Democratic National Convention

Needing a Day to Recover

August 24, 2008 Like 0 editor

It will be tough for the Democratic National Convention host committee to top its opening party Saturday. Perhaps getting Bill Clinton, Barack Obama, Brad Pitt and a margarita bar in a swank hotel suite would do it. Short of that,…

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The Super Delegate

August 12, 2008 Like 0 editor

Consider Pat Waak’s first leadership experience a trial by fire, or better yet, a trial by train. Thrown into first aid triage with a group of Bandeirantes (Brazilian Girl Scouts) she was teaching through the Peace Corps, she was called…

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Recreate a Mistake

August 12, 2008 Like 0 editor

The year was 1968, and everything sucked. The Vietnam War was in full metal jacket mode. Martin Luther King Jr. and Bobby Kennedy were assassinated. Riots erupted at the Democratic National Convention and Richard Nixon captured the White House.

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Blue or Red?

August 11, 2008 Like 0 editor

The Democrats certainly saw this coming, which is why they figured holding their big hoo-hah of a party in Denver was a strategic move: Colorado is locked in a dead heat between liberals and conservatives. A successful party could set…

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Historic Convention Short On Cash

July 3, 2008 Like 0 editor

The Democratic National Convention will be a historic event when it opens in Denver next month. The first black man to run for president representing a major party will be officially anointed as the Dems nominee. The city will be…

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GOP’s Colorado Blues

June 26, 2008 Like 0 editor

Local Republicans have likely seen this day coming for a long time—the day that Colorado turns blue from the lowest level of government all the way to the Oval Office. Recent polling by the Wall Street Journal, Washington Post and…

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A Bloggers’ Universe

June 3, 2008 Like 0 editor

We won’t know until the middle of the month whether our magazine has been credentialed for the Democratic National Convention in August. We are crossing our fingers.