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Monday, November 19, 2007
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Political Wire: "A new CNN/WMUR-TV poll in New Hampshire finds Mitt Romney way ahead with 33% support from likely Republican primary voters, followed by Sen. John McCain at 18%, Rudy Giuliani at 16%, Rep. Ron Paul at 8% and Gov. Mike Huckabee at 5%. Key caveat: Just 14% have 'definitely decided' who they will vote for in the primary while 56% 'are still trying to decide.'"
"2008 pres"
6:46:03 PM 
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Here's a cool application from USA Today. Answer a few questions, find out who your candidate should be. Let's just say that Coyote Gulch's answers do not indicate that our views have a chance to win this cycle. The graphics are cool -- instant feedback after every question.
"2008 pres"
6:39:55 PM
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From The Denver Post, "Denver will be forced to pay millions of dollars in upfront security costs for the 2008 Democratic National Convention if federal appropriations remain stalled in Congress, several officials said last week. The concern is at such a level that Rep. Diana DeGette, a Denver Democrat, and Rep. Betty McCollum, DeGette's counterpart representing St. Paul, Minn., which is hosting the Republican National Convention, plan to send letters this week to the congressional leadership and to the leadership of the House Appropriations Committee urging action. With Congress out for the two-week Thanksgiving recess, and the appropriations process stalled during debates over funding the war in Iraq, the host cities fear they won't have the money in hand when they need it. Denver and St. Paul have requested a total of $100 million. The cities say that they aren't prepared to pay the costs of providing security for the national conventions in the post-9/11 environment and that they aren't prepared to wait for the federal bureaucracy to reimburse them long after the balloons and confetti have fallen."
"2008 pres"
7:02:03 AM
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From The Greeley Tribune "reg", "If Colorado's reserves of oil shale ever become as lucrative as the oil sands of Canada, the state could be in for a potential windfall for the economy and a possible downfall for the environment. That is part of what Gov. Bill Ritter learned as he visited the oil sands last week as part of a trip through several Canadian provinces. Proponents and developers say the oil sands, which are located in Alberta province, contain enough resources to satisfy North America's oil demands for generations to come. Opponents and environmental groups worry that the extraction process does too much damage, not to mention that it could allow Americans to stay reliant on oil instead of developing new energy technologies. Ritter said before his visit that he had been told that to fully understand what commercializing oil shale in Colorado would look like, he needed to visit the oil sands. After his tour Thursday, the governor said he was amazed at the scale of the mining operation and what it has done to the landscape."
"2008 pres"
6:42:35 AM
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