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Clinton taps Ken Salazar to head White House transition team
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Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton on Tuesday named Ken Salazar, a former interior secretary and U.S. senator from Colorado, to chair her transition team. “Once Hillary Clinton makes history by being elected as the nation’s first woman president, we want to have a turnkey operation in place so she can hit the ground running right…
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Trump makes a pitch for Connecticut, a Democratic stronghold
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Connecticut has not been in Republican hands since George H.W. Bush won the state in 1988. No matter, Donald Trump says as he promises to pursue the Democratic stronghold. “I’m making a big play for Connecticut. Normally the party wouldn’t make a play,” the Republican presidential nominee told those at an evening rally inside a…
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Clinton portrays Trump economic plans as handouts for rich
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Hillary Clinton sought to undercut Donald Trump’s claim to working class voters Thursday, portraying her Republican rival as untrustworthy on economic issues, and pushing policies that would only benefit the super-wealthy – himself included. The Democratic presidential nominee, who frequently boasts about her numerous policy plans, didn’t offer any new ideas to improve the country’s…
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Baca: Reflection on the 2016 Democratic National Convention
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The 2016 Democratic National Convention was the most exciting, inspiring, spiritual convention that I have ever attended – and I have attended every DNC Convention since 1964. Exciting because every notable Democratic leader in the country was there either on stage or in the hall. Inspiring because it highlighted a Muslim American family who shared…
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Charting a road to 270, Clinton sets out most efficient path
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Hillary Clinton doesn’t appear all that interested in making scenic stops on her state-to-state quest to become president. The Democratic nominee is instead programming her GPS to take her on the quickest route to collect the 270 Electoral College votes she needs to win the White House. With three months until Election Day, Clinton’s campaign…
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The Hot Sheet, August 1, 2016
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VOL. 01 NO. 142 | AUGUST 01, 2016 | COLORADOSTATESMAN.COM/THE-HOT-SHEET | © 2016By TCS Editor and Publisher Jared Wright DENVER – Good morning and welcome back to real life … if you ever, in fact, left it for the weekend. Some of us don’t take such leisures. Today is Colorado Day, the anniversary of President…
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BARTELS: Colorado reporter Joe St. George once covered Tim Kaine
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Reporter Joe St. George made sure that Virginia Sen. Tim Kaine did an in-studio interview when the Democrat came to Colorado in March to campaign for Hillary Clinton for president because, well, the journalist just knew. Kaine was on President Obama’s short list in 2008 for vice president, and St. George was sure Kaine would…
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Herod: Clinton-Kaine ticket has real vision for America
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I am honored to be able to attend the Democratic National Convention this week. I was present in 2008 when Hillary Clinton addressed the convention right here in Colorado. I remember her speaking about the need for unity and real action to make the lives of many Americans better. During her 2008 speech, Clinton posed the…
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The Hot Sheet, July 25, 2016
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VOL. 01 NO. 137 | JULY 25, 2016 | COLORADOSTATESMAN.COM/THE-HOT-SHEET | © 2016By TCS CEO and Editor-In-Chief Jared Wright DENVER – Happy Monday, and here’s to a great start to your Democratic National Convention week if you are one of those lucky 78 delegates or an alternate … or a consultant or just a visitor getting to…
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Colorado Democrats cheer Clinton’s choice of Kaine as VP
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Democratic elected officials and national convention delegates from Colorado cheered Hillary Clinton’s announcement that she had chosen Sen. Tim Kaine of Virginia as her running mate, saying the one-time governor brings strong executive chops to the ticket, along with crucial foreign policy experience gained on Senate committees. Key supporters of Clinton’s chief primary rival, Vermont…