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Building a Green Economy

Adele Stan | Posted 08.21.2008 | Politics

Read More: Poliitcs, Dnc, James-K.-Galbraith, Tom-Plant, Vestas, Van-Jones, Oakleigh-Thorne, Wind-Power, The-Predator-State, Thorne-Insititute, Democratic-National-Convention, Green Living, News, Carla-Din, Renewable-Energy, Apollo-Alliance, Colorado, Live-From-Main-Street, Politics News
Adele Stan

We all say we want to go green, but do we all see the same kinds of change when we imagine an eco-friendly economy? In Denver, Colo., Tom Plant, dire...

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Danish Wind Turbine Company to Outsource 1350 Jobs -- to Colorado

David Sassoon | Posted 08.20.2008 | Green

Read More: Environment, Renewable Energy, Wind Power, Colorado, Green News
David Sassoon

Denmark's Vestas announced it was investing $120 million in a new factory in Colorado -- on top of $200 million it's already sinking into another factory -- which will bring 1350 new jobs to the state.

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Our New Ad on Bob Schaffer's Shameful Record

Jon Soltz | Posted 08.20.2008 | Politics

Read More: Political Ads, Iraq, Votevets, Aspect Energy, votevets.org, Colorado, Bob Schaffer, Politics News
Jon Soltz

As one of our veterans says in the ad, "I went to Iraq for my country. Bob Schaffer went to Iraq for a big oil company."

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McCain to Colorado: Drop Dead!

Joseph Romm | Posted 08.17.2008 | Politics

Read More: John McCain, Water, Colorado, Climate Change, Colorado River, Colorado River Compact, Global Warming, Politics News
Joseph Romm

In theory McCain should know that the West is going to get hotter and drier. Needless to say, Coloradans do not see things the way that the senator from Arizona does.

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Obama's Biggest Advantage Yet: Early Voting

Mark Nickolas | Posted 08.14.2008 | Politics

Read More: Montana, North Dakota, John McCain, Barack Obama Ground Game, New Mexico, Early Voting, Barack Obama Field Operation, Indiana, Nevada, Barack Obama, Organization, North Carolina, Colorado, Obama Early Voting, Politics News
Mark Nickolas

It's really mind-boggling that the B team running the McCain operation is ceding such a massive on-the-ground strategic advantage to the Obama campaign.

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Jared Polis Wins Historic Victory in CO-02

Lane Hudson | Posted 08.13.2008 | Politics

Read More: Responsible Plan to End the War in Iraq, Jared Polis, Colorado, Politics News
Lane Hudson

This is historic. Jared is the first openly gay man elected to an open seat in Congress (pending the General Election in a heavily Dem District). Guess what. His sexuality was not even an issue.

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Gotta Be There At Invesco Field

Calvin Gipson | Posted 08.12.2008 | Home

Read More: Change We Can Believe In, Democratic Convention, Fans, Yes We Can, Candidate, Election 08, Denver University, Speech, Miley Cypress, Colorado, Obama, Broncos, Green, Nomination, Denver, Civil Rights, Barack Obama, African-American, Caroline Kennedy, 75, Invesco Field, Hope, Vote, 000, Change, Hannah Montana, Crowd, Tickets, Historical, Believe, Home News
Calvin Gipson

Yes, I admit I'm caught up in Obamamania. I have been one of the fans (as the McCain campaign likes to describe me) ever since I saw Obama speak in January at Denver University.

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Colorado Creating World's First Fossil Fuel-Free Community

EcoGeek | Jaymi Heimbuch | Posted 08.12.2008 | Green

Read More: Sustainable Community, Sustainable Townhouse, Arvada Colorado, Colorado, Green Living, Sustainable Homes, Fossil Fuel-Free Community, Geos, Green News

Hybrid cars are neat. Cutting back on energy is pretty cool. But what about cutting out fossil fuels entirely in your living space? It's not an easy ...

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Colorado Considers Large-Scale Solar

Rocky Mountain News | Gargi Chakrabarty | Posted 08.07.2008 | Green

Read More: Energy, Solar Energy, Environment Colorado, Green, Green News, Solar Energy Projects, Colorado Energy Plan, Green Living, Green Energy, Solar Power, Colorado, Solar Panels, Environment, Green News

Electricity produced from Colorado's bright, hot sun could supply half the state's peak demand during summer, helping 1.7 million homes crank up their...

