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Steady Pence gets wide praise, but Kaine lands jabs on Trump
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Republican Mike Pence won bipartisan plaudits for a calm and collected performance in the vice presidential debate. But Democrat Tim Kaine was claiming mission accomplished for forcing his opponent to confront -or not – Donald Trump’s long list of provocative remarks. Pressed by Kaine to defend his running mate throughout the 90-minute debate Tuesday, Pence…
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Kaine, Pence ready for main stage
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With the first presidential debate complete and its spin cycle nearly over, the two understudies are getting ready to take the main stage. The vice presidential debate Tuesday will be the only time Republican Mike Pence and Democrat Tim Kaine will for the most part have the nation’s political attention all to themselves, away from…
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Nicolais: Political calendar countdown … to Oct. 7th?
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Tick-tock, tick-tock. The political world is officially measuring the distance to this November’s election in days, now. What once seemed endlessly far, the race to Nov. 8 is in the homestretch. But Oct. 7 is even closer. If the date doesn’t make anything jump immediately to mind, that’s all right. It probably doesn’t for most…
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Polman: the seniors running for president should cough up their medical records
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I won’t waste your time trying to use Feeling Poorlygate as an excuse to play amateur doctor – plenty of people in the basket of deplorables are doing that already – because here’s the sagacious bottom line: Given what we already know about the ’16 presidential candidates – combining their ages, this is the oldest…
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Kaine touts foreign policy background, hits Trump in speech
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In a rare policy address by a vice presidential nominee, Democrat Tim Kaine showcased his own foreign policy expertise Tuesday and painted Donald Trump as clueless and dangerous when it comes to world affairs. “The prospect of the emotionally volatile, fact-challenged, self-obsessed and inexperienced Donald Trump as commander-in-chief scares me to death,” Kaine said at a historic USO building…
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Trump debuts first Colorado TV ad, hits Clinton on economy
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Donald Trump’s presidential campaign is hitting the airwaves with $10 million in television ads set to air over the next week in nine battleground states, including Colorado, campaign officials announced Monday. The campaign said it would begin airing a new 30-second ad depicting Democratic rival Hillary Clinton’s economic policies as “more of the same –…
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Candidates capitalize on the ever-powerful ‘religious vote’
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Republican Donald Trump has told conservative evangelical pastors in Florida that his presidency would preserve “religious liberty” and reverse what he insists is a government-enforced muzzling of Christians. The same afternoon, Democratic vice presidential nominee Tim Kaine praised another, more liberal group of black church leaders in Louisiana for their “progressive values that are the values of…
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Kaine discusses small business plan in Lakewood
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Democratic vice presidential nominee Sen. Tim Kaine on Tuesday rolled out running mate Hillary Clinton’s set of proposals to boost small businesses after touring a Lakewood aerospace manufacturer. The Virginia senator also took some swings at Republican rival Donald Trump, criticizing what he called the billionaire real estate developer’s “track record of, frankly, stiffing small…
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The Hot Sheet, August 22, 2016
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VOL. 01 NO. 157 | AUGUST 22, 2016 | COLORADOSTATESMAN.COM/THE-HOT-SHEET | © 2016By TCS Editor and Publisher Jared Wright DENVER – Good morning and Happy Back-To-School Monday! Hopefully your smaller versions of self (if you have them) are off to a great start today. The weekend had lots of small tweak-type developments on Colorado’s political path to enlightenment…
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Clinton’s August fundraising spree: From Scranton to Cher
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Scranton isn’t a standard stop on the Democratic fundraising circuit. Yet Hillary Clinton put the working class Pennsylvania town on her itinerary – several times. The Democratic presidential nominee and her family have made four visits to Scranton donors since launching her campaign last August, raising millions of dollars in a former industrial city more…