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WASHINGTON (AP) — Having lost the popular vote in five of the last six presidential elections, Republicans plunged Wednesday into an intense period of selfexamination, blame-setting and testy debate over whether their party needs serious change or just some minor tweaks. - PAGE A7
November 8, 2012
Obama heads back to divided gov’t
WASHINGTON (AP) — One day after a bruising, mixed-verdict election, President Barack Obama and Republican House Speaker John Boehner both pledged Wednesday to seek a compromise to avert looming spending cuts and tax increases that threaten to plunge the economy back into recession.
WHAT DOES GOP DO NOW?
THE VOICE OF THE PECOS VALLEY
Added Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev. “Of course” an agreement is possible.
While all three men spoke in general ter ms, Boehner stressed that
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Republicans would be willing to accept higher tax revenue under the right conditions as part of a more sweeping attempt to reduce deficits and restore the economy to full health. While the impending “fiscal clif f” dominates the postelection agenda, the president and Republicans have other concerns, too. Obama is looking ahead to top-level personnel changes in a second term, involving three powerful Cabinet portfolios at a minimum. And Republicans are
heading into a season of potentially painful reflection after losing the presidency in an economy that might have proved Obama’s political undoing. They also have fallen deeper into the Senate minority after the second election in a row in which they lost potentially winnable races by fielding candidates with views that voters evidently judged too extreme. One major topic for GOP discussion: the changing face of America. See OBAMA, Page A3
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NM GOP gains here, loses there
The ice skating rink in New York's Rockefeller Center shows the results of Tuesday’s presidential election, Wednesday.
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Students at El Capitan Elementary School give high-fives to members of the military and emergency personnel following an assembly held Wednesday afternoon.
El Cap commemorates Veterans Day CHAUNTE’L POWELL RECORD STAFF WRITER
The lights went out in the gym at El Capitan Elementary and when they came back on, all eyes
GHS MEETS RHS, FRIDAY
“Winning is not a sometime thing, it’s an all time thing. You don’t win once in a while, you don’t do things right once in a while, you do them right all the time.” Those words, from Hall of Fame Green Bay Packers coach Vince Lombardi, have resonated throughout time with coaches at all levels of football. One of those coaches is Sam Jernigan, whose unbeaten Goddard Rockets seek their fifth straight District 4-4A title when they take on crosstown rival Roswell in the Alien City Encounter, Friday. - PAGE B1
TODAY’S OBITUARIES
• Bill Wiggins • David Owen • Douglas Haynes - PAGE A7
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TODAY’S FORECAST
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were on the American flag at the front of the room waving in a simulated breeze as former student Kathy Anderson Cook sang the national anthem. This scene recreating the
dawn’s early light hitting the American flag and inspiring Francis Scott Key, was one of the events at the school’s Veterans
Dem wins attributed to Hispanics
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Children leave school at Parkview Early Literacy Center, Tuesday.
ALBUQUERQUE (AP) — After years of flip-flopping between parties, New Mexico voters lined up solidly
for a second time behind the Democratic Party in this week’s elections, a trend one analyst attrib-
uted to the state’s already large and fast-growing Hispanic population. “I think the underlying demographics really point to a major shift toward the Democratic Party,” said Gabriel Sanchez, a political scientist at the University of New Mexico. “Unless the Republican Party both nationally and within the state is able to attract more Hispanics and Indian voters, I don’t see that changing.” Exit polls taken for The Associated Press and television networks show the state’s Hispanic voters backed President Barack Obama more than 2-to-1, while the majority of white voters supported Republi-
See EL CAP, Page A3
ALBUQUERQUE (AP) — New Mexico Gov. Susana Martinez and her Republican allies lost ground in the state House of Representatives in the general election but gained seats in the Senate, including ousting a pair of Democratic leaders. The GOP waged a fierce legislative campaign battle in hopes of knocking off enough Democrats to take control of the House for the first time in nearly 60 years, but unofficial returns suggested the party went the other direction and lost seats. Although several races remained tight and the outcome uncertain, Democrats expect a net gain of three seats for a possible 39-31 majority. House Democrats currently hold a slim 36-33 edge and there’s one independent. “New Mexicans have rejected the politics of personal destruction and instead have chosen the Democratic agenda of strengthening our working families,” House Majority Leader Ken Martinez, D-Grants, said Wednesday in a statement. In the Senate, the GOP picked up at least three seats but Democrats retain a majority — likely 25-17, although one race with a Democrat-
Hagerman bridge
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Workers construct a temporary two-lane bridge that will be used on NM 249 Pecos River Bridge just east of Hagerman. The New Mexico Department of Transportation will install the temporary bridge today and it will remain in place until demolition of the existing bridge and construction of a new bridge at the same location are complete. The total cost of the project is estimated at $3.2 million and is expected to be finished in April.
3 shootings, 2 injured Winter Wonderland auction Nov. 16 The Roswell police responded to three separate shooting incidents, starting early Tuesday evening and ending early Wednesday morning. The first occurred in the 1800 block of North Washington Avenue around 6 p.m., where a house was struck twice. The record states an unknown Hispanic male driving a red Chevy Cavalier and possibly two other individuals were involved. RPD Public Information Liaison Sabrina Morales said seven peo-
See DEM, Page A3
ILISSA GILMORE RECORD STAFF WRITER
ple were inside the residence when an argument began. Two males and one female left the house, got into the Cavalier and drove away. A second car followed in an attempt to track the first. One of the occupants in the Cavalier shot at the second vehicle, and a bullet hit the windshield. According to the police no one was injured in the incident. The second shooting took place around 8:30 See SHOOTINGS, Page A3
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Winter Wonderland at First American Bank, a Make Time For Kids event to benefit the Chaves County CASA Program, is scheduled for Nov. 16.
First American Bank has decked its halls and offices for the Winter Wonderland auction benefiting the Chaves County CASA Program, scheduled for 5 p.m., Friday, Nov. 16, at the bank’s main branch, 111 E. Fifth St. Both the main branch and its branch at 3220 N. Main St. are showing off holiday spirit with trees, wreaths and statues made with materials donated by community members and See AUCTION, Page A2