Election Day a mixed bag for Colorado’s governor By Leigh E. Rich The landscape in Colorado looks far different than at the national level, where President Bush will serve another four years and have a sizeable Republican majority in the U.S. House and the U.S. Senate during the 109th Congress. Not so for Colorado’s Gov. […]

Colorado’s second-in-command joins First Twins, Liz Cheney By Leigh E. Rich According to Barbara, Bush-Cheney country is all grassroots. Barbara Bush, that is, the younger. Named for her grandmother and the former first lady—whom twin sister Jenna dubbed “Barbara ‘the enforcer’ Bush” at Tuesday’s “W is for Women” panel—the junior Barbara boasted that her father’s […]

Elizabeth Edwards energizes early electorate By Leigh E. Rich John Kerry will be a president of the people, Elizabeth Edwards intimated Monday as she visited the Centennial state the day before early voting began. A Kerry-Edwards White House, the wife of Democratic veep candidate John Edwards promised, will “continue to be out here, not just […]

Bush, Cheney, Kerry, Edwards stump back-to-back in Colorado By Leigh E. Rich If they’re not engaged in an official debate, then the presidential candidates and their running mates are most likely in Colorado. Since the first presidential debate on the last day of September, Dick Cheney, John Kerry, George W. Bush and John Edwards all […]

Colorado GOP deems DNC playbook ‘abhorrent’ By Leigh E. Rich Nothing’s quiet on the Western front, despite the close of the presidential debates this week and the beginning of a brief candidate furlough from Colorado. Without missing a beat in the last weeks of campaigning, all post-debate hell broke loose Thursday as the Colorado Republican […]

Bush asks Colorado to see red on Election Day By Leigh E. Rich George W. Bush didn’t waste time when he finally arrived at Red Rocks Amphitheatre on Columbus Day: “I’ve come back to this beautiful part of our country to ask for the vote.” Though President Bush pleaded with the filled outdoor auditorium to […]

Veep debate by the numbers but not by the book By Leigh E. Rich Junior Sen. John Edwards held his own Tuesday night at Case Western Reserve University as he went head-to-head with Vice President Dick Cheney in the only debate for second-in-command. Cheney, known for his bulldog style and his lengthy resume in politics, […]

Campaigns still concerned over Colorado By Leigh E. Rich Acusations of flip-flopping and sending mixed messages, as well as slips of the tongue mistaking Saddam Hussein and Osama bin Laden, dominated the first presidential debate last Thursday on foreign policy and homeland security. The messages from both camps were clear and nothing the American people […]

Attendees banter over candidate’s role in race By Leigh E. Rich “A vote for Nader is a vote for Bush!” an unidentified woman in the back of Sturm Hall yelled as consumer activist Ralph Nader made campaign rounds through Colorado two weeks ago—just one day after a district court judge decided he will remain on […]