The Denver Post reports on the John McCain's Colorado political suicide. McCain, as you know, has received a flash flood of criticism for advocating the renegotiation of the Colorado River Compact. From the article:
Sen. John McCain, the presumptive Republican nominee, hurt his chances in the West when he commented that a pact governing the use of the Colorado River water "obviously needs to be renegotiated" because of the realities of population growth and scarcer resources, Montana Gov. Brian Schweitzer said today. "He just stepped into it," Schwietzer, a Democrat who backs Barack Obama, said at a panel discussion sponsored by the Denver Post, Politico and Yahoo! "It was fresh, it was wet and it smells funny."[...]
The panel of elected Democrats from the region gathered today for the panel said the presidential election could turn on Western issues, from water to energy to land management, With the party making a play for many formerly die-hard Republican states, concerns usually ignored by presidential contenders could get some air time, and voters will be paying attention to how the candidates talk about the West, they said. "There is room in the next 60 days for a national conversation between Washington and the West," Democratic Arizona Gov. Janet Napolitano said. Several states in the West, including Colorado, Nevada and New Mexico, are considered battlegrounds in this year's general election.
Thanks to Colorado Pols for the link. More Coyote Gulch coverage here and an opinion piece here.
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