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Udall says bailout bill felt rushed like Iraq war, Patriot Act votes

By | 10.06.08 | 2:28 pm

Rep. Mark Udall, stumping in Edwards Sunday, came as close as he’ll likely ever come to saying “I told you so,” comparing his two “no” votes last week on the financial bailout package to his dissent on the Iraq War and the Patriot Act.

There goes the carney vote

By | 09.24.08 | 2:50 pm

Barack Obama is on the radio in Colorado with an ad mocking John McCain for his Iraq policies, referencing the construction of a luxurious ferris wheel “with air-conditioned cars” in Baghdad, according to Politico’s Ben Smith. “John McCain wants America to keep spending $10 billion a month in Iraq when we should be rebuilding America,” the ad’s announcer says over a lilting carnival calliope tune.

A lurching Bob Schaffer taken to the woodshed

By | 07.18.08 | 3:43 pm

The latest Fix is in on the Bob Schaffer/Mark Udall Senate race, and it’s not looking so good for Schaffer, a conservative Republican who has, as was indelicately termed, “lurched from one problem to the next over

Slip-ups mar Bob Schaffer

By | 07.14.08 | 8:50 am

It’s hard to imagine a worse kickoff to a political campaign. For Republican Bob Schaffer, formerly the self-described “Conservative Colorado Congressman” who currently is touting his “Common Sense Leadership” and running in one of the most closely-watched U.S.…

Slip-ups mar Bob Schaffer

By | 07.14.08 | 8:50 am

It’s hard to imagine a worse kickoff to a political campaign. For Republican Bob Schaffer, formerly the self-described “Conservative Colorado Congressman” who currently is touting his “Common Sense Leadership” and running in one of the most closely-watched U.S.…

GJ Protest: Not All About Cheney, It’s About Profit from War

By | 04.12.08 | 5:55 pm

PhotobucketWhen Vice President Dick Cheney flew into Grand Junction on Friday for a fund-raiser for Republican U.S. Senate candidate Bob Schaffer, anti-war and pro-impeachment protesters organized along two different routes Cheney’s entourage was expected to take to the

Hart Attack on Iraq: ‘The war is making us weaker’

By | 03.23.08 | 10:25 am

On the week of the fifth anniversary year of the Iraq War and on the eve of the 4,000th official American military deaths in Iraq, former U.S. Sen. Gary Hart, leading national expert on the war, and Greg Speeter, director

School’s Photo Display Triggers Controversy Over Iraqi Children Victimized by War

By | 03.21.08 | 10:47 am

The deep divisions wrought by five full years of war in Iraq are evident everywhere. At a small language-immersion school in Denver, a photo exhibit and political statement by an Iranian artist have raised the ire of some parents.

Democratic Hopefuls Unveil Plan to End War

By | 03.18.08 | 4:04 pm

Ten  U.S. House candidates, including CD-2′s Jared Polis, offer a sweeping strategy to get out of Iraq, as Mike Lillis from Washington Independent reports.

Anti-War Protesters Hope to Swarm Denver

By | 10.24.07 | 1:22 pm

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