Wednesday, February 7, 2007

? for president? Political Wire: "A new Quinnipiac poll finds Rudy Giuliani leading Sen. John McCain in a Florida Republican presidential primary, 29% to 23%. Newt Gingrich is in third with 13%. On the Democratic side, Sen. Hillary Clinton is way ahead of the pack with 49% support. Sen. Barack Obama is second with 13%." Here's the link to Hillary Clinton's speech at the DNC Winter Meeting. For many, Bill Richardson stole the show You can catch Tom Vilsack on his website right now. He also has a YouTube page. Mike Gravel's speech featured a litmus test of sorts. If you voted for the war he's going to question your brainpower. Here's John Edwards using YouTube. Biden's website shows his lack of seriousness. We couldn't find video on Barack Obama's exploratory site. Political Wire: "A new Ayres, McHenry & Associates (R) poll finds Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) ahead of the other Republican candidates for president in South Carolina with 29%. Rudy Giuliani trails with 20%, followed by Newt Gingrich with 14% and Mitt Romney with 6%." John McCain is angling for a career in fashion design if he fails to gain the presidency. Barack Obama: "It was because of these newfound understandings that I was finally able to walk down the aisle of Trinity United Church of Christ on 95th Street in the Southside of Chicago one day and affirm my Christian faith. It came about as a choice, and not an epiphany. I didn't fall out in church. The questions I had didn't magically disappear. But kneeling beneath that cross on the South Side, I felt that I heard God's spirit beckoning me. I submitted myself to His will, and dedicated myself to discovering His truth." "2008 pres" 5:48:01 PM

Healthcare Colorado Confidential: "It's not often that labor unions and businesses find issues they agree on, but apparently there is at least one. It was announced today that the Service Employees International Union (SEIU) will join forces with companies including Wal-Mart and AT&T to address the lack of health care coverage in the United States." "2008 pres" 5:42:14 PM

Mike Dino to lead DNC host committee? Here's an update on the 2008 Democratic National Convention from the Denver Post. From the article, "The group organizing the 2008 Democratic National Convention wants Democratic strategist Michael Dino to head the staff. Two sources confirmed Monday that Dino will be named executive director of Denver's host committee this week. He is the senior policy adviser at Patton Boggs LLP. Dino has a long track record in Denver politics. He was a leader of Denver Mayor Wellington Webb's 1995 runoff campaign and served as a senior adviser under Webb. And Dino has connections to three of the state's top Democrats. He was a campaign adviser to both Gov. Bill Ritter and U.S. Rep. Ed Perlmutter, D-Colo., last year. He was also campaign chairman in 2003 for Denver Mayor John Hickenlooper. Under Webb, Dino gained event experience as executive director of Denver's 1997 Summit of the Eight Task Force." "2008 pres" 7:05:12 AM

New rules for mercury emissions From Environment Colorado: "Today, the Air Quality Control Commission voted unanimously to adopt new rules that will reduce mercury pollution from coal-fired power plants 90% by 2018. The rules stem from a hard-fought agreement negotiated among environmental groups, public health officials, local governments, and utilities... "Specifically, the new rules will do the following: require two largest coal-fired power plants and emitters of mercury pollution, the Pawnee and Rawhide energy stations, to begin clean-up immediately and reduce mercury pollution 80% by 2012; require all coal plants to reduce mercury pollution 80% by 2014, and then 90% by 2018; prevent coal-fired power plants in Colorado from selling mercury pollution 'trading credits' to other polluters and encouraging mercury 'hot spots' to stay polluted." "colorado water" 6:34:29 AM

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