New York’s centenary subway still takes us in new directions By Leigh E. Rich The New York subway turned 100 this week. That’s a lot of years and, some here in Colorado might argue, a lot of miles away. Not so anymore. New York City has been its own character in this bitter-but-not-sweet political farce […]
10.29.2004
10.29.2004
Categories: Elections, Humor, Politics, Utrinque Paratus | Comments Off on From rancher to lawyer to the final frontier
Boldly going where no politician has gone before By Leigh E. Rich Reporter’s Log No. 1: Sleepless with a would-be senator Election Date: Tuesday, Oct. 19, 11:13 a.m. Imagine our surprise in The Colorado Statesman office as the call from headquarters came in. Do what with Ken Salazar all night long? Over the racket of […]
10.22.2004
Categories: Elections, Politics, Utrinque Paratus | Comments Off on Bush, Cheney daughters woo Colorado’s women
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 […]
10.22.2004
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 […]
10.22.2004
What ails America’s health system depends on the diagnostician By Leigh E. Rich When it comes to health care, we can have our cake and eat it, too, third-party presidential candidates Ralph Nader and David Cobb claim. But, they say, we need different bakers. Both Nader and Cobb, running on the Reform and the Green […]
10.22.2004
Computer-aided doctoring By Leigh E. Rich “I have the courage to run for the United States Senate,” Republican hopeful Pete Coors told a small envoy that toured Denver Health’s facilities in September, “largely because of Dr. and Sen. Frist.” Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist, a heart surgeon and a Republican from Tennessee, joined Coors and […]
10.15.2004
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 […]
10.15.2004
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 […]
10.15.2004
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 […]
10.08.2004
Categories: Elections, Politics, Utrinque Paratus | Comments Off on Cheney, Edwards dodge Ifill’s on-target jabs
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, […]
10.08.2004
Categories: Editorials, Elections, Humor, Politics, Utrinque Paratus | Comments Off on Fun and games at Electoral College
Presidential debates could trigger gag reflex By Leigh E. Rich In the Sept. 29 issue of the Chicago Tribune, David Martin of Ottawa (that’s in Canada, for those of you geographically challenged) offered Americans a little something to make the U.S. presidential debates all the more spirited. And we truly mean spirited. (Not mean-spirited—let’s leave […]
10.01.2004
Categories: Elections, Politics, Utrinque Paratus | Comments Off on First debate provides ‘more of same’
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 […]
