Coyote Gulch

Sunday, November 19, 2006

Women and politics
Daily Kos: "In the most general terms, women were critical to the ascension of Democrats in this election."
"2008 pres"
8:53:27 AM

Dem convention in Denver?

Here's an update on Denver's bid to host the 2008 Democratic National Convention, from the Denver Post. They write, "Democratic National Committee chairman Howard Dean is touting Western political victories, but that alone will not land Denver the 2008 party convention. Fundraising remains the primary concern for the man who alone will decide whether Democrats nominate their next presidential candidate in Denver or New York City, a Denver official said. Debbie Willhite, executive director of Denver's host committee, met with Dean in Jackson Hole this weekend during a gathering of the Association of State Democratic Chairs to talk about the decision Dean is expected to make before the end of the year. Willhite said the November elections could hardly have gone better for Denver's bid, but she said the city will need more money quickly to win the convention."

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"2008 pres"
8:37:36 AM

Moderates on the rise?
Fred Brown offers up some analysis of the recent election in his column in today's Denver Post. He writes, "After the 2004 election, a number of hard-line Democrats complained they'd never win again unless the party 'returned to its base.' Go left, in other words. Democrats should stop trying to act like Republicans, the argument went. To heck with the Clintonesque "third way"; forget moderation and accommodation. Now we're hearing similar noise from the right. The Republicans have taken "a thumpin'," as the president articulated it, in the 2006 elections. And so now there's a clamor, offstage right, to take a harder line. Colorado's own James Dobson says Republicans have betrayed 'values voters,' and those voters 'are not going to carry the water for the Republican Party if it ignores their deeply held convictions and beliefs.' The message is virtually the same. Beware bipartisanship! Moderation is abomination! But if anything should be clear from the elections just passed, it's the opposite of this argument. Democrats didn't win because they swerved left; they won with candidates who offered non-threatening centrist positions."
"2008 pres"
8:15:37 AM