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Friday, April 23, 2004

2004 Presidential Election
President Bush and Senator Kerry have identified the same states as battleground states, according to NHPrimary.com. From the article, "In their initial private assessments, advisers to President Bush and Sen. John F. Kerry see the United States divided almost exactly in half, with both sides identifying virtually the same states as likely to determine November's winner. An enormous overlap in early spending on political ads by the two camps underscores this convergence. Bush, Kerry and two interest groups supporting the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee already have bought television advertisements in 16 states that split narrowly between Bush and Al Gore in 2000. Strikingly, the campaigns also believe that both Bush and Kerry begin their battle with about 200 electoral votes leaning their way, of the 270 needed for election. And strategists for the two candidates point to Ohio as the single state most likely to pick the victor if the race remains close...In the Southwest, Democrats are counting on the growing Latino population to help Kerry hold New Mexico - which Gore carried by just 366 votes in 2000 - and take from Bush Arizona, Nevada and perhaps Colorado."
RasmussenReports.com: "New Hampshire still close Kerry 47% Bush 45%." Thanks to Taegan Goddard: for the link.
7:11:52 PM

Denver November 2004 Election
The RTD Board approved the FasTracks proposal last night, according to the Denver Post [April 23, 2004, "RTD finalizes FasTracks"]. FasTracks would add five new rail lines from downtown Denver to Golden, Arvada/Wheat Ridge, Boulder/Longmont, north Adams County and Denver International Airport. Another new rail line would run in the Interstate 225 corridor. All would be completed by 2015. Other improvements would be finished by the following year under RTD's proposal. To pay for the bulk of FasTracks, RTD needs voters to approve an increase in the agency's sales tax from the current 0.6 percent to 1 percent." Here's the coverage from the Rocky Mountain News [April 23, 2004, "RTD board OKs $4.7 billion FasTracks plan"].
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