Politics & Policy
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Feature
Greens prune their message to win the West's voters
Environmentalists join with political consultants to try to find a way to woo fickle Western voters.
by Heather Abel, Oct 14, 1996 -
Essays
How the New West will vote is anyone's guess
Variable voting patterns on the West make it difficult to predict who will win on election day.
by Stephen Stuebner, Sep 30, 1996 -
Related Stories
Compare the candidates
Democrat Walt Minnick and incumbent Republican Sen. Larry Craig fall into clear party lines in their views on many issues.
by Staff, Sep 30, 1996 -
Related Stories
Craig: Betting on Idaho's enduring conservatism
Incumbent Idaho Republican Sen. Larry Craig has a strong conservative and industrial backing.
by Heather Abel, Sep 30, 1996 -
Feature
Can this man break the right's grip on Idaho?
In Idaho, Democrat Walt Minnick, a multimillionaire, former timber executive and environmentalist, mounts a quixotic campaign against Republican Sen. Larry Craig for Senate seat.
by Jonathan Brinckman, Sep 30, 1996 -
News
It's the grizzlies and the birds, stupid
President Clinton may lack the poetry to articulate the irrational, aesthetic love for nature that truly lies behind environmentalism.
by Jon Margolis, Sep 16, 1996 -
News
The Republicans weren't dull by a long shot
At the Republican National Convention, the party completes its transformation from what it originally was - the nationalist party - into what the Democrats originally were - the party of states' rights.
by Jon Margolis, Sep 02, 1996 -
News
Politics in cyberspace
Brad Udall creates an on-line political action committee, the New West Network, to help elect environmentalists to Congress.
by Heather Abel, Sep 02, 1996 -
News
Doomed park bill just a tool of politicos
The strange history of a controversial parks bill demonstrates that Washington politics often have little to do with actual legislation.
by Jon Margolis, Aug 19, 1996 -
News
A green Republican makes a run
Environmentalist Robin Silver of Phoenix makes a bid for the Republican slot for Arizona's 4th Congressional District.
by Heather Abel, Aug 19, 1996 -
News
'Takings': Lobbyists love it, the public doesn't
Despite opposition and apathy from the public, "takings" legislation continues to appear in Congress.
by Jon Margolis, Aug 05, 1996 -
News
This was the revolution that wasn't
The so-called Republican Revolution in Congress stalls because Americans don't really believe in revolutions, despite the hype.
by Jon Margolis, Jul 22, 1996 -
News
Santa Fe mayor's friends now foes
Santa Fe Mayor Debbie Jaramillo elected in 1994 on a tide of populist optimism, loses support amid charges of nepotism and betrayal.
by Heather Abel, Jul 22, 1996 -
News
GOP moves to rein in its rebels
A GOP memo to this year's Republican candidates urges them to start looking green.
by Heather Abel, Jun 10, 1996 -
News
Colorado Democrats ponder electability vs. purity
Despite his support of the controversial Animas-La Plata water project, Colorado environmentalists seem to prefer Tom Strickland to his arguably greener opponent Gene Nichol for the Democratic candidate for Senate.
by Heather Abel, May 27, 1996






