New Mexico’s weak student test scores, and an ongoing debate on how to pay for pre-K education, are beginning to attract attention on the national political stage. On Thursday, Mark Meckler, one of the founders of the Tea Party Patriots, spoke to the New Mexico Business Coalition about the issue. Meckler, a national figure who has spoken on behalf of the conservative movement on Fox News, CNBC and others, said, “I started looking at New Mexico.