Denver November 2004 Election
Ken Salazar has agreed to debate Mike Miles following Salazar's loss of the topline ballot position at Saturday's Democratic State Assembly, according to the Rocky Mountain News [May 24, 2004, "Salazar will debate"]. From the article, "Miles, a school administrator from Fountain running on a liberal platform, topped Salazar by 100 votes among delegates at the state party convention in Pueblo on Saturday. The victory gives the first-time candidate top billing on the primary ballot. It was a big upset. Salazar is Colorado's attorney general, and many party officials believe his rural background and centrist positions give state Democrats their best chance in a decade to win a Senate seat. Salazar knocked out some big-name candidates when he entered the race to succeed the retiring Sen. Ben Nighthorse Campbell. He ran an aggressive early ad campaign and his campaign chairman said Thursday there was "no way" Miles would win at the convention. Miles cherished his stunner on Sunday."
Here's the coverage from the Denver Post [May 24, 2004, "Salazar, Miles embrace debates"]. From the article, "But Saturday's assembly did not represent Salazar's broader base, Carpenter said. Dennis Kucinich - the liberal Democrat holdout running for president - won 32 percent of the vote at the assembly, Carpenter noted." The Denver Post editorial staff writes about the Senate Race [May 24, 2004, "Democratic Senate race catches fire"].
Jim Spencer asks Has Goliath Stumbled? in his column in today's Denver Post [May 24, 2004, "Miles' upset wasn't in Dems' plans"].
The Rocky Mountain News editorial staff weighs in on the controversy around Roman Catholics, abortion, and their votes [May 24, 2004, "When do bishops cross the church-state line?"]. From the editorial, "Such criticism represents a misunderstanding of religious liberty as it has existed under the First Amendment. Chaput is a Catholic bishop who made his now controversial statements in a Catholic publication addressing fellow Catholics about moral issues of singular importance to his church. Is he supposed to whisper personally in each Catholic's ear so no one who might disagree with his message will notice and take offense? What kind of religious freedom is it where religious leaders aren't free to say that someone who professes certain views is no longer a member in good standing of that faith?"
From e-mail from Bob Schaffer's campaign:
Just a reminder, tonight is the first live debate, between Bob Schaffer and Pete Coors, Marriott at Hampden and I-25, 6:30-7:30pm
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