Colorado: Dnc

An undercover officer did not instigate a confrontation with police and officers were justified in confronting dozens of protesters headed to the 16th Street Mall on the first day of the Democratic National Convention, Denver's independent police monitor said Monday.

A reported confrontation between Denver police Cmdr. Kris Kroncke and an undercover officer was not an attempt to inflame an already stressful situation, independent monitor Richard A. Rosenthal wrote in a letter to Taylor Pendergrass, staff attorney for the American Civil Liberties Union of Colorado.

"There was no screaming, fighting or any other attempt to incite the crowd or police," Rosenthal wrote.

Lost in the results of the McCain-Obama poll that shows Obama with a slim five-point lead in Colorado was the decision by the Obama camp not to coordinate campaign efforts with the Colorado Dems, as reported in the Denver Post.

Sources have told the Inside Edge that at issue is who controls the money that the DNC raises for the presidential race in Colorado. And it could have implications for the top of the Democratic Party in Colorado.

We missed this story when it was published originally on May 19th in High Country News because frankly we don't find the publication very "newsy."  Thus we don't read it often.

But thanks to a Wally World reader, the story got pushed to our inbox, and finally, we read it today.

A new Democratic National Committee ad that criticizes John McCain on Iraq will begin airing on cable TV in Colorado, the Colorado Democratic Party announced Tuesday.

The ad, entitled "100," will also be shown at Democratic organizational events around the state, a press release stated.

The ad begins by saying President Bush has talked about staying in Iraq for 50 years. It then has McCain add, “Maybe 100. That’d be fine with me.”