Desert Exposure Tumbleweeds Top 10 June 2007

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. Gov. Richardson's White House bid gets some buzz, while immigration returns to the front burner.

(#1 last month) Gov. Bill Richardson — 6,475 hits (down)
(4) Gov. Bill Richardson + 2008 — 2,359 hits (up)
(10) Sen. Jeff Bingaman — 1,417 hits (up)
(5) Gov. Bill Richardson + New Hampshire — 1,316 hits (up)
(2) Fired US Attorney David Iglesias — 1,125 hits (down)
(3) Sen. Pete Domenici — 1,090 hits (down)
(-) New Mexico Border Patrol — 698 hits (up)
(8) Spaceport America — 641 hits (up)
(-) Gov. Bill Richardson + vice president — 385 hits (down)
(9) Richard Branson + New Mexico — 383 hits (down

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