Fiery Speech Delights Republicans
Texas Insider Report: TAMPA BAY Florida The first Hispanic female governor in American history New Mexicos Susana Martinez energized delegates Wednesday Night with
jokes about packing heat as a child defeating a district attorney who fired her while pounding on President Obamas stimulus spending and hammering his
increases in the Federal Debt.
New Mexico Gov. Susana Martinez lit a fire beneath the GOP before Paul Ryan hit the stage
and launched a national career as one of the young faces of the party.
Martinez also won hearts with a story in which Republicans tried to woo her (she was a life-long Democrat).
Martinez was sure she would rebuff what she feared was a cynical ploy. But then she offered up this career revelation:
Ill be darned were Republicans she told her husband.
Martinez spoke of bipartisan solutions with a Democratic legislature not exactly the red meat typically offered.
She also knocked Obama for failing to live up to a promise of introducing comprehensive immigration reform. Calls for sweeping immigration reform in Tampa have been as rare
as well Hispanic female governors.
Martinez was not this conventions Barack Obama circa 2004. But she set the table for Ryan who spoke immediately after.
And she made a seat for herself at the national party table too.
