Forty percent undecided with early voting days away is not a “settling” primary, it’s a scramble. We walk through the latest Albuquerque Journal poll in the New Mexico Republican governor race and explain why the usual rules shift when nobody has enough money to “drop the hammer.” From Albuquerque name ID to regional splits, we map what actually moves votes in a low-information statewide primary.

Then we get specific about messaging. We react to Doug Turner’s polished introduction ad, Duke Rodriguez’s crime ad, and the fresh wave of attacks via PAC mailers and campaign texts. We also talk candidly about endorsements, why we don’t treat them as magic, and what a smart late-game strategy should look like when time is short and attention is scarce.

The back half of the show pulls lessons from beyond New Mexico. We break down Spencer Pratt’s surprising Los Angeles mayor ad and what it teaches about emotional connection, shift to Iran and the oil pressure strategy that may be working even as politics and gas prices complicate the story, and hit the Spirit Airlines meltdown through the lens of competition, mergers, and airfare prices. We close with a data-driven look at how millennial dads spend more time with their kids than past generations, plus a quick family trip update, listener mail, and game camera moments with elk and bears. Subscribe, share the show with a friend, and leave a rating and review so more people can find us.

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A leaked poll can do what campaign ads can’t: force an honest look at what voters actually believe. We walk through fresh numbers on the New Mexico Democratic primary, including favorability for Deb Haaland and Sam Bregman, what negative hits do to both candidates, and why the topline “horse race” stays stubbornly stable even when the messaging gets louder.

Then we dig into the most revealing section of the poll: oil and gas, fracking, and the New Mexico state budget. A huge share of Democratic voters know the state relies on energy revenue and many even approve of in-state drilling, yet support spikes for a fracking ban until the questions connect the dots to schools, roads, and health care. We talk about how wording, PR stigma, and basic voter education shape outcomes and why energy policy debates in New Mexico always end up being budget debates. We also touch the land commissioner race and why public lands, water rights, and regulation make that office far more powerful than most people realize.

From politics we jump to the sky: Mark’s weather desk breaks down NOAA probabilities and why a fast-forming, extremely strong El Nino could reshape storm track, snowpack, monsoon strength, and fire danger. We close with a deeper cultural thread about trust across generations, the mental health cost of screen-first life, the pull of community and faith, and an unforgettable Ben Sasse soundbite on family, mortality, and belief. Subscribe, share this with a friend in New Mexico, and leave a rating and review. What part of the poll surprised you most?

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Gunshots outside a ballroom full of the country’s most visible political and media figures should never be treated like background noise. We walk through what happened at the White House Correspondents Dinner, what the early video appears to show, and why it felt like the response lagged at the exact moment it couldn’t afford to. Then we dig into what’s been reported about the attacker, including the manifesto claims that getting close was far easier than it should have been. When the Secret Service “gets lucky,” we’re all living on borrowed time.

From there, we zoom out to the bigger problem: political rhetoric that turns people into targets. We talk about protest messaging, the refusal of too many leaders to draw bright lines, and the way some media coverage softens reality with headlines that avoid saying what the public plainly saw. We also share the few examples of officials who actually say the obvious out loud: stop trying to murder political leaders. That shouldn’t be brave, but right now it is.

We connect those cultural failures to hard political data, including voter registration trends across 30 states that track party affiliation, plus what they could mean for the direction of the Democratic Party. We also hit New Mexico’s governor primary polling (Deb Haaland vs Sam Bregman), then shift to the economy with gas prices, fuel taxes, and why energy policy keeps showing up in family budgets, especially with Iran driving global volatility. Subscribe, share this with a friend, and leave a review, then tell us: what’s the first reform that actually makes the country safer?

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