, but cuts food stamps to the poor. In fact, the real winners in … Continue reading
Posted: June 14, 2014 This primary season around 20% of registered Democrats and Republicans turned out to select a candidate to represent them in the November General Election. This turnout was down from last seasons 28% and also doesn’t reflect … Continue reading
Posted: June 14, 2014 PIPA is a shortened name for the Protect the Intellectual Property Act Bill which Tom Udall sponsored in the Senate. He doesn’t sponsor many bi-partisan bills so he thought this would be a good one for … Continue reading
Posted: June 14, 2014 Yes, Virginia, there is United Nations. It is this really tall building in Manhattan, New York. Unelected, appointed elites from all countries around the world report to work each morning. Their main job is to extort … Continue reading
Posted: June 14, 2014 “The rich get richer and the poor get benefits. The middle class pays for it all.” “At the core of the American’s anger and alienation is the belief that the American Dream is no longer attainable …” … Continue reading
Posted: June 13, 2014 Numbers U.S.A. is a non-partisan group that follows all Congressmen on their positions and votes on protecting our borders. They are all for following existing laws on immigration, on having a good legal immigration policy that … Continue reading
Posted: June 13, 2014 As mentioned in previous postings, Tom Udall is not one to step out on his own and make any non-scripted statements. That would be too unpolished, too dangerous, require too much creeping out on the limb. … Continue reading
Posted: June 12, 2014 The video below, by Reporters without Borders, reports on the state of journalism in the U.S. and around the world. It reports that the United States has dropped to a world ranking of 46th out of … Continue reading
Posted: June 12, 2014 It all reminds me of the old saying that gamblers will bet on anything – how long it takes a fly to leave a nice plate of barbecue at the church picnic, how long it takes a … Continue reading
Posted: June 12, 2014 Most everywhere you read, you see growth and better economies belong to red states. Blue states are increasingly experiencing mind numbing deficits, loss of taxpayers, increasing taxes and unemployment, and dropping credit ratings. It is no … Continue reading
Posted: June 12, 2014 There are things that people who see themselves as political enemies can agree on. There are alliances that can be formed to do things which will truly help the country more than fighting about food stamps, … Continue reading
Posted: June 12, 2014 The other day the Tea Party, much maligned, took down an establishment fixture, Eric Cantor of the 7th district, in Virginia. Mr. Cantor has been around Washington some 14 years and is an insider in establishment … Continue reading
Posted: June 11, 2014 Maplight (see link below) does reports on politicians sources of money. They are independent and deal with the facts. What they have reported on Tom Udall (from January 2008 to December 2013 ) is very revealing. … Continue reading
Posted: June 11, 2014 Way back in 2008, nepotism reared it’s head again. Then Congressman Tom Udall sought to get his son-in-law appointed as the head of the Bureau of Elections in New Mexico under the direction of the Secretary … Continue reading
Posted: June 11, 2014 The countries police forces are becoming increasingly like military units with all the apparatus of troops in war. Your local police force is accumulating weapons that make them look more and more like the military and … Continue reading
Posted: June 11, 2014 You see calls for increasing the minimum wage everywhere, but mostly in the political ads and political blogs of Democrats. All of New Mexico’s Congressional delegation are Democrats, except for Steve Pearce who is a moderate … Continue reading
Posted: June 11, 2014 College graduations were not too many weeks ago. Now, all kinds of graduates are faced with the reality that they have to convince someone that they are worth money. Now they have to realize that when … Continue reading
Posted: June 11, 2014 We can continue to send more U.S. money overseas than comes back forever – can’t we? There are all kinds of economic measurement items. Some like to watch the stock market as a key to our economy. … Continue reading
Posted: June 10, 2014 The article linked below was published in November 2013 by 24/7 Wall Street. It was a report on the best run and worst run states in the country. Regardless of problems one might have with methodology … Continue reading
Posted: June 10, 2014 It is well documented that Tom Udall is, and always has been, an alternative energy kind of guy. He has voted against oil interests during his almost twenty years in Congress. He has backed and been … Continue reading
