Coyote Gulch

Sunday, August 31, 2003

November 2003 Ballot
Here's an in-depth article from the Denver Post [August 31, 2003, "R.I. spins video lottery into gold"] about Video Lottery Terminals in Rhode Island. Amendment 33, if passed by the voters, will allow VLT terminals at 5 front range racetracks.
9:30:37 AM

2004 Presidential Election
Diane Carman weighs in on the irrelevance of Colorado in Presidential politics (except as a place to raise money of course) in her column in the Denver Post [August 31, 2003, "State again an outsider in 2004 vote"]. According to Carman, "Your vote may count in a U.S. Senate race, the occasional competitive House of Representatives contest and certainly in most local elections. But when it comes to picking a president or influencing the selection of a nominee, voters here are irrelevant."
Here's an article from the Scripps Howard News Service [August 31, 2003, "Before they were candidates: The politicians' past jobs"] containing a short profile of the main candidates in the Presidential race covering the past jobs of each of the candidates. Thanks to NHPrimary.com for the link.
The Daily Kos has results from a recent CBS News national poll on the race for the Democratic nomination.
8:25:44 AM

2003 Denver Mayoral Transition
The Rocky Mountain News [August 30, 2003, "Rating Hick's picks"] printed an editorial yesterday about Mayor Hickenlooper's appointments so far. The Mayor has only appointed about half of the people he says he needs. They praise the diversity of the appointments but take issue with the lack of registered Republicans. The Rocky seems to think that fiscal conservatives only wear Republican clothing, "We wouldn't expect the mayor's staff to even come close to a partisan split, of course; Hickenlooper is a Democrat in a heavily Democratic city. But his campaign did appeal to fiscal conservatives, and his support in neighborhoods with substantial Republican constituencies was notably strong." Maybe the Rocky can get the Mayor in touch with Tom DeLay. DeLay is the current expert on increasing Republican representation.
8:06:36 AM

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