Wednesday, January 23, 2008

2008 Democratic National Convention Colorado Confidential: "At a city council public hearing on Tuesday, demonstrators planning to protest the DNC voiced concern that the current draft of the legislation would set permit provisions for 'extraordinary events' like the DNC, when many permit requests are expected to be turned in. The new proposal would also give recurring historical events like the Taste of Colorado consideration over other applicants. Mark Cohen, a member of the organizing committee for Recreate 68, the coalition of activist groups in the Denver metro area that will be demonstrating against the convention, said that parks in the city must be open for camping. 'Those people need to go somewhere,' Cohen said, noting that many hotels are already booked for the convention.A previous draft of the legislation had contained a provision that would have allowed permitted camping, but it was later deleted. Although talk of the Democratic convention dominated the public hearing on the proposed permitting changes, the city's legal counsel, Assistant City Attorney David Broadwell, denied that the proposed legislation was crafted to specifically to address the convention." "2008 pres" 6:32:21 PM

? for President? Captain's Quarters: "Yesterday, I wrote that John McCain has a legitimate claim to conservatism in a significant part of his legislative history, in response to claims of demonization from Michael Medved against a large portion of the conservative punditry. In another essay, I agreed with EJ Dionne that McCain had to find a way to win conservatives in the upcoming closed primaries without looking like a flip-flopper, but I disagreed that he would have to sell his soul to do so. A change in tone would make up most of the lost ground." Politcal Wire: "The latest Quinnipiac poll in New Jersey offers more evidence that Rudy Giuliani's presidential campaign is in total free fall. After leading Republicans in the Garden State for the last year, Sen. John McCain has now overtaken Giuliani and leads 29% to 26%, followed by Mitt Romney at 14% and Mike Huckabee at 9%...In the Democratic race, Sen. Hillary Clinton leads Sen. Barack Obama, 49% to 32%, with John Edwards at 10%." Political Wire: "Sen. Barack Obama is almost 20 points ahead of Sen. Hillary Clinton in South Carolina among likely Democratic voters, according to the latest Reuters/C-CPAN/Zogby poll. Obama gets 43% support, followed by Clinton at 25% and John Edwards at 15%." Political Wire: "Sen. John McCain and Sen. Hillary Clinton 'hold double-digit leads among the state's most reliable voters heading into Arizona's presidential preference election,' according to an Arizona State University/KAET-TV poll. Among Republicans, McCain leads with 41% support, followed by Mitt Romney at just 18%. Among Democrats, Clinton has 45% support, followed by Sen. Barack Obama at 24%. Nonetheless, many voters remain undecided -- 19% among Republicans, and 21% among Democrats -- for Arizona's Feb. 5 primary elections." "2008 pres" 6:27:30 PM

Paper ballots for November 2008 election? ToTheRight.org: "The governor and a mass of legislators, Republican and Democrat, announced today they will support a move to paper ballots at the polls this election cycle, a move in direct opposition to 'Major Malfunction' Mike Coffman's call for all-mail-ballot elections this year." "denver 2008" 6:21:07 PM

Colorado Water Congress: 50th Annual Convention Coyote Gulch is heading to the Colordo Water Congress' 50th Annual Convention today. Posting may be light through the rest of the week. Send us email at coyotegulch [AT] mac [DOT] com if you have any suggestions for topics or people you'd like to see covered. "colorado water" 7:12:57 AM

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