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Can Evangelical Voters Win Colorado for McCain?

By Jeralyn, Section Elections 2008
Posted on Tue Sep 09, 2008 at 12:09:59 PM EST
Tags: John McCain, Barack Obama, Colorado, 2008 (all tags)
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In an earlier post I wrote about Saturday's McCain-Palin rally in Colorado Springs, and how the candidates and speakers, while stressing the importance of Colorado and El Paso County in particular this November, failed to give even a passing nod to the evangelical social agenda. That brings to mind a larger question.

Is El Paso County, with its high concentration of evangelical and military-oriented voters, enough to push McCain to victory in Colorado in November? Taking a look at various numbers, I would say it's a close question, but unlikely. [More...]

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Introducing the SquareState Small Donor Committee

By johne, Section Diaries
Posted on Mon Oct 22, 2007 at 04:26:27 PM EST
Tags: Colorado, Act Blue, SquareState, Mark Udall, Diana Degette, Ed Perlmutter, Betsy Markey, Jared Polis, Dick Wadhams (all tags)
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Act Blue has gotten into state races in the last year, but they hadn't come to Colorado yet for one simple reason.  Legally, Act Blue can't operate on a state level in Colorado as current law prohibits an intermediary transfer of funds.  So, I created what's known in Colorado as a Small Donor Committee.  In the works for almost a year, finally the i's are all dotted; the t's are all crossed.  The SquareState Small Donor Committee is here.

We've done pontificating, pointed out the failed policies of the extreme right wing, mobilized voters, coordinated grassroots action, and even fundraised for federal races.  It's time to help those local candidates we want to see in office in our somewhat square state.  Let's show (current CO-GOP chair)Dick Wadhams that this isn't the same state the last time he was here.  All the progress made in the last few years, we're just getting started.

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Drilling Has Colo. Republicans Losing Faith

By Jeralyn, Section Elections 2008
Posted on Sun Sep 16, 2007 at 07:18:00 AM EST
Tags: Colorado (all tags)
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The Washington Post reports that many Colorado Republicans on the Western Slope are losing faith in their party. Chief among their complaints is the Bush Administration's support of intense oil and gas drilling activity.

Long the most reliably conservative expanse of a state that has gone red in six of the past seven presidential contests, Colorado's western third shows evidence of the "purpling" that has made Colorado look increasingly like a swing state.

Colorado now has 32,000 active oil and gas wells. Another 40,000 are planned.

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