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Categories: Elections, Politics, Utrinque Paratus | Comments Off on Nader raises roof at DU

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 […]

Categories: Elections, Music, Politics, Utrinque Paratus | Comments Off on ‘The bright lights have faded to blue’

The Eagles land in Colorado for Salazar By Leigh E. Rich Sure, Pete Coors’ name may grace a rock venue or two, but he can’t keep the rock stars from singing Salazar’s praises. Despite a marquee that beamed “Coors Light welcomes Ken Salazar benefit” at Tuesday’s fund-raiser at the Fillmore, Salazar pressman Cody Wertz merely […]

Categories: Elections, Politics, Utrinque Paratus | Comments Off on Bus tour kicks Bush to the curb

‘Si se puede’: Demócratas tell kids ‘it can be done’ By Leigh E. Rich “Turn it around,” New Mexico Attorney General Patricia Madrid told ninth-graders at Escuela Tlatelolco, Denver’s all-Hispanic private school that welcomed Madrid and other Democratic leaders Monday. Noting that children who grow up to become voters are often those whose parents discussed […]

Categories: Elections, Politics, Utrinque Paratus | Comments Off on Campaign spotlights

Families First deems Musgrave’s record last; Tancredo running in circles, ads claim By Leigh E. Rich A local entity that qualifies as a type of political organization under section 527 of the IRS tax code launched a TV ad against Congresswoman Marilyn Musgrave Wednesday, criticizing the Republican representative in the 4th CD for her “vocal […]

Categories: Elections, Politics, Utrinque Paratus | Comments Off on Another touchdown for the Bush team

The president stumps with Elway, Coors By Leigh E. Rich With the ball in the hands of both Number 7 and Number 43 on Tuesday, the George W. Bush campaign whistle-stop and rally was a strange sort of one-sided spectator sport. Fans filling the 16,000-capacity Coors Amphitheatre on a cloudless and crisp Colorado morning were […]

Categories: Elections, Health, Politics, Utrinque Paratus | Comments Off on That’s not how the cookie crumbles, Dems say

Bush’s idea of health care is half-baked, they add By Leigh E. Rich Short of calling the Bush administration’s response to America’s growing health care crisis half-baked, Colorado Democrats held a mock bake sale Monday in front of Villa Manor Care Center, a Lakewood-based nursing home. But what looked like a small sidewalk effort amounted […]

Categories: Education, Ethics, Politics, Utrinque Paratus | Comments Off on Safeguarding academic freedom

Policies ensure professors are politically correct By Leigh E. Rich Several presidents of Colorado’s state-sponsored higher education institutions testified before a joint session of the Senate and House education committees yesterday on how they are safeguarding the academic freedom of their students and protecting diversity—including “intellectual and political diversity”—as encouraged by Senate Joint Resolution 04-033 […]

Categories: Elections, Politics, Utrinque Paratus | Comments Off on Tangled Web (site) not meant to deceive

Kerry’s Colorado campaign accuses Secretary of State of disenfranchising Spanish-speaking voters By Leigh E. Rich A problem with a link on the Secretary of State’s Web site elicited a seemingly accusatory response from the Colorado arm of the John Kerry for President campaign this week. On Wednesday afternoon, Steve Haro, the Colorado communications director for […]

Categories: Elections, Humor, Politics, Utrinque Paratus | Comments Off on Pitching Bush and pitting Kerry

2004 RNC portrays Bush, Cheney as pillars of the nation By Leigh E. Rich Two weeks ago, two pillars stood tall in New York City. Though they did not dwarf the venerated memory of the Twin Towers, President George W. Bush and Vice President Dick Cheney paid homage to the heroes and the victims of […]

Categories: Editorials, Elections, Politics, Utrinque Paratus | Comments Off on The storm of the century?

Political forecasters seek a break in the clouds By Leigh E. Rich The bitter wind blowing through the nation these days isn’t a sign of an early fall. And the frost covering Colorado can’t be blamed on our state’s fickle weather. It’s not global warming. It ain’t the hole in the ozone. And it has […]

Categories: Elections, Politics, Utrinque Paratus | Comments Off on ‘W’ is for winning

The Republican National Convention from Colorado By Leigh E. Rich “We are the home of entrepreneurs,” presidential nephew George P. Bush told his political party’s delegation at the 2004 Republican National Convention in New York two weeks ago. College students, best friends and business partners Nick De Corte and Chris Zagone couldn’t agree more. De […]

Categories: Elections, Politics, Utrinque Paratus | Comments Off on How the West is won

Dems court Colorado on heels of GOP pursuit By Leigh E. Rich Stumping from the very spot as Dick Cheney three weeks earlier, America’s other vice presidential candidate wooed Colorado voters in a town hall-style gathering last Thursday at the Jefferson County Fairgrounds. Last week’s stopover was John Edwards’ third visit to Colorado in the […]