On orders from Senator John McCain's security detail, Denver police escorted a 61-year-old woman away who was waiting in line to attend a so-called town hall meeting with McCain that was billed as open to the public.
Rachel Maddow: Freedom of speech and the right to assemble -- perhaps in the eye of the overzealous beholder when it comes to John McCain's campaign staff. Our third story on the Countdown -- While Mister McCain was delivering quote, straight talk, at one of his open-forum town hall meetings in Denver yesterday, things were getting closed down just outside.
The Pentagon is seeking to expand the Piņon Canyon Military Maneuver Site into Las Animas, Bent, Baca, Pueblo and Otero counties in Southeastern Colorado. Thousands of Coloradans will be uprooted from their homes if the Pentagon condemns and takes the proposed 418,000 acres. This video was produced by Jim Bigham.
Craig Hughes, Director of Research at RBI Strategies takes us inside the numbers for Colorado's 2006 election to help us understand why progressives won.
Mike Collins served in Vietnam. He is now a disabled veteran. Marilyn Musgrave has done little for veterans while in Congress, yet she sees fit to use them for political gain. Mike Collins responds.
Bob Schaffer is a Big Oil executive who voted to give 33 billion dollars in tax cuts to his Big Oil buddies. They graciously took time out to say, "Thanks Bob".
Yes, we did have fun with the spoof.
Bob Schaffer voted to go to war in Iraq when he was in Congress. After he left office in 2003 he went to work for a Big Oil company. In 2006 he lead a business trip to Iraq for that oil company. Less than a year later that company was awarded an Iraqi oil contract. Is war profiteering wrong?
Here's a video we did with our partner organization in Michigan.
Michigan is the only state in the nation that gives drug companies total immunity when their products harm or kill our residents.
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