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  • Putting our house back in order

    Jaime O’Neill hadn’t planned on vacuuming during Inauguration Day, but housecleaning is a good metaphor for the job facing our new president.

  • Nonprofitable times

    Nonprofitable times

    Many conservation groups are feeling the pinch.

  • Victory came from the bottom up

    A vast army of determined volunteers were the force behind Obama’s success in Colorado.

  • Democrats rise again in the Rockies

    Rob Saldin looks at the reasons why the Democrats finally succeeded in breaking the Republican chokehold on the West.

  • It’s time to cowboy up

    Mary Greenfield says it’s high time we gave up on waging culture wars and elected a government that believes in the work of governing.

  • Power to the first people

    Mobilizing the Native vote in the West represents a unique challenge because many tribe members are disengaged from the political process, but this year they could make a difference.

  • What I will say to Americans once I am elected president

    President Jim Stiles would tell the nation that it is past time we started living within our means – both economically and environmentally.

  • Confessions of a former Hillary supporter

    Missy Votel takes a good hard look at Sarah Palin: a regular Wild West frontierswoman who wears North Face and is ready to slay dinner at a moment's notice.

  • Republican ticket is just more of the same

    Jonathan Thompson sees Western support for McCain and Palin as likely to erode because of genuinely maverick Western Republicans.

  • A Western woman redefines the presidential race

    Rocky Barker thinks Republican vice presidential pick Sarah Palin has a good shot at winning the West for John McCain.

  • An energy oasis in the political desert

    The Interior West’s growing political voice – and its status as the nation’s energy supplier – mean presidential candidates need to see the region as more than campaign flyover country.

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