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Carraro goes national

I've now heard enough from readers and friends about Sen. Joe Carraro's appearance on National Public Radio that I figure I'd better put up a link to the show.

Carraro is soldiering on in his effort to change the state's motto from "It grows as it goes" to "Embrace the past, cherish the future."

But no national media reference posting would be complete without some links to coverage of Gov. Bill Richardson's appearance at the annual Gridiron Dinner. You can pick up the tail end of my column here (how vain!) or check out more on-the-spot coverage by Washington Post columnist Neely Tucker.

Here's the segment that has the usual conspirators chattering:

"I want to be very clear about this," he said. "So clear, in fact, that I will give you my answer, slowly and definitively, in both English and Spanish: No, I will not run for president. Si! Seguro que voy a ser candidato para la presidencia!" (Yes! Certainly I will be a candidate for the presidency!)"