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Diary Of A Mad Voter: Jessica Peck Corry
Bruce Is Romanoff’s Foil On Taxes
As Colorado Speaker of the House Andrew Romanoff leads the charge to raise taxes yet again on Colorado's working families, he is doing so with a solid strategy in mind. He is running against Douglas Bruce.
Bruce, the author of Colorado Taxpayer's Bill of Rights, has become the state's poster child for bad behavior. During his four-month tenure this spring as a freshman member of the state's House of Representatives, he has earned plenty of enemies.
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Diary Of A Mad Voter: Jessica Peck Corry
If Obama Had Won Pennsylvania, Would That Be Sexist?
Listen to the media elite and you'll hear a continuing refrain: Blue collar whites are racist because they voted for Hillary Clinton in Tuesday's Pennsylvania primary.
As The New York Times opined in a news report today titled, "For Obama, a struggle to win over key blocs." The article, also carried on the front page of today's Denver Post, was written by Times reporter Adam Nagourney and led with the following question: "Why has [Obama] been unable to win enough working-class and white voters to wrap up the Democratic nomination?" Nagourney suggests that "lurking behind that question is another: Is the Democratic Party hesitating about race as it moves to the brink of nominating an African-American to be president?"
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My Feminist Dream Of Hillary Rising
These days, it seems almost cruel to write about Hillary Clinton's floundering campaign. But not everyone has given up. In fact, I'm joining the nation's most radical feminists to pledge my support for her continued Democratic presidential bid. Run, Hillary, run.
Clinton's loyal supporters are mad. Blinded by their desire to see America's first woman president elected this year, they fail to see what smart Democrats and Republicans already know. Hillary can't win in November. If only we could find a way to keep her candidacy alive that long.
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The Problem Ritter Created
Governor Bill Ritter wants you to believe that he's working to end a duel between Colorado's union bosses and business leaders. He says he wants to prevent a November ballot battle that could see their competing initiatives put before voters. The only problem: Ritter is the source of the rift.
On Tuesday, Ritter called on the United Food and Commercial Workers Union Local 7 to withdraw five ballot initiatives it filed Monday that would impose significant constraints on Colorado employers. Likewise, Ritter also called on business leaders to deny support to a "Right to Work" initiative that would prohibit unions from mandating that employees join a union or pay dues for union representation.
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What’s A Western Conservative?
Last night in a crowded bar in Denver, an unlikely thing happened. A leading conservative
The duo, Jim Pfaff and Sean Duffy, represented opposite ends of the debate on one of 2006's most
Diary Of A Mad Voter: Jessica Peck Corry
Race And Gender Put Before Colorado Voters
This November, Coloradans could face a confusing ballot marred with conflicting questions on how the government should treat our skin color and sex.
Earlier this month, the Colorado Secretary of State's title-setting board approved the language of an initiative that would mandate acceptance of state programs that allow - or encourage - the consideration of an individual's race and sex in hiring, contracting, and admissions decisions. I'm part of a citizen-led coalition dedicated to actively fighting this ill-conceived effort.
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Campaign Finance Laws Hurt Grassroots Causes
Campaign finance reform, once billed as a way to mitigate the effect of big money in politics, is having its greatest impact in turning well-intentioned grassroots candidates and campaigns into lawbreakers.
A recent national survey conducted by University of Missouri economics professor Jeffrey Milyo finds extremely troubling trends. According to Milyo, just 41 percent of participants in his national experiment could correctly complete all required campaign finance disclosure forms.
Editor's note: Jessica Peck Corry's weekly blogs are part of NewWest.Net/Politics' "Diary of a Mad Voter" feature, a group blog, published in partnership with the Denver Post's Politics West intended give a glimpse into the hearts and minds of several independent-minded voters and thinkers in the Rocky Mountain West in the '08 election cycle. For more columns check in with www.newwest.net/madvoter. And for more information on each of the bloggers, click here.
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Why Ron Paul Matters
Donating to Ron Paul's presidential bid is like paying homage to that part of you that will never forget what it was like to be the last one picked in third grade kickball. In a country of self-loathing former underdogs, it's no wonder that Paul's long shot campaign for the White House managed to rake in nearly $20 million from eager contributors in the last quarter alone.
At a Friday campaign stop in Denver, the Texas Republican Congressman spoke to a standing room only crowd of 2,000 supporters-nearly double the number that came out earlier in the day to cheer on ordained front-runner Mitt Romney.
Editor's note: Jessica Peck Corry's weekly blogs are part of NewWest.Net/Politics' "Diary of a Mad Voter" feature, a group blog, published in partnership with the Denver Post's Politics West intended give a glimpse into the hearts and minds of several independent-minded voters and thinkers in the Rocky Mountain West in the '08 election cycle. For more columns check in with www.newwest.net/madvoter. And for more information on each of the bloggers, click here.
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A Need For Blonde Republican Activists
I'm starting a new organization for women. It's called Blonde Republican Activists. Would you like to join?
The premise of our group is simple, really. We're tired of liberal men telling us how we feel, or worse yet, should feel. If we get mad enough, we may even start a Web site.
The first topic of discussion for BRAs: The latest attack on our gender autonomy coming from Michael Huttner, executive director of ProgressNow.
Editor's note: Jessica Peck Corry's weekly blogs are part of NewWest.Net/Politics' "Diary of a Mad Voter" feature, a group blog, published in partnership with the Denver Post's Politics West intended give a glimpse into the hearts and minds of several independent-minded voters and thinkers in the Rocky Mountain West in the '08 election cycle. For more columns check in with www.newwest.net/madvoter. And for more information on each of the bloggers, click here.
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Columbus Day Protesters Pushed Infamy Over Free Speech
If radical activists protest a parade and no one gets arrested, did they ever protest at all?
In the aftermath of demonstrations marring Denver's October Columbus Day parade, Denver is again being subjected to a round of jury trials this month for activists arrested after they attempted to block the parade route with a human chain. Under city ordinance, it is illegal to obstruct the street during such a permitted event.
Editor's note: Jessica Peck Corry's weekly blogs are part of NewWest.Net/Politics' "Diary of a Mad Voter" feature, a group blog, published in partnership with the Denver Post's Politics West intended give a glimpse into the hearts and minds of several independent-minded voters and thinkers in the Rocky Mountain West in the '08 election cycle. For more columns check in with www.newwest.net/madvoter. And for more information on each of the bloggers, click here.
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