Preparing to be in a Montana town hall with the president of the United States on August 14, 2009: First think about what to wear. Faded jeans? That would be Montana-ish. But notice a hole worn right though the old denim. So not the faded jeans. Maybe the dark blue jeans that haven’t faded yet […]
Barack Obama
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Some Mormons baptized Obama’s dead mother
This is an amazing intrusion by one religion into a White House family. Or add your own description of its significance. The Salt Lake Tribune reports: President Barack Obama’s mother, Stanley Ann Dunham, who died in 1995, was baptized posthumously into The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints last year during her son’s campaign, […]
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Obama picks a moderate
It’s not surprising that Kieran Suckling of the Center for Biological Diversity and Jon Marvel of the Western Watersheds Project are disappointed in Barack Obama’s choice for Interior secretary, Colorado Democratic Sen. Ken Salazar. The two activists have tapped the federal courts for the last two decades in their efforts to stop overgrazing, logging and […]
Posted inDecember 22, 2008: What a mess
Western wish list for Obama
The hopes and worries of 11 key Westerners
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Obama gun ban redux
Barack Obama may not be the most pro-gun candidate ever to run for president, but he’s not a raging gun-control fanatic, either. His official website states that “Barack Obama believes the Second Amendment creates an individual right, and he respects the constitutional rights of Americans to bear arms.” Even if he were anti-gun, his sway […]
Posted inAugust 11, 2008: Trouble in (Private) Paradise
Obama’s Western ace in the hole
Jim Messina is the presidential campaign’s chief of staff