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Buyer’s Remorse No More

By | 08.29.08 | 1:14 am

Denver–It was hovering all week. Whispered over drinks at the after-parties that have gone into the early-mornings. It’s been floated by those having their first cup of coffee in the well-heeled corridors of the Brown Palace and the Ritz and during impromptu lunches in the restaurants on the 16th Street More…

Convention as Psychodrama

By | 08.28.08 | 10:40 am

So the Democratic convention has been about catharsis.

We’ve been told that this was what Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, her husband, former President Bill Clinton and the Clinton delegates were seeking — what they came to the Mile High City to get. As

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Democrats [Heart] T. Boone Pickens

By | 08.27.08 | 6:55 pm

DENVER — Well, the love between Democrats and T. Boone Pickens just keeps growing stronger.

At an energy forum here at the Democratic convention Wednesday, the Texas oil tycoon took the stage with John Podesta, former Clinton administration chief of staff, and Carl Pope, head of the Sierra Club, to More…

Biden’s Baggage

By | 08.27.08 | 6:02 pm

DENVER — Much has been made of the alleged Senate curse in the race for the presidency. You know the theory: Because lawmakers, over their tenure in Washington, almost inevitably have voted for some bill that’s controversial or benefits contributors or somehow runs counter to a declared stance, it opens More…

Hillary Clinton Holds Back

By | 08.27.08 | 12:48 pm

This night was Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton’s. Eyes welled up as she appeared, luminous, still so strangely lit up with loss. There in the stands, gazing at her with adoration, was her husband — her complex, clearly emotional and, we are assured, still angry, ex-president of a husband — mouthing More…

Slideshow: Clinton Speaks at the Convention

By | 08.27.08 | 12:00 pm

Jason Kosena at our sister site Colorado Independent was front and center last night taking shots of Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton’s stirring convention speech. Even Clinton’s non-supporters have to admit, she was at her best last night. Enjoy:

Partisan Energy Debate Rages On

By | 08.27.08 | 12:07 am

DENVER — In a rambunctious press conference that could forecast the tone of the energy debate to come, House Democratic leaders clashed with Republican supporters in Denver Tuesday over each party’s approach to offshore oil drilling.


House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) plans to take up a sweeping energy proposal More…

Convention Addresses Energy, But Will Obama?

By | 08.26.08 | 4:13 pm

Denver has taken on the task of making the 2008 Democratic National Convention the greenest of its kind.

The DNC Committee hired a “director of greening,” Andrea Robinson, to cut down on waste, track and offset carbon emissions and promote local food.

Clinton Donor Predicts Loss in November

By | 08.26.08 | 7:00 am

DENVER, Colo.–Lady Lynn Forester de Rothschild sat in total darkness, the curtains of her downtown Denver hotel drawn closed. It was late in the morning of Monday, Aug. 25, a day before Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, whom de Rothschild had raised vast sums for as a “HillRaiser,” was slated to More…

Rove Tricks Dems on Denver

By | 08.25.08 | 12:15 pm

By mailing them doctored Hawaiian vacation brochures with “Denver” pasted over “Honolulu,” and sending a delegation of Hooters waitresses to Democratic National Committee H.Q. in Washington as “Denver goodwill ambassadors,” master Republican manipulator Karl Rove allegedly tricked Dem muckety-mucks into choosing the Mile High City as the site of their More…