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Colorado: Politico

March 19, 2009 - 12:39 pm
NEWS FEED: Colorado Independent

Enviros want Obama’s Final Four to remain roadless

By David O. Williams

Environmentalists won’t allow President Obama to sit on the bench of sports escapism for even a minute without reminding him of his obligations to reject the Bush administration’s eight-year full-court press on America’s national forests.

In an ad campaign launched today to coincide with the first day of the NCAA’s Final Four basketball tournament – a tourney Obama playfully picked the winner of on ESPN Wednesday – the Pew Environment Group called on the president to uphold the hotly debated Roadless Area Conservation Rule.

“Jayhawks and cardinals play here. So do wildcats and wolverines. The road to the national championship? No, our national forests,” the television version intones.

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March 12, 2009 - 10:04 am
NEWS FEED: ColoradoPols.com

Take Aim At Foot! Fire!

By Colorado Pols

We interrupt our normal coverage of Colorado politics to bring you an example of absolutely mind-blowing political stupidity too instructive to not point out. As Politico reports:
Nancy Pelosi said this week that she's keeping the door open for a second stimulus bill.

She may be the only one...reaction on Capitol Hill has been almost uniformly negative - and much of the blowback is coming from Democrats.

"If there's appetite, there's not in my office," said Sen. Tom Carper (D-Del.). "Enough for now. No mas. No mas."

"It is too soon," said House Financial Services Committee Chairman Barney Frank (D-Mass.). "No sensible person is trying to guess what will be appropriate policy six months from now.

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Wed, 10/29/2008 - 18:15

Politico poll finds Obama up 8 in Colorado, McCain still competitive in JeffCo

By Jeremy Pelzer, PolitickerCO.com Reporter

Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama has an 8-point lead over Republican opponent John McCain, according to a Politico/InsiderAdvantage poll released Wednesday.

Obama, who led 53 percent to 45 percent in the statewide poll, held a towering 62-point lead among Hispanics. Obama also led among independents in the state by a 57 percent to 38 percent margin, the poll found.

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