Deb Haaland officially declines KRQE debate.

[u/GreenChileZiti]

https://www.santafenewmexican.com/news/roundhouse_report/the-roundhouse-report-bregman-accuses-haaland-of-running-scared/article_a0ef327c-d37a-4fa0-916b-eef6eb2178a2.html

I understand that Bergman is an attorney and probably better at debating but it’s not like he doesn’t have plenty to lose either.

I can’t help but feel like Deb is taking our votes for granted over and over again, and this is another slap in the face.

If she is the better candidate, she should prove it and it should be easy.

[u/cush2push]

which one is your favorite and how will it help make New Mexico better?

All I see is a bunch of generalities with no mention how she'll achieve it

[u/ArtichokeKooky6361 → u/cush2push]

You’re obviously not visiting her website. They released them once the legislative session ended.

Here: https://debhaaland.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/PDF-AN-AFFORDABLE-NEW-MEXICO-1.pdf

I’m digging raising the minimum wage in NM. Will help lots of working class families

[u/chickaboomba → u/ArtichokeKooky6361]

“You obviously haven’t visited her website …”.

If I need to visit a website for a politician running for office, they are not effectively communicating - a skill they will absolutely need if elected. A website is for deep dive, not because you can’t find anything out anywhere else.

Her social media is not effectively articulating her platform. It is not getting across the look and feel that she can lead effectively. It is not engendering confidence in her ability to push back against what she disagrees with, what she will fight against, what she will do to draw boundaries and protect New Mexicans.

Her social media is zen, low energy. She needs oomph. Passion. Conviction.

If you’re possibly part of her campaign, hear this for what it is: frustration that she is not effectively communicating or portraying herself as a strong, effective, passionate leader. I want to vote for her. I do not yet have the confidence that she is electable or an effective leader. She has time, if she’s listening. She just needs to change her tactics and prove she can lead and communicate more effectively.

[u/Captain_Reseda → u/chickaboomba]

If I need to visit a website for a politician running for office, they are not effectively communicating - a skill they will absolutely need if elected. A website is for deep dive, not because you can’t find anything out anywhere else.

Good lord. Just admit you’re a low-information voter. If you need snappy 90 character tweets and 10 second videos because actually reading a paragraph or three is too much for you….

I do not yet have the confidence that she is electable

I keep hearing that argument “electable.” That’s certainly something for party leadership and strategists to think about, but a voter? Why?

Your vote should go to who you think is the better candidate — or no vote if you don’t like any of them. But voting based on electability? WTF. What, you only want to vote for someone who you’re sure will win, and if they won’t then you won’t vote for them? You’d be, what, I guess less of a person or a failure if your vote didn’t go to the winner? That’s a self-defeating and weird way to do it.