Martinez Approval Still Weak But She Still May Get Way On Budget;, Plus: Higher Ed Secretary Shies Away From Sweeping Reforms But Others Don't, And: Pearce Evens Up Optics With Grisham

Gov. Martinez's long lame duck walk continues. Her latest approval rating in the PPP poll is 42 percent, the same as in the Research and Polling survey last September. The PPP poll, which is run by Dems, also says 57 percent of respondents "disapprove" of her performance. But that would mean only one percent are undecided about her. The liberal group ProgressNowNM, which commissioned the poll,