Denver November 2004 Election
Mike Miles and Ken Salazar got together yesterday to debate the issues at KBDI studios, according to the Rocky Mountain News [July 20, 2004, "Candidates agree: 'De-Halliburton' Iraq"]. From the article, "Salazar criticized Miles' call for universal health care coverage as 'way, way to the left' of the proposal unsuccessfully backed a decade ago by then-first lady Hillary Clinton...It (the debate) will air at 9 p.m. Friday on KBDI (Channel 12). Miles replied that Salazar's plan for tax credits to help small businesses pay for health insurance would cost more than universal health care, and he took exception to the way Salazar dismissed his proposal as socialized medicine...The references segued from Eastern Europe to the Middle East, specifically, the conflict in Iraq. Miles called for turning over the contracts for rebuilding Iraq - contracts that have netted more than $1 billion for Halliburton, formerly headed by Vice President Dick Cheney - to Iraqis and international agencies."
The Rocky article also says, "Coming next: Showdown between Democratic candidates for Denver district attorney: Beth McCann, Mitch Morrissey and John Walsh," but does not list any details.
The Denver Post is profiling Peter Coors today [July 20, 2004, "Coors' image tempers inexperience"]. From the article, "Coors - an untested politician whose entry into the U.S. Senate race was hailed by Republican power brokers from the White House to the Governor's Mansion - offers the Grand Old Party a made-for-TV candidate with a multimillion-dollar smile. His message mostly is chamber-of-commerce Republicanism: Taxes are too high, government is too big, lawyers are too greedy. But he also surprised moderates by endorsing a federal constitutional amendment to ban gay marriage - even though his company provides benefits to same-sex partners."
Here's an article about voter registration from the Denver Post [July 20, 2004, "Registration with Dems, GOP up from '00 election"]. From the article, "Registration numbers in advance of the Aug. 10 primary show a total of 2,842,664 voters registered in the state. Of those, 36.8 percent are Republicans, 30.2 percent are Democrats and 32.5 percent are unaffiliated. In 2000, in advance of the presidential election, 35.4 percent were Republicans, 29.9 percent were Democrats and 34.3 percent of the 2,883,948 voters were unaffiliated. Registration numbers released Monday by the secretary of state's office show registration up by 21,126 voters this year, compared with 2002."
Update: Newsday.com: "The Internet has become the third running mate in the presidential marathon, transforming coverage of the race into a nanosecond news cycle." Thanks to Taegan Goddard for the link.
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