Coyote Gulch

Monday, August 9, 2004

2004 Presidential Election
Taegan Goddard: "Here are the latest state polls on the presidential race: Florida - Kerry 47%, Bush 45% (Rasmussen); Pennsylvania - Kerry 46%, Bush 45% (Rasmussen); New Jersey - Kerry 52%, Bush 32% (Star-Ledger/Eagleton); Ohio - Bush 47%, Kerry 44% (Columbus Dispatch)"
Time: "Just as the Democratic Party convention gave the Kerry campaign very little "bounce" in the polls, so have last week's elevated terror alerts had only limited impact on an electorate already largely decided, according to the latest TIME poll. Senator John Kerry leads President Bush among likely voters by a margin of 48% to 43%, with Ralph Nader running at 4%. Kerry's lead has risen only slightly from immediately before the Democratic Convention, when polls found him edging out Bush by 46% - 43%, with Nader at 5%." Time reports only 3% of voters as undecided.
Taegan Goddard: "National polls just out. A Democracy Corps poll shows Kerry leading Bush 49% to 44%. An Investors Business Daily poll shows Kerry leading Bush 45% to 42%."
Polling Report: "PollingReport.com National Trial Heat summary."
Taegan Goddard: "Here are the latest state polls on the presidential race: Hawaii - Kerry 48%, Bush 41% (Star-Bulletin); Ohio - Kerry 46%, Bush 45% (Rasmussen); Maine - Kerry 48%, Bush 44% (Rasmussen); Washington - Kerry 50%, Bush 44% (Rassmussen)."
6:07:00 AM

Colorado Water
There may be hope for migrating whooping cranes as far as water in the Platte river goes, according to an editorial in the Denver Post [August 9, 2004, "A solution on Platte River fight"]. From the article, "Colorado, Wyoming and Nebraska residents gave federal agencies an earful recently about plans to keep enough water in the Platte River to save whooping cranes and other endangered species. But the feds deserve credit: Habitat loss and conflicts among water users on the central Platte River must be resolved; the question is how much pain any interest group suffers. A plan envisioned by the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service offers a sensible, cooperative solution among the states and the feds, and gives some certainty to farmers and towns that use the Platte River. Other options would inflict worse economic pain, take longer to implement and be less effective in saving endangered species."
Denver Water will be releasing stored water to downstream users on the Colorado river to satisfy an agreement with the Federal government, according to the Rocky Mountain News [August 9, 2004, "Water payback not a drop in the bucket"]. From the article, "Denver Water must give the Western Slope an amount of water equal to almost 10 percent of what the utility uses each year, dropping reservoir levels noticeably even as Denver considers lifting watering restrictions. Under an agreement with the federal government, Denver Water must release 26,439 acre-feet of water from its reservoirs by late fall. The unusual debt payment is enough water for more than 50,000 households. The water will head down the Colorado River to farmers in the Grand Junction region."
5:47:47 AM

Denver November 2004 Election
Tomorrow is primary day here in Colorado. Don't fail to go to the polls if you haven't already voted by mail or in the early voting. You can download a list of polling places here.
Denver Democrats will choose the next District Attorney tomorrow, as there are no Republicans in the race. Here's an article from the Denver Post about the race [August 8, 2004, "Denver DA hopefuls talk up experience"].
Here's a story about how the the four candidates for U.S. Senate spent the last weekend before the primary [August 9, 2004, "Senate candidates, backers fan out for pre-primary pitches"].
Here's a story from the Denver Post with details about each candidate and their appeals to undecided voters [August 8, 2004, "Senate hopefuls eye undecideds in homestretch"].
I missed this article about a Denver Post poll in the Democratic primary that ran on Friday [August 6, 2004, "Poll: Salazar leaving Miles in campaign-trail dust"]. From the article, "Salazar won support from 67 percent of the 400 likely Democratic voters polled Aug. 2-4. Miles had 21 percent. Twelve percent were undecided. The poll had a margin of error of 5 percentage points."
Westword quizzes the candidates for U.S. Senate on the issues.
Update: Ed Cone: "The Erskine Bowles (U.S. Senate - North Carolina) campaign announces that it raised over $25,000 from 261 donors in a blog-and-email-driven effort. It took four days, including a weekend, in the dog days of August. Incremental cost to the campaign to run the mini-fundraiser: approximately $0."
Update: Colorado Luis: "Happy Blogiversary to me." May you live to blog 100 years, Luis, with one extra year to repent.
5:31:53 AM

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