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Tuesday, January 29, 2008
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Political Wire: "A new SurveyUSA poll in California shows Sen. Hillary Clinton lead over Sen. Barack Obama shrinking to 49% to 38%, with John Edwards trailing at 9%. In the last two weeks, Clinton is down one point, Obama is up three points and Edwards is down one point...In the Republican race, Sen. John McCain leads with 37%, followed by Mitt Romney at 25%, Mike Huckabee at 14% and Rudy Giuliani at 12%."
"2008 pres"
6:58:30 PM 
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Here's a recap of President Bush's final State of the Union Address from The Denver Post. From the article:
Energy, immigration, home foreclosures and other issues affecting Colorado played important roles in President Bush's final State of the Union address. Bush called for additional investment in energy research, including studies on battery technology and renewable fuels. The National Renewable Energy Lab in Golden is involved in research on fuels made from plant material. "We are very poised to be a leader in the nation in renewables," Rep. Marilyn Musgrave, a Fort Morgan Republican, said about her congressional district. "It will be a future for agriculture that I believe will be very bright." "For this last year the president is in office, I believe there are opportunities to work together on investing in new energy technologies," said Rep. Ed Perlmutter, a Golden Democrat. Democratic Sen. Ken Salazar called on Bush to to double NREL's budget over the next five years." The energy bill that passed Congress last year did so only after Republicans insisted that tax credits for renewable energy be dropped, Salazar said. "We cannot get to that clean energy future without investing in it," he said.
Be sure to read the whole article.
More coverage from The Rocky Mountain News here and here.
"2008 pres"
7:01:52 AM
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Denver Post: "The Denver City Council relaxed proposed regulations Monday regarding permit fees for those wanting to hold a parade during the Democratic National Convention. The council decided the mayor could have the discretion to refund the $50 application fee to those whose parade permit applications might be rejected because of competing demand. The council approved the measure proposed by Councilman Rick Garcia on a 10-3 vote with council members Jeanne Faatz, Charlie Brown and Marcia Johnson dissenting. An earlier version of Garcia's amendment would have required the mayor to return the fees to those whose applications were rejected. The council defeated that proposal."
"2008 pres"
6:59:03 AM
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Here's a look at western issues and the presidential race, from The Denver Post. From the article:
Six drought years have reshaped the lake that supplies water to cities in Nevada, Arizona, Southern California and Mexico. There are fishing piers hanging over the desert, fish-cleaning houses nowhere near a lake, boat ramps extended until they resemble roads. The surface of Lake Mead has dropped 100 feet in six years. If it drops 50 feet lower, Las Vegas could lose an intake that supplies 40 percent of its water. Simultaneously, "Hoover Dam stops generating electricity," said Pat Mulroy, general manager of the Southern Nevada Water Authority. "At the same level where we lose our upper intake, there is no more power out of Hoover." Mulroy hopes the next president will create a team of all federal agencies attached to water resources to develop a survival plan for the driest and fastest-growing region of the United States. The rapid decline of Lake Mead "begs the question for a comprehensive look at climate change," she said. "Our world is going to change dramatically." Nevada officials hoped that its early primary this year, just after Iowa and New Hampshire, would put the West and issues of special importance to the region on center stage. They claimed partial success: Some candidates did address Nevada's high foreclosure rate and immigration reform. But with the exception of Yucca Mountain, which the Democratic candidates all opposed as a repository for the nation's nuclear waste, two Las Vegas debates failed to yield a discussion of the federal government's immense role in the West as a landowner and resource manager.
"2008 pres"
6:20:37 AM
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