D e s e r t E x p o s u r e
February
2008
The Tumbleweeds Top 10
Who and what's been making news from New Mexico this past month, as measured by mentions in Google News (news.google.com), which tracks 4,500 worldwide news sources (trends noted are vs. last month's total hits; * indicates new to the list). Number in parenthesis indicates last month's Top 10 rank. We bid a fond farewell to Gov. Richardson's presidential dreams — at least until 2012 — while keeping a candle burning for the veepstakes. On to the US Senate race!
1. (#1 last month) Gov. Bill Richardson — 13,621 hits (up)
2. (-) Virgin Galactic — 561 hits (up)
3. (5) New Mexico Senate race — 463 hits (up)
4. (8) New Mexico illegal immigration — 244 hits (up)
5. (6) Gov. Bill Richardson + vice president — 232 hits (up)
6. (-) X Prize — 177 hits (up)
7. (4) Sen. Pete Domenici — 117 hits (down)
8. (-) Richard Branson + New Mexico — 100 hits (up)
9. (7) Sen. Jeff Bingaman — 61 hits (down)
10. (-) New Mexico spaceport — 57 hits (up)
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