Posted: June 9, 2014 According to Tom Udall, shutting down the government has nothing to do with leadership. Tom Udall, by his voting record and ideology, really doesn’t know much about leadership. He would rather keep spending, keep buying votes, … Continue reading
Posted: June 9, 2014 This last tax season Americans spent 7 billion hours preparing taxes. This last tax season 30% of what you make went to income taxes. This last year, including many of the 97 different taxes/fees on the … Continue reading
Posted: June 9, 2014 Ambassadors of the United States to other countries can be important positions. They represent the U.S. in foreign countries, provide resources and protections for Americans traveling and living abroad, and help facilitate negotiations between the U.S. … Continue reading
Posted: June 9, 2014 OpenSecrets.org is a non-partisan operation that keeps track of who is giving money to politicians and how much they are giving. The results they come up, just reporting the numbers, are often quite startling. In 2010, … Continue reading
Posted: June 8, 2014 When I saw the article below I was surprised and a little disappointed. I am not one to say that Native American affairs, mineral payments and droughts are issues. However, they don’t sound like big enough … Continue reading
Posted: June 8, 2014 There are always scandals. The real scandal with the V.A. is that upper level administrators, as well as doctors and staff at the New Mexico facilities knew there were problems with the mission of the V.A. … Continue reading
Posted: June 8, 2014 The article below links to a fascinating study by the Washington Examiner. Some the points they make are: In 2013 ,Democrats sponsored 618 bills that would have spent at least $1.35 trillion. In 2013, Republicans sponsored … Continue reading
Posted: June 8, 2014 Salon is no bastion of conservative thought. Salon supports progressive policies and causes. When they indicate problems with a bill that their politicians signed, you know something is up. NDAA 2014 is a big mega-bill, just … Continue reading
Posted: June 8, 2014 When you see television ads, or hear radio spots, make sure you realize that Tom Udall is not a moderate, not a hands-across-the aisle kind of guy. Progressive Punch has put out a list of all … Continue reading
Posted: June 8, 2014 It seems that small things sometimes tell a bigger story than big things. In the last year we have had fights over ObamaCare, fights over Bengazi and Fast and Furious, fights over the V.A. and the … Continue reading
Posted: June 8, 2014 In the course of research on this site, you find several things out quickly. Go to Google and … Type in Tom Udall and almost any issue and you are facing a Donate to Tom Udall advertisement. … Continue reading
Posted: June 7, 2014 Our country depends on an educated population who not only understand the issues, both sides of all issues, but take the time and have the good sense to understand how politicians positions on issues affect them … Continue reading
Posted: June 7, 2014 The value of the Constitution is that it gives regular Americans protections from the rich, powerful, and well connected in our society. If you listen to politicians from both political parties, you would think that they … Continue reading
Posted: June 7, 2014 This year the election is like deja vu all over again. Except this time Tom Udall is running against a man with a lot more money than Udall’s opponent in 2006. Back then Ron Dolin ran … Continue reading
Posted: June 6, 2014 If you look at press releases, television ads, and Website happy talk by Tom Udall on Energy concerns, it sounds as if he is for a balanced energy program in the U.S. If you look at … Continue reading
Posted: June 6, 2014 He and Martin Heinrich just took away 500,000 acres and gave it to Uncle Sam to look after. Trouble is, Uncle Sam can’t even run a Website. The press spin has been churning on this issue … Continue reading
Posted: June 6, 2014 The election year is progressing. Whether the Senate goes back to the Republicans is unknown. Three things are certain: 1) The balance of power will be narrowed by the Republicans 2) The Republicans may take the … Continue reading
Posted: June 6, 2014 The articles below point out a fact. The five biggest users of fossil fuels for generating power are China, U.S., India, Russia, Japan. Four of these countries are definitely not under our control and will use … Continue reading
Posted: June 5, 2014 Mr. Weh will go into the election cycle against incumbent Tom Udall. His battle will be to convince the 40% of Republican primary voters that didn’t vote for him that freedom matters, the Constitution matters, the … Continue reading
