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Tuesday, November 8, 2005
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Re-litigating the war?
Bull Moose: "As W. looks more and more like a plutocratic weakling, this is an opportunity for muscular progressives to emerge. In particular, the Democrats must offer a credible, hawkish alternative to the GOP on national security. Have any national Democratic leaders recently even mentioned the enemy of jihadist terror? The real scandal of this Administration is failing to provide adequate resources for the military and planning for the post-war period. Yet, all of the Democratic focus is on re-litigating the war."
Category: 2008 Presidential Election
8:57:43 PM 
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Hickenlooper says he's not going to run for Governor (again)
Mayor Hickenlooper is still the darling in the eyes of many who are still hoping to draft him to run for Governor, according to the Rocky Mountain News [November 8, 2005, "Hick's partisans step up pressure to run for guv"]. From the article, "No matter how many times and how many ways Denver Mayor John Hickenlooper says he's not running for the Democratic nomination for governor, admirers are hoping for a change of heart. To prod him along, a group called Draft Hick sent out a blast e-mail Monday, urging Coloradans to push the mayor to run."
Category: Denver November 2006 Election
6:54:51 AM
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Legal Pot?
Cindy Rodriquez weighs in on I-100 in her column in today's Denver Post [November 8, 2005, "Pot smoking best kept underground"]. She writes, "I don't think legalizing marijuana is necessary - unless we were to do so for medicinal purposes. If folks want to smoke in their homes, the chances of getting busted are slim. Police don't have the time, or the authority, to do random checks. If they're knocking on someone's door it's probably because someone did something to call attention to themselves - like blaring Metallica at 3 a.m. Besides, I know where this is leading: to get the government to legalize marijuana for all adults, everywhere. Tvert envisions 'a system of tax and regulation where private people are licensed to grow and sell.' Just what we need: more government regulations. Put it in the private sector and the business world would create even more consumers by marketing it the way they do most products - with sex."
From today's Denver Post: "Four Denver teachers had opted into Denver Public Schools' pay-for-performance plan by Monday, and another 140 were in the queue to be enrolled, officials said. Monday was the first day to opt into ProComp, a first-of- its-kind salary plan that rewards teachers for how well students do in class and removes them from the traditional union-negotiated step system. Denver voters last week approved a $25 million tax increase to fund the plan."
Here's the coverage from the Rocky Mountain News [November 8, 2005, "ProComp under way"].
Category: Denver November 2005 Election
6:30:52 AM
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Theocracy in the U.S.?
Diane Carman looks at Gary Hart and using one's religion in politics in her column in today's Denver Post [November 8, 2005, "Hart tackles divine view in politics"]. She writes, "Back in the day, back when Gary Hart was running for office, candidates kept their religious faith to themselves. Sure, even in the 1970s there was the obligatory pre-election photo op with the family on the church steps. But using religion to get elected in the post-World War II era was considered bad form. Memories of genocide and religious persecution were still too fresh for any leader to dare suggest that his actions in office would be dictated by his religion." She quotes Hart as saying, "There are no great leaders of our time. None."
Previous coverage here.
The high cost of health care will certainly be a big issue in the 2008 Presidential election. Here's an opinion piece on the subject from today's Denver Post [November 8, 2005, "Health care overhaul radical"]. From the article, "And now comes a health care overhaul potentially more radical than anything Hillary Rodham Clinton ever dared. No Rose Garden speech celebrated the extraordinary idea. It is tucked into a concise chapter of the voluminous report of President Bush's tax revision commission, a panel the White House created to help jump-start Bush's moribund second term. The grand idea is to sharply limit the amount of health insurance premiums that employees buying insurance through their jobs can receive as tax-free compensation. This tax subsidy is the major way the government promotes the purchase of private health insurance. It is why Americans who can't afford to purchase insurance on their own - that's most of us - cling to work-based policies. The job-based system is so embedded in American life that Clinton's health care task force deliberately left it intact, and tried instead to fill the gaps around it."
And what of the War in Iraq? Here's an opinion piece from today's Denver Post detailing the effects of the war on Ohio voters [November 8, 2008 "Iraq war shaping political futures"]. From the article, "Far more than anything else, the voices in Columbus suggest that the president's biggest problem - and therefore the Republicans' biggest worry - is the unresolved and uncertain struggle in Iraq. Bring it to some sort of satisfactory conclusion and all the other issues confronting the administration at home and abroad probably become manageable. But let it drag on for another year of deaths and frustrations - and you are really tempting the fates."
Category: 2008 Presidential Election
6:23:51 AM
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