Tag: democratic national convention
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DNC Denver: Get ready for a show
Political conventions are strange beasts.Part tent revival to whip the faithful into a frenzy, part scripted awards show, and part political gamesmanship, the combination yields a swirl of passionate speeches, a raucous roll call ceremony, and gaudy red, white and blue fashion.It is American political theater at its best, and Colorado is in the spotlight…
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Colorado Springs is beaming red
Colorado Springs is among the reddest of Republican strongholds. A Democrat hasn’t won the presidential election here since 1964.Check the county clerk’s office to see for yourself: Registered Republican voters outnumber Democrats more than 2-to-1. The county clerk insists that all waiting room TVs in the building play Fox News. He says if you don’t…
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Security plans will be put to test at DNC
Nineteen months of security plans are about to be put to the test as Denver gears up for this week’s Democratic National Convention.”We’re ready,” Denver police Chief Gerry Whitman said Friday. For months police have resisted releasing any information about their security preparations, saying making them public could undermine their efforts.But with the opening of the…
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Springs activists plan battle of T-shirts at DNC
Supporters of the Colorado Springs nonprofit Alterni-Tee will voice anti-war and pro-immigration views with their chests instead of their mouths at the Democratic National Convention in Denver – and encourage other protesters to do the same.Alterni-Tee, which has designed and produced T-shirts touting political, moral and environmental messages since Vietnam War demonstrations, is packing hundreds…
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3-ring election circus in Springs
On Thursday, there was a rolling anti-Bush museum in Monument Valley Park, a hot air balloon attacking Senate candidate Mark Udall in Memorial Park and an Austrian film crew shooting a mockumentary about a European candidate for president of the United States outside King’s Chef Diner downtown.When people call the preelection months “silly season,” this…
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Obama raps McCain for ignorance of his own houses
WASHINGTON – John McCain may have created his own housing crisis.Hours after a report that the Republican presidential nominee-in-waiting didn’t know how many homes he and his multimillionaire wife own, Democratic rival Barack Obama launched a national TV ad and a series of campaign stops aimed at portraying McCain as wealthy and out of touch.With…
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Obama says he’s made his VP choice
EMPORIA, Va. – Barack Obama says he’s decided on a running mate, but he won’t say who.”I’ve made the selection, that’s all you’re gonna get,” Obama said told reporters while campaigning in Virginia today.Obama didn’t say whether he’s informed his pick yet.Obama is planning to announce his choice in a text message to supporters sometime…
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Denver making room for other voices for DNC
So rights can be exercised, Denver officials are in the final stages of priming a First Amendment ultra-marathon for protesters outside next week’s Democratic National Convention.Tens of thousands of people are expected to flood downtown parks and streets, most aligned with one cause or another.Groups are expected to hold rallies and march in parades.The bulk…
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Groups wants atheists included in DNC interfaith service
The interfaith service scheduled to take place at the Democratic National Convention’s Aug. 24 in Denver is supposed to be about unity. But to a Washington, D.C., coalition that supports nontheistic views, it’s about division. The Secular Coalition Group, a lobbying organization for church-and-state separation, is pushing to get an atheist on the speaker list,…
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Bloggers offer plenty of choices for DNC coverage
In 2004, the Democratic National Convention offered press credentials to about 30 bloggers. Back then, even though the blogosphere was already burgeoning, they were treated as a sideshow. News coverage looked at these online commentators like zoo animals – showing them furiously typing away in corners of the convention hall. This time around, blogs have…