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McCain's Problem with White Voters

Paul Jenkins | Posted 08.04.2008 | Politics

Read More: Barack Obama, Polls, African-American Voters, North Dakota, Ronald Reagan, Affirmative Action, George W. Bush, Colorado, Immigration, Michael Dukakis, Arizona, West Virgnia, South Dakota, Mark Penn, Democratic Party, Missouri, Echo Boom, Nevada, Virginia, Montana, Cuban-Americans, New Mexico, Latino Voters, John Kerry, New Hampshire, Ohio, Plains, Racism, Mississippi, Republican Party, Northeast, North Carolina, African-American Issues, Bill Clinton, Latino Issues, Alaska, Florida, John McCain, Karl Rove, Appalachia, Presidential Election, Texas, Baby Boom, Pennsylvania, Minnesota, Young Voters, Midwest, Wisconsin, Advertising, Michigan, Iowa, Georgia, South Carolina, Hispanic Voters, George H. W. Bush, Hillary Clinton, Southern Issues, Dnc, Libertarian Party, Indiana, White Voters, Politics News
Paul Jenkins

It is McCain who needs to score exceptionally well among white voters, better in fact than any other Republican presidential candidate in the past 20 years, including George H. W. Bush.

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What Pickens Has Right, What He Has Wrong

ClimateProgress | Posted 07.28.2008 | Green

Read More: Wind Power, T. Boone Pickens, Joe Romm, Alternative Energy, Economy, Pickens Plan, Oil, Jobs, Colorado, Texas, Natural Gas, Green News

Everybody's been talking Pickens lately, but ClimateProgress gets down and dirty. For some of the most complete analysis of the "Pickens Plan," read o...

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James Dobson's Toilet Politics

Christine Wicker | Posted 07.22.2008 | Home

Read More: Gay Rights, The Fall of the Evangelical Nation, James Dobson, Christianity, Christine Wicker, Evangelicals, Colorado, Anti-Discrimination Law, Focus on the Family, Bill Ritter, Tom Minnery, Home News
Christine Wicker

How does a transvestite go to the toilet? I don't mean anatomically. I mean locationally, as in to which bathroom? I never thought about it until Focus on the Family began battling Colorado's new anti-discrimination bill.

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National Guard Rents 500-Plus Hotel Rooms For Democratic Convention

Colorado Independent | Posted 07.21.2008 | Home

Read More: Hotel Reservations Denver, Denver U.S. Army, Denver National Guard, National Guard Denver, Army Hotel Rooms Denver, Hotel Reservations Convention, Security Democratic Convention, Colorado, Denver, Home News
Colorado Independent

The U.S. Army and Colorado National Guard have announced intentions to reserve more than 500 hotel rooms for lodging during the Democratic National Co...

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Rest In Peace Patsy Ramsey

Diane Dimond | Posted 07.12.2008 | Media

Read More: Murder, John Ramsey, Victims of Crime, Beauty Pageant, District Attorney of Boulder Colorado, Jon Benet Ramsey, Dna Testing, John Mark Karr, Christmas 1996, Touch Testing, Boulder, Colorado, Hard Copy, Ed Gelb, Patsy Ramsey, Media News
Diane Dimond

In 2000 I was assigned to cover a lecture given by John and Patsy Ramsey to a group of young journalists. In a twist on the Golden Rule, Patsy said, "Don't go forward and do to others what has been done to us." Good advice for all of us.

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Obama Supporters Woo 18,000 New Citizens In L.A.

Ryan Rivera | Posted 07.11.2008 | Home

Read More: Citizenship, Al Gore, Bill Clinton, John McCain, Citizenship USA, Colorado, Barack Obama, California, Nevada, Naturalization, New Mexico, Bill Foote, Latino, New Citizen, David Shippers, Home News
Ryan Rivera

McCain's California supporters swear the Golden State is in play, yet skipped an opportunity to register 18,000 new citizens at the L.A. Convention Center. Obama's minions, of course, were out in force.

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Sam Stein

GOP Senate Candidate Pushed Oil Deal Detrimental To U.S.-Iraq Policy

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 07.11.2008 | Politics

Read More: Schaffer Aspect, Schaffer Oil, Mark Udall, Colorado Senate Seat, Schaffer President Bush, Schaffer Kurdistan, Bob Schaffer, Schaffer Iraq, Colorado, Schaffer Senate, Udall, Warwire, Politics News

At the same time that he was officially a candidate for the United States Senate, Colorado Republican Bob Schaffer was helping to arrange a major oil ...

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McCain Opens Southwest HQ Amid Protests

Dawn Teo | Posted 07.01.2008 | Home

Read More: Nevada, 2008 Elections, John McCain, New Mexico, West, Colorado, Arizona, Southwest, Barack Obama, Home News
Dawn Teo

During the grand opening of the McCain Campaign Ariz. headquarters Friday, a couple of hundred supporters showed up and at least half that number protested outside in the 110 degree heat.

