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Friday, November 16, 2007
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Political Wire: "A new Research 2000 poll in Iowa shows Mitt Romney leading the Republican presidential race with 27%, followed by Mike Huckabee at 18%, Rudy Giuliani at 16%, Fred Thompson at 10%, and Sen. John McCain at 6%. This is the fourth poll in the last week that shows Huckabee solidly in second place and gaining on Romney. In the Democratic race, all three major candidates are close together -- a finding also echoed by most other recent polls -- with Sen. Hillary Clinton leading at 27%, Sen. Barack Obama at 25%, and John Edwards at 21%."
"2008 pres"
7:02:34 AM 
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Here's a recap of last night's Democratic debate in Nevada from The Rocky Mountain News. From the article:
Under pressure in a feisty debate, Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton accused her closest rivals Thursday night of slinging mud "right out of the Republican playbook" and leveled her sharpest criticism of the campaign at their records. "People are not attacking me because I'm a woman, they're attacking me because I'm ahead," Clinton said, striving to protect her standing as front-runner.
Long an advocate of universal health care, Clinton said Obama's proposal leaves millions uncovered and that Edwards did not support health care for all when he first ran for president in 2004. The three-way confrontation at the beginning of a debate reduced the other Democratic presidential hopefuls on the debate stage to the uncomfortable role of spectator, yet it perfectly captured the race for the party's nomination. Clinton leads in the nationwide polls, but recent surveys in Iowa show she is in a virtual dead heat with Obama and Edwards...
Richardson took verbal shots at Clinton and her two closest pursuers in the polls. He said Edwards is engaging in class warfare, Obama was trying to start a generational war and Clinton, "with all due respect with her plan on Iraq doesn't end the war. All I want to do is give peace a chance." Richardson was in the minority when the candidates were asked whether human rights could ever trump national security. He said it couldo Clinton said it could noto and Dodd said "obviously national security." Obama challenged the question, saying "the concepts are not contradictory." Clinton seemed intent on redeeming what even she conceded was a subpar performance at the previous debate, turning aside criticism and answering questions with ease...
Edwards was next to accuse Clinton of trying to have it both ways - with the war in Iraq, Social Security and defining the scope of President Bush's power to use military force against Iran. "She says she will bring change to Washington while she continues to defend a system that does not work, that is broken, that is rigged, that is corrupt," added the former North Carolina senator. "I've just been personally attacked again," Clinton broke in. "I don't mind taking hits on my record on issues, but when somebody starts throwing mud at least we can hope it's accurate and not right out of the Republican playbook."
Here's a roundup of articles about the debate from TalkLeft.
"2008 pres"
6:25:27 AM
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Powertech, the company hoping to mine uranium in Weld County has responded to U.S. Senator Ken Salazar's request for the EPA to fully evaluate the potential effects of the operation on the Denver Basin Aquifers, reports the Loveland Daily Reporter-Herald. From the article:
Powertech Uranium Corp., said in a prepared statement Thursday that it welcomes Sen. Ken Salazar's interest in the company's plans to mine uranium about 10 miles northeast of Fort Collins. 'We welcome full involvement of elected officials to assure the public that the fears disseminated by opposing groups are unfounded,' said Richard Clement, president of Powertech. Salazar, a Colorado Democrat, wrote the Environmental Protection Agency recently, asking the agency to take into account the uranium mine's potential effects on the large Denver Basin underground water formation, and not just the smaller Laramie-Fox Hill aquifer near the proposed mine site."
More Coyote Gulch coverage here.
"2008 pres"
6:07:15 AM
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