Denver November 2004 Election
Mike Miles is taking the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee to task over their lukewarm support, according to the Denver Post [June 16, 2004, "Miles miffed at party"]. From the article, "First, the nation's top Democratic Party officials underestimated the little- known educator from Colorado Springs. Then, when Colorado Attorney General Ken Salazar got into the race in March, they tried to bully former U.S. Army Ranger Miles out of the race. Now, they are simply ignoring Miles, who won the most votes at last month's Democratic State Assembly. The Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee - a group of sitting U.S. senators that offers fundraising help and campaign advice - refuses to acknowledge that Miles is in the race. The committee's website proclaims Salazar as the party's nominee who will face the Republican winner, either businessman Pete Coors or former congressman Bob Schaffer."
Here's a report about the Catholic Bishop's retreat from the Denver Post [June 16, 2004, "Forum hears report on Catholics, politics"]. From the article, "More than 250 bishops convening in private at an Arapahoe County hotel received a status report from a task force of bishops examining how to deal with Catholic politicians whose public stands clash with key church teachings. The subject has taken on heightened relevance with the presidential candidacy of Democrat John Kerry, a Catholic who backs legalized abortion in conflict with church teaching...On Tuesday, the Virginia- based American Life League unveiled an ad to run in today's USA Today calling on bishops to enforce church law and take steps to deny the Eucharist to Catholic politicians...An hour later, the Chicago-based Catholic reform group Call to Action staged a news conference calling for bishops to emphasize not just abortion but a range of Catholic social teachings on peace and justice, the death penalty and other issues."
Update: Colorado Luis: "Bob Schaffer seems bent on convincing any possible remaining Log Cabin Republicans that they are not welcome in the party."
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