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Results for keyword: Election 2008

  • 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

    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

    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

    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

    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

    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

    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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