DISQUS

Speaking of,

This afternoon Colorado Ethics Watch issued the following statement:

On its Web site Coloradans for Economic Growth has an interesting list of identified "issues" that it is concerned about -- and an obvious need of a copy editor. From the site:

Coloradans for Economic Growth will promote the ideas supporting economic growth in the United States and Colorado by discussing a range of issues that effect (sic) the economic health of Colorado and the U.S. including:

-- Over taxation (sic)
-- Needless tax increases
-- Over regulation (sic) of business
-- Decreasing burdens on business, trade and the economy
-- The cost of energy
-- The competitiveness America's (sic) schools
-- The cost and quality of health care

Reporter Sridhar Pappu of our sister site the Washington Independent has been traveling with the McCain campaign all week. Check out his analysis detailing McCain's Denver appearance today, in which, as Pappu notes, the candidate delivered his harshest remarks about Obama to date. Here's a sampling; the full piece can be read at:

http://www.washingtonindependent.com/view/mccai...

DENVER--If we will remember this week as Sen. Barack Obama's international debut, we might remember it also as the week that Sen. John McCain, the war hero, the cancer survivor, the man who broke ranks with his party to get things accomplished in Washington, changed the course of the campaign in a newly divisive way.

It began simply enough. He started the week by attacking Obama for his lack of foreign policy experience. Then he attacked the Illinois Senator's total lack of service on the battlefield. By midweek, he had begun, in harsh tones to imply that Obama would rather lose a war than an election ...

... In many ways it was a culmination of sorts of both McCain's anger and the lost opportunities he had while Obama made his way across the globe...

... it

Thanks, Ray

Can you provide us with a couple of specific examples of how Obama differs from McCain, who is from Arizona, on issues dear to the Rocky Mountain interior, like public land management, water and energy development?

Thanks for joining us Ray.

Can you give us some insight into why Colorado, as well as New Mexico, are considered such battleground states this year and what that means for Western voters? Can substantive issues like public land management, water and oil development really be addressed in truly meaningful ways, when we live in a world of soundbites?

The corporate headquarters for Vail Resorts is in Broomfield, right? So doesn't it make sense for the company CEO, at least, to have his primary residence in nearby Boulder?

But why would the town manager of Vail also be living in Boulder, which is more than 100 miles away? That seems strange, if true.

Carol,

I'm not sure what's going on with you, but I have no idea what you are talking about.

Have a nice day.

Any thoughts out there on other Colorado power couples?

J.C. put up a good list of husband-wife teams, but as we all know power couples aren't limited to those who've both held elected positions.

Take, for example, former longtime House Speaker (and current [Colorado Association of Commerce and Industry president) Chuck Berry and his wife, lobbyist Maria Garcia-Berry

Thanks for pointing that out, Ernest. Our new system doesn't transfer the front page graph over to the story, but it is on the front page.

So yes, Carol, that basic information is in JC's lede. We're trying to figure out a way to ensure the beginning graphs are transferred onto our stories, particularly as they move from the front page into the archives.

We won't reveal that until August.

We won't reveal that until August.

Thanks for your feedback, wildflower.

I promise, we have no big blue trucks. For that matter, we have no tanks. We have no Hazmat trucks or hazardous materials response vehicles. We don't even have a Unified Incident Command Vehicle. (See the Riot Toyz R Us story on the front page if you're not sure what I'm talking about). You are safe here, with us.

Thanks for your feedback, wildflower.

I promise, we have no big blue trucks. For that matter, we have no tanks. We have no Hazmat trucks or hazardous materials response vehicles. We don't even have a Unified Incident Command Vehicle. (See the Riot Toyz R Us story on the front page if you're not sure what I'm talking about). You are safe here, with us.

Roots are important,

And the times ahead exciting...

Roots are important,

And the times ahead exciting...

Thanks notachance,

But I still don't know who you are, even if you did have to register. And, even if I did know, I wouldn't tell a soul...

Thanks notachance,

But I still don't know who you are, even if you did have to register. And, even if I did know, I wouldn't tell a soul...