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Sunday, November 20, 2005
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Oval Office 2008: "Opinion polls taken this far ahead of the 2008 presidential election are, of course, completely meaningless. But they're all the fun we're allowed the have right now, so we might as well make the most of them. Associated Press - carried by WCAX-3 TV in Burlington, Vt. - reports that a nationwide poll conducted by Canisius College 'shows former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani beating Senator Hillary Clinton if the 2008 presidential election were held today.' (Note that AP says 'the 2008 presidential election' rather than just 'the next presidential election'. I like to think that there really are pollsters out there asking questions about dated events being held on the wrong date. 'If the Fourth of July were held on the Twentieth of November, would you expect the fireworks to be bigger or smaller?") Giuliani doesn't just beat Hillary - he wins big: 54 to 38 per cent."
Elevated Voices: "I lean towards opposing the bid for the DNC convention. Denver has far more in common with Boston than New York or LA. I think the image boon will be temporary and the expenses the city will incur could be better spent elsewhere, such as on programs that benefit our own citizens. Let[base ']s make Denver the best it can be for us, rather than investing huge sums to showcase ourselves to others."
Category: 2008 Presidential Election
5:55:06 PM 
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Here's an opinion piece on Intelligent Design from today's Denver Post [November 20, 2005, "Science and religion face off"]. From the article, "With controversies raging over the teaching of intelligent design in the classroom, people on opposite sides of the debate seem to agree on one thing: The answer is 'no.' They frame the issue in black-and-white terms, leaving no room for nuance and ambiguity. In doing so, they implacably pit religion and science against each other, harming both. On one side of the debate stand proponents of intelligent design, most notably at the Center for Science and Culture of the Discovery Institute in Seattle. They say they do not reject evolution outright, just the idea that complex biological structures can evolve by natural selection alone, without intervention by an intelligent designer. And they claim that their theory is not a religious concept because it says nothing about the nature of the designer. These are soothing words intended to obscure the real agenda of intelligent design's proponents: the destruction of modern evolutionary biology in pursuit of a religious agenda. There is nothing nuanced about this."
Political Wire: "Democratic insiders have raised from 'possible' to 'probable' the prospect of presidential bids in 2008 by New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson and Sen. Joseph Biden of Delaware,' Robert Novak reports."
Category: 2008 Presidential Election
8:42:41 AM
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