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Monday, May 14, 2007
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New West: "Maybe all that hob-nobbery with Hollywood is paying off: New Mexico Governor Bill Richardson's first TV ads are winning three and four stars from everyone from the Albuquerque Journal's Jim Belshaw to bloggers. Belshaw, whose column was reprinted on Hispanicbusiness.com, notes that comedy is pretty hard for a politician, but Richardson's ads are pretty darn funny. The ads are only playing locally in Iowa and New Hampshire. And YouTube, of course." Of course.
Andrew Sullivan: "Here's a list of Ron Paul's policy stances. He's a pro-life libertarian who voted against the Federal Marriage Amendment. He's for legalizing marijuana. And he got 60 percent of the vote in Texas.
"2008 pres"
6:51:19 PM 
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TalkingPointsMemo: "New poll finds 63% oppose military action against Iran."
"2008 pres"
6:43:07 PM
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TalkLeft: "Justice Department insiders use the term 'freefall' to describe the agency's present state. Falling today is Deputy Attorney General Paul McNulty."
Captain's Quarters: "It looks as though the going has gotten hotter over at Justice. Deputy Attorney General Paul McNulty has announced to aides that he will resign his post. This will put the Bush administration on a path with the Senate Judiciary Committee for a new confirmation hearing, which the White House had tried to avoid."
"2008 pres"
6:41:44 PM
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Wall Street Journal: "Backed by the largest Spanish-language broadcast network in the U.S., a massive campaign by Latino media and grass-roots groups to spur millions of eligible Hispanic residents to become U.S. citizens is showing results that could influence the agenda and outcome of the 2008 election. More than eight million green-card holders -- that is, legal permanent residents -- are eligible to become U.S. citizens, and the majority are immigrants of Latin American origin, according to U.S. government data. Now, Univision Communications Inc. is using its considerable clout with the Spanish-speaking community in the U.S. to turn this latent voting bloc into an active and potentially potent force. The citizenship drive, which is about to go national, could help turn Latinos into a key electoral constituency in several states. A larger bloc of new Latino voters would likely influence the immigration debate that has been dividing the country. In part because of this, Hispanic voters in recent elections have tended to cast ballots mostly for Democrats. For instance, in the 2006 congressional contest, Republican candidates who take a harder line on illegal immigrants than their rivals garnered only 31% of the Latino vote.
"Apart from immigration, Hispanics are animated by education and employment policies, so their greater participation could shape candidates' stances on those issues as well. Given past voting patterns, 'a surge in naturalizations will benefit Democrats at least twice as much as Republicans,' said Roberto Suro, director of the Pew Hispanic Center, a nonpartisan research organization. The impact could be biggest in Southwestern states such as Arizona, but it could reach as far as Florida, which recently has experienced a large influx of non-Cuban Hispanic immigrants."
"2008 pres"
8:02:07 AM
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Here's an in-depth look at the uranium mining proposal up in Weld County from the Rocky Mountain News. Read the whole article. Here's an excerpt, "Powertech, riding the red-hot uranium market, wants to pull the radioactive metal from 600 feet below the earth, but without using the typical mining tools - earthmovers, haul trucks and industrial-sized shovels. Instead, the company wants to poke hundreds of holes into the ground, push water deep into it, leach the uranium out of the ore, draw it back up to the surface and sort it out there. Called 'in-situ' mining, the technique is advertised as far less destructive and disruptive than conventional mining. As described in the letter to property owners, the technique has 'evolved to the point where it is a controllable, safe and environmentally benign method of mining, which can operate under strict environmental controls.' But some locals don't buy it...
"Uranium mining isn't new to Colorado, which ranks third among states for its uranium reserves, behind Wyoming and New Mexico. Uranium mines and milling plants dating from the World War II era dot the Western Slope. Regulators have spent decades cleaning up old uranium operations. Currently, 32 sites have active permits for uranium mining, according to the state's Division of Reclamation, Mining and Safety, all but one of them west of the Continental Divide. The only active Front Range site is in Jefferson County. Many see a new gold rush for the metal as nuclear power mounts a comeback in places such as China and India, where accelerating economies need new energy sources. The market for uranium has soared in recent years, with prices rising from $7 per pound in 2000 to $30 in 2005 to $60 in late 2006 to $120 this month."
"2008 pres"
6:15:21 AM
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