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Blue Laws Repealed, Sunday Beer Sales Legal In Colorado

CNNMoney.com | Douglas Quenqua | Posted 07.01.2008 | Business

Read More: Colorado Beer, Prohibition Laws, Blue Laws Repealed, Beer on a Sunday, Blue Laws, Beer, Sunday Beer Sales, Colorado, Colorado Beer Laws, Business News

(Fortune Small Business) -- On Sundays, Jeanne McEvoy sits in the office of her Loveland, Colo., liquor store and turns away customers. She would, na...

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Rocky Mountain Conservation Land Deal Tops $500 Million, Largest Of Its Kind

AP | MATT GOURAS | Posted 07.01.2008 | Green

Read More: Environment, Rocky Mountains, Colorado, Rocky Mountains Land Deal, Conservation, Rocky Mountain Conservation Deal, Green News

HELENA, Mont. — Some of the most prized land in the northern Rocky Mountains is being protected from development in a conservation land deal hai...

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New Citizen Voters in Colorado

Ryan Rivera | Posted 06.27.2008 | Home

Read More: Citizenship, Ya Es Hora, Registration, Ciudadania, Nevada, Arizona, Colorado, Grace Lopez Ramirez, Barack Obama, Latino Voters, Southwest, Latina Initiative, Anna Sampaio, Mi Familia Vota, University of Colorado, John McCain, Home News
Ryan Rivera

Hundreds of thousands of new citizens will be casting their votes in November, and in the swinging Southwest, these disproportionately Latino and Democratic voters could cinch tight elections.

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Why President Obama Could Lose Ohio & Florida

Ari Melber | Posted 06.19.2008 | Politics

Read More: Mark Udall, Obama Electability, Ohio, Obama, Florida, Obama Electoral Map, Electoral College, 270, Electoral Map, Colorado, Barack Obama, Politics News
Ari Melber

If Obama can close the deal out West -- winning back Colorado, Nevada and New Mexico while simply holding the states that went for Kerry in 2004 -- then he can win.

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Almost Blue: The Obama-Dean Western Campaign

Dawn Teo | Posted 06.08.2008 | Home

Read More: Nevada, 2008 Elections, President, Alaska, New Mexico, Washington, Oregon, Texas, Congress, Colorado, Arizona, Idaho, Barack Obama, Kansas, California, Obama Coattails, Obama Western Strategy, Obama McCain, Obama Dean, Obama Down-Ticket Races, Obama West, Obama Howard Dean, Obama Down Ticket, Obama Mccain West, Obama DNC, Obama Congress, Home News
Dawn Teo

Obama's army goes deep behind enemy lines in the West. He and Dean are determined to compete in red states as a matter of strategy, forcing McCain to spend money and resources on his own turf.

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Former Clinton-Gore Campaign Chair: "This Race Is Over, Over."

M.S. Bellows, Jr. | Posted 05.13.2008 | Home

Read More: Quit, West Virginia, Electibility, Democratic Primary, Superdelegates, Jack Johnson, Oregon, Roy Romer, Electability, Colorado, Hillary Clinton, Drop Out, Barack Obama, Home News
M.S. Bellows, Jr.

In Roy Romer's endorsement of Obama, it came down to the map and the math. "It is different kind of winning possibility that Senator Obama was presenting to the party.... This nation is evolving."

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Clinton: Not Exactly The Great White Hope

Paul Jenkins | Posted 04.26.2008 | Politics

Read More: Nebraska, George W. Bush, Colorado, General Election, Media, Electoral College, China, South Dakota, Nevada, Virginia, Ohio, Superdelegates, West, Racism, North Carolina, African-American Issues, Bill Clinton, Islam, Alaska, John McCain, Rural Voters, Presidential Election, Clintons, Texas, Pennsylvania, Democrats, Minnesota, Barack Obama, Idaho, Japan, Midwest, Religion, Urban Issues, Muslims, South, Iowa, San Francisco, Hillary Clinton, Republicans, Indiana, White Voters, Politics News
Paul Jenkins

Were Hillary the great rural white savior that her campaign is depicting, she would have been able to dispatch a presidential neophyte like Barack Obama.

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The Rise of the Ludlow Democrts

David Sirota | Posted 04.18.2008 | Politics

Read More: Labor, Colorado, Bill Riter, Bill Ritter, Ludlow Democrats, Politics News
David Sirota

In the last year and a half, Colorado Gov. Bill Ritter (D) has been repeatedly asked the age-old labor question: Which side are you on? And he has repeatedly answered that question by taking business's side.

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