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2nd CD:
Jared Polis–Democrat polisforcongress.com A liberal’s liberal: Voters in the 2nd CD couldn’t have a clearer choice between its major party candidates. Polis is for legalizing marijuana, allowing gay marriage, giving local communities the power to more stridently regulate fracking than…
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President:
Mitt Romney–Republican mittromney.com The Big Picture: Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney, the son of former Michigan Gov. George Romney, comes from a business background that’s most notable for his involvement with Bain Capital, a private equity investment firm, and for…
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Election Guide and Candidate Profiles
Ask anyone running for office what their big issue is and they’ll tell you, “It’s the economy, stupid.” While most candidates agree that creating jobs and getting through the recession are key concerns from the county level to Congress, there…
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Forged in Ink
The ink movement’s full-fledged boom seemed to happen suddenly. One day the hipsters infiltrated the streets and coffee shops, and all of a sudden everywhere you went in any major city everyone—from philosophy majors to soccer moms to professional athletes—was…
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Smoke Signals: Q&A with Mason Tvert
Mason Tvert first began campaigning to convince Coloradans that marijuana is safer than alcohol after Lynn “Gordie” Baily, a CU student, and Samantha Spady, a CSU student, died just days apart in separate alcohol poisoning incidents in 2004. Since then,…
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Month in Review: September 2012
Boulder city leaders discussed a potential smoking ban for the Pearl Street Mall, and a gay couple from New Jersey filed a law suit after a photo of them kissing appeared in campaign materials attacking a Colorado senator who supported…
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Audacity of Hope
Usually in YS’s election issue, I’ll select a hot-button issue and fill this spot with a very heart-felt and passionate rant. Or maybe I’ll inspire my readers to get out there and vote! But today, I’m just not feeling it.…
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Partisan Chocolate
We stumbled into Piece, Love and Chocolate, the cocoa oasis at the west end of Pearl Street, this weekend. And being the political junkies that we are, we couldn’t help but admire these seasonal truffles: Among the dark chocolate salted…
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Romney make surprise visit to CPAC
Update: 4:40 p.m. — The Colorado Political Action Conference, charged up after a clear win by Mitt Romney in his debate with Barack Obama, has wound down from its earlier sugar rush and settled into a vibrant, if more subdued,…
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