Bush in Denver for fundraiser
Private event today in Cherry Hills to help Bob Schaffer
By Lynn Bartels, Rocky Mountain News (Contact)
Published January 31, 2008 at 12:30 a.m.
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President Bush will be in Colorado today at a private fundraiser for Senate candidate Bob Schaffer.
Bill Pauls, a force behind the Denver Tech Center, and his wife, Verna, are hosting the event at their Cherry Hills Village home.
Schaffer likely will face U.S. Rep. Mark Udall, D-Eldorado Springs, in November.
In response to the visit a Democratic political group has launched a video calling Schaffer "Big Oil Bob."
And the Colorado Democratic Party touted the results of a poll completed this week that show President Bush has a 33 percent approval rating in the state. The poll by Talmey-Drake Research also shows that Democratic Gov. Bill Ritter has a 68 percent approval rating.
The guest list to the Schaffer event is private, but the donors will be revealed when he files his next campaign finance report.
The Pauls have contributed $139,000 to GOP candidates and causes since 1993, according to opensecrets.org, which calls itself a guide to money in U.S. elections.
In 1998, Bill Pauls gave $25,000 to the Republican National Committee to use in state elections.
Paul and his wife have also raised money for Schaffer, a former congressman, and Schaffer's successor, U.S. Rep. Marilyn Musgrave, R-Fort Morgan.
ProgressNow in Denver has organized a news conference protesting Bush's visit. The news conference will be at 11 a.m. today at the northwest corner of East Hampden Avenue and University Boulevard.
ProgressNow also launched a Web site, BigOilBob.com, that lists Schaffer's contributions from energy companies and tax breaks the group says he supported. As a narrator speaks, a picture of a gas pump with increasing prices is shown.
bartels@RockyMountainNews.com or 303-954-5327
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a_watcher writes:
So, the rising energy costs have nothing to do with the attempt by the left wingers like Huttner and Mark Udall to shut down energy development in the US?