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We have a surprisingly full Morning Word today. We lead off with the Senate race, but also have discussion of the NMFA scandal and the State Auditor's Office, the two candidates for the soon-to-be-vacant Supreme Court position and looks at the 3rd Congressional District race and the race for the seat held by the Senate Majority Leader.

I'd be remiss if I didn't know a short look at a short ad -- an NRDC ad going after Heather Wilson on (what else?) MTBE.

I've been watching a lot of Olympics lately, and there is a definite whiplash between seeing the fluffy, positive games that NBC shows (and all full of 'USA! USA!' cheering) to the attack ads. The Wilson ad on the Medical Device Tax seems to be in the heaviest rotation, at least during the Games. It would be interesting to see if negative ads airing very patriotic programming like the Olympics are any less effective than during, say, the evening news.

On to the Word:

An interesting side note, Heinrich spoke to the New Mexican himself, while Wilson's campaign used their spokesman, Chris Sanchez.

Under the proposed system, 342 positions will see their pay range increase, 35 positions will experience no change and 49 positions will see a lowered pay range. A lowered pay range, however, will not necessarily translate into an actual decrease in wages.

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Morning Word, 08-08-12