Schaffer omits salient details in Udall attack

Puzzled Udall fails to respond
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Puzzled Udall fails to respond

By John Schroyer
THE COLORADO STATESMAN

Bob Schaffer, the Republican nominee for U.S. Senate, is a seasoned and battle-hardened politician who has proven himself an intelligent and wily opponent for Democrat Mark Udall, and at no time has that been more evident than during Monday’s debate between the candidates at the Wildlife Experience in Parker.

Following the money in the 5th CD GOP primary race

From $36,000 in ads to $11 in Big Macs
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From $36,000 in ads to $11 in Big Macs

By Leslie Jorgensen
THE COLORADO STATESMAN

COLORADO SPRINGS – In the final surge of the battle for the Republican nomination in the 5th Congressional District, the campaigns of incumbent Congressman Doug Lamborn, Jeff Crank and retired Maj. Gen. Bentley Rayburn are deploying electronic ad air raids, early voting mailers and phone banks as they strategize for victory.

Rayburn’s vex, lies and audio tape

Broken campaign vow haunts Rayburn
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Broken campaign vow haunts Rayburn

By Leslie Jorgensen
THE COLORADO STATESMAN

COLORADO SPRINGS – Like a poltergeist that refuses to be exorcised, Bentley Rayburn’s broken agreement to drop out of the race for the Republican nomination in the 5th Congressional District has come back to haunt him.

Schaffer’s role in Iraqi oil deal questioned

By John Schroyer
THE COLORADO STATESMAN

Republican U.S. Senate candidate Bob Schaffer, whose poll results are still feeling the impact from negative media reports about a 1999 junket to the Northern Marianas, has a new controversy on his hands.

Amendment 46, Initiative 82 backers go toe-to-toe in accusations

Liar, liar! Pants on fire!
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Liar, liar! Pants on fire!

By John Schroyer
THE COLORADO STATESMAN

The political finger-pointing over Amendment 46, also known as Colorado’s “Civil Rights Initiative,” has escalated in recent weeks, with each side continually accusing the other of lying in order to get onto the ballot.

Presto! Change-O! Denver’s Pepsi Center morphs into Democrats’ convention hall

By Stephanie Clary
THE COLORADO STATESMAN

The transformation of the Pepsi Center into a convention hall is well on track, according to the Democratic National Convention Committee.

“I have the great pleasure to tell you we’re ahead of schedule,” said DNCC director of technology Brook Colangelo in a July 14 media walk-through of the venue. He noted that 3,300 miles of fiber optics are in place, and more than 20 servers will soon be installed in a former sporting equipment storage area.

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  • Contrite Jesse Jackson apologizes for Obama slur
  • Spat over immigration disrupts harmony among CD 2 Dems
  • Polis fortune skews CD 2 fundraising
  • An evening of spooning with Pete Coors
  • More profiles of national Democratic delegates from Colorado
  • Obama campaign opens Denver headquarters, three others across the state
  • Gossip: Wake up and smell the coffee, Vince Chowdhury; Chambers come down on both sides of right-to-work; Markey tops Musgrave in 2nd quarter funds; Who?s the biggest patriot in CD 6? I am! No! It?s me!; Arapahoe GOP chair steps down, but only temporarily; and canines bark their support for Crank

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