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both of which cause unfathomable misery, death and destruction. It’s very un-Christian! This from the two-time Medal of Honor winner Major General Smedley Butler, USMC: War is just a racket. A racket is best described, I believe, as something that is not what it seems to the majority of people. Only a small inside group […]

Was Ross Perot right about the North American Free Trade Agreement and its effects on workers and immigration? That is the subject of my newest nationally syndicated newspaper column out this past Friday. This is a key question in the wake of Hillary Clinton trying to laugh off the topic at the last presidential debate […]

Note sure this got posted. During the Dem debate in Las Vegas, Wolf Blitzer asked Hillary whether Ross Perot was right about NAFTA. She just laughed and said all she recalled were the charts and had only a vague recollection of NAFTA. Well, was Ross Perot right? The text below appeared in David Sirota’s column […]

For those that missed it (and apparently a lot of you did), Jared Polis is in Iraq. I have been writing this post over the last several days because I see so many facets to it and I wanted to hit them all. 1) Lets start with what Jared learns from this trip. He clearly […]

A Thanksgiving Message from Barack: As Americans gather with family and friends and reflect on what we’re thankful for, let’s all do our part to help the growing number of people who have no place to go for a meal on Thanksgiving – or any other day. As a result of rising costs on everything […]

Democratic strategist Mark Gersh, Washington director of the National Committee for an Effective Congress (NCEC), recently released a report on voting trends in Colorado. According to the report, Colorado is trending Democrat and will be a main battleground state in the upcoming election. The report follows below: 2008 Election Outlook: Colorado Growing Democratic Support in […]

With less than two months to go till the primaries, many voters are tuning in to the political show and are questioning Senator Clinton’s inevitability. According to recent public surveys in Iowa, New Hampshire, Nevada and South Carolina, Hillary Clinton is losing support. Rather than speculate as to why Clinton is losing support among voters, […]

During a stop in California Tuesday, Republican Presidential Candidate Rudy Giuliani was asked his opinion on the Writers Guild of America strike. I settled several difficult labor disputes when I was the mayor and the best way I did it was to not have much of an opinion on it and not get too involved […]

After our twin boys were born in Boston, my husband and I moved back to Tampa, primarily so I could stay home with my children. And also so my mother could provide free babysitting every weekend. For the rest of her life. Ten minutes into my new gig, I realized the key to emotional happiness […]

Barack Obama’s Colorado Campaign Coordinator sat down with Colorado Confidential for a Q&A. Here are some excerpts from that interview. Why Colorado? For a few reasons. One, the whole Rocky Mountains is emerging in political importance, and especially trending blue. I think Sen. Obama’s message is resonating with those independent voters in the Southwest and […]

From MSNBC Nearly one in three people at last night’s Jefferson-Jackson Dinner was an Obama supporter. The campaign brought 3,000 supporters to a dinner that had 9,000 attendees. They also made sure to have a representative from each of Iowa’s 99 counties in attendance.  When asked if all of the Obama supporters attending the event […]

His press release below the fold. COLORADO STATE SENATE STATE CAPITOL DENVER 80203 Senator Wiens announces run for re-election in State Senate Veteran lawmaker won’t run for Congress DENVER – Colorado state Sen. Tom Wiens, R-Castle Rock, announced today that he will seek re-election to a second term in the Colorado State Senate and will […]

Every Veteran’s Day, my family and I thank the men and women in our lives who’ve served this country. We call or visit, expressing gratitude for what they’ve given all of us. Our first Veteran’s Day in The Springs, we now have another option to add to our annual tradition. This Saturday, beginning at 10am, […]

Miss Ive asked us to put up or shut up (she said it much nicer than that) and asked what we would do if we were running the Republican party. So here is what I would do. Tell everyone to vote Democratic. No wait – just kidding. Ok, serious answer below the fold. 1) Pull […]

Biden continues his Giuliani smackdown as reported by the NY Times While you were out trick-or-treating last night, the great Biden-Giuliani debate of 2007 continued apace. Luis Navarro, Joe Biden’s campaign manager, sent this out last night: “Rudy Giuliani seems to be increasingly worried that Joe Biden is questioning his lack of leadership and his […]

Dear Friends: The 2008 Presidential elections offer our country and our community a chance to make history, by fundamentally restructuring American politics from the White House to the statehouse. That is why we are supporting Senator John Edwards for President and hope that you will consider joining us. As the Democratic presidential nominee, John Edwards […]

Recently,on October 14th, I had the opportunity to meet and interview John Edwards and get to see him speak to a small audience in North Carolina. Some of the notable points of the evening were the following. First, the Lieberman Kyl bill had just been voted on by the Senate, and Edwards was already going […]

This email was addressed to our club president and CC’d to me last night. I added a link for reference but otherwise the email is exactly as received. Errors and all. Dear Allison, We have always considered you to be a friend and that you would have had our support when you ran for office. […]