Posted: June 5, 2014 A complaint was filed with the U.S. Senate Select Committee on Ethics arguing that Senators improperly contacted the Internal Revenue Service to investigate nonprofit political groups. Tom Udall was one of the seven Democratic Senators in … Continue reading
Posted: June 5, 2014 The name of this particular scandal is going to be the Bergdahl Boomerang. The White House, without telling anyone, made a trade of one American prisoner for five Taliban prisoners – not a very good trade just … Continue reading
Posted: June 4, 2014 Unemployment in New Mexico UP Disability Claims in New Mexico UP Food-stamps Claims in New Mexico UP Private Sector in New Mexico DOWN New Mexicans working for Government UP State Land ownership DOWN Population Growth of … Continue reading
Posted: June 4, 2014 Tom Udall is introducing a Constitutional Amendment to allow Congress and the states to set limits and regulate campaign finance donations. You might think that money is the root of the problems in politics and think … Continue reading
Posted: June 4, 2014 The only question Tom Udall asks is “How can we help students who will vote for me if I give them the illusion I am saving them money?” Questions we ask on this Website are: 1) … Continue reading
Posted: June 4, 2014 The other day the Obama Administration announced plans to go ahead and pursue the destruction of the coal industry without the support of Congress – who doesn’t support this plan. Using his idea of Executive privilege as … Continue reading
Posted: June 3, 2014 “The greatest threat to mankind and civilization is the spread of totalitarianism It’s best ally is not the devotion of its followers but the confusion of its enemies. To fight it, we must understand it …” “Totalitarianism … Continue reading
Posted: June 3, 2014 Ask Tom Udall why he continues to vote for bonuses for government employees? It seems that things don’t change in Washington D.C. Before the V.A. bonuses, we had bonuses for the top execs at Fannie Mae … Continue reading
Posted: June 3, 2014 One would hope that a man who makes it to the Senate would be able to vote against his party if his party were on the wrong track. One would hope that a political veteran would … Continue reading
Posted: June 3, 2014 Unaccountable online donations are the biggest contribution source of Blue Tom Udall running in Blue New Mexico. Where is campaign reform when you need it? Act Blue raises money for liberal causes and liberal candidates. As … Continue reading
Posted: June 3, 2014 The Right to Work is really not that complicated. It means that if a New Mexican works for an employer who is Union, he or she does not have to join the Union and does not … Continue reading
Posted: June 3, 2014 Regardless of whether you consider yourself pro-choice or pro-life, 55 million babies, or fetus as some like to refer to them, are no longer here. They had no opportunity to contribute. They had no chance to … Continue reading
Posted: June 2, 2014 Tom Udall makes quite a deal out of his vote for the Ryan Murray budget Deal. After a thousand (1,000) days in the Senate, with no budget and a slew of budget deadlines that created tension … Continue reading
Posted: June 2, 2014 It is no surprise that the Udall’s are over-represented in Congress and under-represent tax paying Americans. Tom Udall and Mark Udall vote together on 99% of the issues and are both up for re-election in 2014. … Continue reading
Posted: June 2, 2014 Back in 2011, this article (see link below) described an “alternative budget” proposed by the Congressional Progressive Caucus. It has been discussed before that New Mexico’s Tom Udall and Ben Ray Lujan and probably, though he … Continue reading
Posted: June 2, 2014 Don’t take our word for it. Read about the Congressional Progressive Caucus which has two members: Tom Udall and Ben Ray Lujan. Martin Heinrich votes from their playbook. As KeyWiki states (see link below), “The Congressional … Continue reading
Posted: June 1, 2014 This is an old joke that is still funny. The answer, of course, is “professional courtesy”. ObamaCare was guilty of many things, but one of the worst was the fact that it didn’t say anything about … Continue reading
Posted: June 1, 2014 As this article states, ObamaCare has not been kind to New Mexicans. Despite promises and pledges to protect what people had for their healthcare, promises made have not been kept. “I’m tired of it,” a disgruntled … Continue reading
Posted: June 1, 2014 The Obama administration announced this week that the ObamaCare mandate for medium sized businesses (50-99) employees will be delayed until 2015. This most recent announcement came after a long list of delays where the White House … Continue reading
