D e s e r t E x p o s u r e
May 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. The Gov's spat with the Clintons vaults him back into the news. . .
- (#1 last month) Gov. Bill Richardson — 4,486 hits (up)
- (3) New Mexico Senate race — 169 hits (down)
- (7) Virgin Galactic — 123 hits (up)
- (2) Sen. Pete Domenici — 116 hits (down)
- (6) Gov. Bill Richardson + vice president — 108 hits (up)
- (4) Sen. Jeff Bingaman — 96 hits (down)
- (5) New Mexico Border Patrol — 94 hits (up)
- (-) New Mexico spaceport — 82 hits (up)
- (10) New Mexico illegal immigration — 75 hits (up)
- (-) Spaceport America — 70 hits (up)