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A shoe doesn't fit

Imagine reading a book that evokes experiences so sublime you want to go out and run 100 miles on the world's toughest trails. McDougall does much more. By challenging the high-dollar athletic-shoe/sports- medicine complex, he raises strong questions ...

From CHUCK PLUNKETT, Denver Post,  4 Sep 2009
Related Topics: Nike

"Change" is McCain's goal

ST. PAUL, Minn. — When John McCain takes the podium tonight to accept the Republican nomination for president, he has a straightforward, if daunting, task: convince the undecided he's the leader for our times. To do that, McCain likely will speak of a ...

From CHUCK PLUNKETT, Denver Post,  4 Sep 2008
Related Topics: John McCain,  Barack Obama,  U.S. Republican Party,  U.S. Democratic Party,  Lindsey Graham

In praise of their ex-rival

change in Washington — throw out the big-government liberals and elect John McCain." domestic policies. Former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee speaks at the Republican National Convention in St. Paul, Minn., Wednesday, Sept. 3, 2008. (AP | Ron ...

From CHUCK PLUNKETT, Denver Post,  4 Sep 2008
Related Topics: John McCain,  Michelle Obama,  Mike Huckabee,  Mitt Romney,  Barack Obama

A theme of service

Three-tour Iraq war veteran Will Breazeale of Elizabethtown, N.C., salutes during the Pledge of Allegiance on the second day of the Republicans' convention, when military service received a lot of attention and praise. Breazeale is running for Congress. ...

From CHUCK PLUNKETT, Denver Post,  3 Sep 2008
Related Topics: John McCain,  U.S. Republican Party,  George W. Bush,  U.S. Congress

Violence taints war protest

relevant than ever," said Medea Benjamin, a co- founder of the protest group Code Pink, as she neared the Xcel Energy Center. ST. PAUL, Minn. — As many as 10,000 protesters marched on the opening day of a scaled-back Republican National Convention, ...

From CHUCK PLUNKETT, Denver Post,  2 Sep 2008
Related Topics: Medea Benjamin,  XCEL ENERGY INC,  George W. Bush,  United States National Guard,  John McCain

Convention chief keeps her chin up

ST. PAUL, Minn. — For the central planner of the Republican National Convention, the week's schedule marred by Hurricane Gustav has been a challenge that she insists will work. For two years, Maria Cino has worked for this week. In an interview Monday ...

From CHUCK PLUNKETT, Denver Post,  2 Sep 2008
Related Topics: U.S. Republican Party,  George W. Bush,  Dick Cheney,  John McCain,  Barack Obama

Police presence is low-key

Paul's downtown, much smaller than Denver's, saw only a modest increase in Sunday traffic. ST. PAUL, Minn. — The police presence for the Republican National Convention stood in marked contrast Sunday to that displayed in Denver a week ago, and ...

From CHUCK PLUNKETT, Denver Post,  1 Sep 2008
Related Topics: Minnesota Wild,  John Harrington,  U.S. Republican Party,  XCEL ENERGY INC

GOP's fractured factions are alike in what they dislike

It is a functioning paradox: Though the Republican Party has been the dominant force in American politics the past eight years, its power comes from an odd mix of factions that should make it impossible to unite. At its heart, the Grand Old Party is a ...

From CHUCK PLUNKETT, Denver Post,  31 Aug 2008
Related Topics: U.S. Republican Party,  John McCain,  Barack Obama,  Andrew Davis,  James Dobson

Convention planners bask in final bow

came, but as a fraction of the number they had promised. There were traffic snarls, but not on the scale many feared. More than 100 protesters were arrested, but there was no major property damage or rioting. For the past 19 months, the Denver ...

From CHUCK PLUNKETT, Denver Post,  29 Aug 2008
Related Topics: John Hickenlooper,  Barack Obama,  U.S. Democratic Party

Denverite on stage tonight

Elbra Wedgeworth, one of the Denver boosters who played a key role in winning the bid to host the Democratic National Convention, has been picked to be one of the speakers at Barack Obama's acceptance speech at Invesco Field at Mile High. The former ...

From CHUCK PLUNKETT, Denver Post,  28 Aug 2008
Related Topics: Barack Obama,  U.S. Democratic Party

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