For many weeks now, New Mexico
have been
their planned presentation of an anti-healthcare petition to state Attorney General Gary King. This morning, it finally happened. And the excitement was%uFFFD
impalpable
.%uFFFD
This wasn't exactly a storming of the gates. The receptionist provided each Tea Partier (and media representative) with a red "visitor" badge; everyone was then ushered upstairs to their meeting with the AG.%uFFFD
%uFFFDSFR just popped in for a minute to snap a photo.
King listened with practiced expressionlessness
.
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The Tea Party's petition is
. Basically, they want King to sue the federal government to stop health care reform, on the grounds that "the Constitution nowhere authorizes the United States to mandate, either directly or under threat of penalty, that all citizens and legal residents have qualifying healthcare coverage."%uFFFD
%uFFFDThe Democrats' plan, they say, represents "an
unprecedented encroachment on the sovereignty of the states
."%uFFFD
%uFFFDAt noon, the Tea Partiers will have a "[p]ost rally get together at
Rio Chama Steakhouse.
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