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A Woman in Both Houses
My Career in New Mexico Politics
Pauline Eisenstadt
Foreword by Jim Belshaw
University of New Mexico Press Albuquerque
2012 by the University of New Mexico Press
All rights reserved. Published 2012
Printed in the United States of America
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Eisenstadt, Pauline, 1938
A woman in both houses : my career in New Mexico politics /
Pauline Eisenstadt ; foreword by Jim Belshaw.
Pauline Eisenstadt ; foreword by Jim Belshaw.
p. cm.
Includes index.
ISBN 978-0-8263-5024-4 (pbk. : alk. paper) ISBN 978-0-8263-5025-1 (electronic)
1. Eisenstadt, Pauline, 1938
2. Women legislatorsNew MexicoBiography.
3. LegislatorsNew MexicoBiography.
4. New Mexico. Legislature. House of RepresentativesBiography.
5. New Mexico. Legislature. SenateBiography.
6. New MexicoPolitics and government1951
7. WomenPolitical activityNew Mexico.
I. Title.
F801.4.E47A3 2012
328.73'092dc22
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All images, unless otherwise noted, are courtesy of the author.
Dedicated to my grandchildren
Natalia, Paola, Spencer, and Holly, Eisenstadts all.
At the end of the day I hope you will have great stories and no regrets.
Foreword
By Jim Belshaw
B y turns entertaining, informative, and insightful, this memoir by one of New Mexicos most astute political veterans finds wisdom taking numerous forms, not the least of which is humor, which Pauline Eisenstadt tells us is a quality of great and lasting value. So lets look at what may be my favorite moment in this marvelous memoir.
The year was 2009. Pauline and her husband, Mel, had lived in Corrales since 1975. She held elective office for twelve years and had been involved in community affairs for more than thirty years. On a Sunday, she and Mel walked along the Rio Grande when they came upon a friend who was walking with another woman.
S topping to visit, Paulines friend introduced the woman, identifying Pauline by her full namePauline Eisenstadt.
The woman paused a moment and said, I know that name.
She mulled this over another moment and said, You used to be somebody.
Indeed, she used to be somebody.
She is the first woman to have served in both the New Mexico House and Senate. Those years saw her working with four governorstwo Democrats: Bruce King and Toney Anaya; and two Republicans: Garrey Carruthers and Gary Johnson.
In the House and Senate, she served with some of the most memorable names in New Mexico political historyManny Aragon, Raymond Sanchez, Max Coll, and a host of others who need little or no introduction to those who follow New Mexico politics closely or do nothing more than give the front page of a newspaper a cursory glance. She was not only witness to a great deal of New Mexicos political history, she was an active participant. She, in fact, made much of that history herself.
Pauline Eisenstadt shares a wealth of experience and knowledge in this book. On one level, it is a good read, engaging and lively, but it goes well beyond that level and into another that is marked by understanding and good judgment about where we have been and where we might go. While politics certainly play a major role in her look back over thirty years of community service, she instructs us in the art of governance, as well.
She begins each chapter with an epigraph from various historical figures to set the tone of the chapter. One stands out to me as setting the tone for the entire book as well as her long career. It comes from Vaclav Havel, former president of the Czech Republic: Genuine politics is simply a matter of serving those around us: serving the community and serving those who will come after us. Its deepest roots are moral because it is a responsibility expressed through action to and for the whole.
Early on, she says it is her hope that this memoir will be of value to young people with political aspirations and that it will provide insight into how the system works or doesnt work in Santa Fe. She hopes the book will inspire people to become involved in their communities and to ensure that their leaders do their jobs with honesty, integrity and always leavened with good humor. It succeeds in these and all the other goals she has set for herself in this memoir.
I have already mentioned one of those moments of good humor. There are more. There is the lesson learned on the House floor about how one might see a bill defeated simply by answering a call from Mother Nature at the wrong time.
She speaks of the moment in the Senate when Manny Aragon came to her to enlist help with two of his projects. The paper he held in his hand had three columns. Two came under headings identifying the projects. The third identified those people who had earned a spot on a particular kind of list he thought it best to avoid.
There is the lunch in Washington with Representative Harold Mud Runnels, who upon hearing that she opposes his stand on energy issues, inquires as to whether she is a socialist. This is followed by a lunch hour lecture replete with graphs, charts, and notes scribbled on paper place mats.
The book is full of such moments. Pauline brings us to the floor of the House or Senate where we can see with intimacy and clarity how the governmental machinery operatesor doesnt. She takes us into the meeting rooms where much of the legislative work is done. We walk with her during campaigns, knocking on doors, compiling the nuts and bolts of a political campaign, the small details that will make the difference between victory and defeat.
Sound judgment makes appearances where one might not expect to find ita flight of sandhill cranes, perhaps.
Reflecting on the dangers of power being concentrated in the hands of a few for too long, she came to believe that over the long haul it was best to see some of kind of rotation in that power so it was diffused instead of remaining in the same hands. She found herself thinking about this one day at home as she looked skyward and saw the familiar V-formation of migrating cranes overhead. She asked a biologist friend how the cranes chose a leader for those long flights every year.
She tells us: He said they rotate the position because it is too hard on the leader to be in front too long. I have often thought the cranes have something to teach us about leadership and the need for change.
Like the cranes, Pauline Eisenstadt has something to teach us. She succeeds admirably.
Preface
D uring my dozen years in the New Mexico state legislature I have served with four governors and recent research has revealed that I am the first woman to have served in both the House and the Senate. That puts a smile on my face and reminds me of the honor I have had to serve as an elected official in our wonderful state of New Mexico, my chosen home.
It seems appropriate to begin this memoir with the assembling of the legislature in Santa Fe for the opening day of the legislative session. At the beginning of each session we would all assemble in the chamber of the House of Representatives to hear the State of the State address delivered by the governor in front of a packed chamber and gallery.
Opening day is the third Tuesday in January as established by the constitution, and there is a buzz in the air and usually its very cold outside. The guests on the podium always include former governors, lieutenant governors, former legislators, former judges, present Supreme Court judges, and other dignitaries. The introductions are read by the clerk of the House and everyone is greeted with a round of applause. It resembles a big family reunion with lots of hugs and handshakes, and hopes are high for great accomplishments to follow in the legislative session that is beginning.
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