2008 Political Campaigns

By Chris Bragg
THE COLORADO STATESMAN

Colorado is a critical swing state in the presidential election, and the battle for votes between the Democratic and Republican parties is escalating here.

And, as voter registration drives escalate, cries of “foul play” are being heard from both major political parties.

Both state parties held press conferences Sept. 24 alleging irregularities in voter registration in Colorado.

by John Schroyer
THE COLORADO STATESMAN

It all comes down to money.

That’s reportedly been the sticking point in negotiations between labor officials and business leaders over ongoing talks aimed at killing four union-backed ballot measures that, many politicians and business members fear, would “decimate” Colorado’s economy.

By Leslie Jorgensen
THE COLORADO STATESMAN

PUEBLO — Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama told a southern Colorado crowd that the debacle on Wall Street proves that Republican policies over the past eight years have, “shredded consumer protections, loosened oversight and regulation and encouraged outsized bonuses for CEOs while ignoring middle-class Americans.

By Chris Bragg
THE COLORADO STATESMAN

GOLDEN — Way back in March, Sen. Barack Obama delivered a speech near Manhattan’s Wall Street in which he presented a six-point plan to tighten regulation of the U.S. economy and strengthen financial oversight. The ink on the government’s contract to bail out Bear Stearns was barely dry, but hardly anyone paid attention to the wonky details of Obama’s plan.