You Back My Pork, I'll Back Yours

The bipartisan scandal of New Mexico's earmarks

Advocates for “good government” will spend the next eight months kvetching over the campaign cash given to, and spent by, New Mexico office-seekers. But one of the strongest tools legislative incumbents use to secure reelection won’t receive any attention from the common-causers.

The Land of Enchantment’s blueprint for “capital outlay” is uniquely corrup…