Dont know why some still call NM a swing state. Demographics have moved it to at least a lean D.
Agree that it's lean D but I wouldn't pull it out of the swing state category. Susana Martinez is a thoroughly conservative governor and is relatively popular. If the GOP can put forward a candidate that is rational on immigration reform, NM is in play. If that and a Hispanic on the ticket, it's probably slight R.
The only Hispanic that will help in NM is Martinez. Someone like Rubio wont help in the southwest and could actually hurt. Cubans and Mexican Americans have little in common and Rubio padding his family's past to make them appear to be political refugees (and therefore better than economic refugees like most Hispanic immigrants) wont help
