Greens pledge independence from greenbacks By Leigh E. Rich It really isn’t that easy being Green. If you’re not being mistaken for Ralph Nader or swallowed like a pesky fly by the bullfrogs that are the two mainstream political parties, you’re being accused of handing the state of Florida and, in essence, the 2000 presidential […]
08.20.2004
08.20.2004
Categories: Editorials, Elections, Politics, Utrinque Paratus | Comments Off on ‘W’ stands for waiting for the real issues
First Lady Laura Bush remarks on the economy By Leigh E. Rich What wasn’t quite touted as a campaign stop by the Office of the First Lady was nothing but a stump for her husband, George W. Bush, and his leading campaign promises to make his tax cuts permanent in the next four years, to […]
08.13.2004
With outliers out, Senate race could loiter in margin of error By Leigh E. Rich Easily cleaving the ideological outliers from both camps, what was predicted to be a close-call primary has metamorphosed into a battle of the moderates. Tuesday’s primary—though promising a tight match between Republicans Bob Schaffer and Pete Coors and a Democratic […]
08.13.2004
Salazar skids into driver’s seat for Senate By Leigh E. Rich It was practically a political roll call of the former and the future Tuesday night, as Colorado Democrats gathered to support and congratulate their U.S. Senate candidates for a primary well run. Bearing no resemblance to the bitter four-month battle on the Republican side, […]
08.06.2004
Categories: Elections, Politics, Utrinque Paratus | Comments Off on Cheney kicks up campaign dirt in Colorado
A boot-kicking, and Kerry-kicking, good time By Leigh E. Rich Tax breaks, the war on terror, and taking to task Sen. John Kerry topped Vice President Dick Cheney’s rally cries this week at the Jefferson County Fairgrounds. Like Kerry’s recent courting of Colorado, it could be said that Wednesday’s visit by the veep was a […]
08.06.2004
Secretary of State hoping for higher than usual vote participation By Leigh E. Rich “We count every ballot. Every ballot counts,” Colorado Secretary of State Donetta Davidson promised at a press conference Tuesday, held with the intention of reminding voters of the federal and state election laws that will take effect in next week’s primary […]
08.06.2004
Cheney event cast in bright light … of the Almighty By Leigh E. Rich At times reminiscent of a rodeo and at one point resembling a revival, Dick Cheney’s campaign stop Wednesday took enough of a religious turn to make even the worst constitutional scholar squirm. The backdrop of the vice president’s visit, held in […]
07.30.2004
Categories: Elections, Humor, Politics, Utrinque Paratus | Comments Off on Courting the constituency
Noteworthy 2004 DNC wedded to happily every after By Leigh E. Rich Now that the biodegradable balloons have been dropped and the recycled confetti has been tossed like rice at the happy couple, there is no doubt the Democrats hope for a happy honeymoon. And they just might get it. With the seats all empty […]
07.30.2004
The Kerry convention from Colorado: Coloradans, a Canadian and a culinary competition By Leigh E. Rich He’s a veteran and she’s an immigrant. They’ve only been married a few years, patching together a modern American family. And they’re both concerned with making Colorado count in this year’s election. It’s no wonder Mark and Alana Randol […]
07.30.2004
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Rally withstands last-minute change of venue, as Republicans uproot Kerry’s Colorado digs By Leigh E. Rich As with the cheeseburger, passions were stirred last Friday regarding the Colorado origin of Democratic presidential nominee John Kerry. While Kerry’s running mate John Edwards proudly boasted the Rocky Mountain state as “the birthplace of the cheeseburger, the birthplace […]
07.23.2004
Colorado branded a player in the 2004 Democratic National Convention By Leigh E. Rich [Text coming.] Rich, L. E. (2004, July 23). A lot of bull but no cow town: Colorado branded player in 2004 Democratic National Convention. The Colorado Statesman, pp. 1, 6–7, 11–12.
07.23.2004
Categories: Elections, Politics, Utrinque Paratus | Comments Off on From telegraph to blah-blah-blog
Technology and the 2004 Democratic National Convention By Leigh E. Rich Much has changed in the realm of the political convention. They haven’t always been the minute-by-minute scripted production and party they’ve metamorphosed into since the late 1970s and early 1980s, says Polly Baca, a longtime convention attendee and a former member of the Colorado […]
