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  Friday, September 26, 2003



2004 Presidential Election

Update: Here's the coverage of yesterday's DNC debate from NHPrimary.com.

Here's an AP [September 26, 2003, "Candidates Target Dean During Debate"] story via the Rocky Mountain News about yesterday's DNC debate. From the article, "Their attacks on his stance on taxes, health care and trade were not new, and Dean was prepared for the criticism. His ire was provoked, however, when Missouri Rep. Dick Gephardt accused him of siding with former House Speaker Newt Gingrich - nemesis of the Democrats - in a fight over Medicaid in the mid-1990s. 'You've been saying for many months that you're the head of the Democratic wing of the Democratic Party,' Gephardt said. 'I think you're just winging it.' Dean grew visibly angry, mouthing, 'That's false,' while Gephardt spoke. New York activist Al Sharpton pleaded with Dean not to get too personal, and North Carolina Sen. John Edwards also asked that the Democrats focus their fire on President Bush. Edwards also took Dean to task for calling for a repeal of all of Bush's tax cuts. Edwards, along with Sens. John Kerry of Massachusetts and Joe Lieberman of Connecticut, said Dean's plan would result in higher taxes for the middle class. Kerry, who is chasing Dean in New Hampshire polls, also criticized him for taking credit for balancing Vermont's budget and for saying that the United States should insist its trading partners have equal labor and environment standards. Ohio Rep. Dennis Kucinich said he was surprised that Dean, a medical doctor, would promote a health insurance plan that doesn't cover every American. Neither do the plans offered by Kerry, Gephardt, Edwards or other candidates, but Kucinich only singled out Dean."

Here's a story from Wired News about some of the draft Wesley Clark gang feeling left out now that he has a campaign. There just doesn't seem to be a lot of positive buzz around Clark's campaign this week. From the article, "Gen. Wesley Clark's late-breaking presidential campaign is facing inevitable growing pains -- not the least of which is incorporating the Internet-based draft movement that convinced him to run. With the campaign barely a week old, some movement leaders say they have yet to receive any communication from campaign headquarters in Little Rock, Arkansas. That's to be expected as Clark builds a formal campaign apparatus, those leaders said. But an underlying fear is that the seasoned professionals Clark has recruited to run his campaign will run a traditional, hierarchical political campaign that won't square easily with the more anarchic and collaborative nature of the Internet-based draft movement." Click through to the Wired article, there's lots of good stuff there.
6:06:20 AM     



Denver November 2003 Election

Opponents of Quick Wins Two are planning to file an appeal today to get the initiative back on the ballot for the November election, according to the Rocky Mountain News [September 26, 2003, "Appeal planned on ballot measure"]. A Denver judge ruled earlier this week that the group had failed to collect signatures as laid out in the Denver Charter and state election law. From the article, "The group on Thursday asked Coughlin to stay his order, and today the group will file an appeal with the Colorado Court of Appeals. Coughlin did not immediately rule on the stay request. In a separate move Thursday, the Denver Election Commission decided to wait to see if Coughlin grants the stay before it changes the ballot. If Coughlin does not grant a stay today, the commission will strip the question from the ballot, said Assistant City Attorney David Broadwell. Quick Wins Two, which took effect in February, is designed to eliminate large-scale redevelopments and massive additions to homes in nearly two-thirds of Denver's neighborhoods. The zoning law restricts the sizes of homes and mandates that a portion of each lot be dedicated as open space. Pappas said proponents of Quick Wins won a victory by exploiting a loophole in the City Charter. City election guidelines don't require petitioners to include their names and addresses, but state law does."
5:37:52 AM     



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