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Kerry
v. Bush |
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Former rival Clark campaigns for Kerry
Four-star general makes the case for Kerry as commander in Chief. The COS Online team gets views from both sides. |
President Bush fills World Arena
Commander-in-Chief rallies his local political troops.
By
Caroline
Ervin |
Unsafe in any election?
Reporter Caroline Ervin examines
the Nader factor. Is the Reform Party candidate
a promising and viable alternative to two-party
rule? Or is he just a self-deployed airbag who
will suck votes from John Kerry? |
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Behind the Scenes : Stories about the issues underpinning the presidential race
and how they play out in Colorado and the Rocky Mountain region. |
Go ahead, make my vote
Reporter Kit Fischer hunts down the sportsmen's vote. Hunters like their gun rights, but they like to see wilderness protected too. Will they shoot for Bush, or Kerry? |
Teachers leave no vote behind
Teachers are split on which presidential candidate has the best report card on school reform. Veronica Campanella reports. |
Candidates make entrepreneurs their business
Candidates focus their campaigns at small business owners. Jessica Waclawski finds out if business people are buying all the promises. |
The rise of the faith-based candidate
Does anyone know that John Kerry is a Catholic? Does anyone care? Christine Hanks reports that faith does matter to voters. |
Is there a lawyer in the house?
Reporter Eliza Gilford examines the role of medical malpractice lawsuits in the Senatorial and Presidential campaigns.
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| Other Races |
Coors v Salazar: The fight for the Colorado Senate
Beer
tycoon takes on rancher
and lawyer in tight race
for U.S. Senate
In
a Colorado battle commanding
national attention, Democrat
Ken Salazar and Republican
Pete Coors quarrel over the
U.S. senatorial seat vacated
by Republican Ben “Nighthorse” Campbell. By
Andrew Ravits
Reporter’s
Journal: Commentary
Fear
and Confusion
in Colorado
--
On the trail
of missing candidates
Most
Coloradans recognize
the names of
Salazar and
Coors. But many don't know that
Richard Randall,
Victor Good,
Doug “Dayhorse” Campbell,
Finn Gotaas,
and John R.
Harris are also running for Senate. Reporter
Rip Empson finds that these candidates can be just as hard to know as the more well-known, polished, professional candidates.
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Bruce
v. his own party
Local
Republicans
try to ‘De-Bruce’
Naomi
Botkin
reports
on
the
strange
and
vicious
campaign
between
Doug
Bruce
and
two
candidates
from
his
own
party
whose
names
aren’t
even
on
the
ballot. |
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| State Amendments and local ballot questions |
Amendment
35:
Smokers
cough at cigarette
tax
But
even
some
puffers
say
they’ll
vote
for
Amendment
35,
which
would
raise
taxes
on
cigarettes
and
give
the
money
to
health
programs.
By
Lauren
Bogard. |
Amendment
36:
Part
1: Old School
vs. New School
Part
2: Measure could cause
legal quagmire
Amendment
36
would
take
Colorado
closer
to
the
ideal
of “one-man,
one-vote” by
awarding
the
states
electors
in
proportion
to
the
popular
vote.
But
as
reporters
Rip
Empson
and
Rishi
Robertson
discover,
it’s
not
that
simple. |
El
Paso County Question 1B:
Ailing
health agency
seeks fiscal
injection
Local
ballot
initiative
1B
would
allow
the
El
Paso
County
Health
department
to
raise
money
from
grants.
Jessica
Richardson
reports. |
Part
1 -- Amendment
37:
A ‘commie plot’ or good policy?
Andrew Ravits turns the light on Amendment 37, the controversial proposed statute that would require large utilities to get more of their juice from wind, solar and hydro power. |
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Part
2 -- Amendment 37:
Clean
energy
law could
zap small
businesses
But
many
small
business
owners
support
Amendment
37,
which
would
require
greater
use
of
renewable
energy
sources.
Eliot
Dalton
reports. |
| The
Voters |
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A vote without a home
Reporter Cadiz Gomez reports on voting when you don’t have an address, and when none of the candidates are addressing your plight. |
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Clueless in the voting booth
Robert Detlefsen finds out how much voters know, and don’t know, about Colorado’s big, fat complicated ballot. |
See
other, non-election
features in this issue.
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