In New Mexico, there’s a governor’s race between Susana Martinez, the Republican nominee, and Diane Denish, the Democratic nominee. Martinez would be the first female Hispanic governor in the United States. I don’t care about these things, of course: I regard people as people. But other people — especially Democrats — care about these things a lot. Indeed, it is their daily obsession. Denish is a paleface (for those keeping score).

And how is she attacking Martinez? By calling her a “Tejana” — a woman from Texas. Martinez, you see, grew up in El Paso. But she has lived in New Mexico since 1986. And she is “in her fourth term as the elected district attorney in Las Cruces.” I quote from this article.

Martinez doesn’t sound like too much of an outsider or carpetbagger to me. And if the worst the Democrats have on her is “Tejana” — well, our Republican heroine should breeze in. Moreover, I think a Tejana is a very fine thing to be: even if you’re running for governor of New Mexico.