Green Options » brian schweitzer http://greenoptions.com/tag/brian-schweitzer Posts tagged 'brian schweitzer' Fri, 29 Aug 2008 08:54:00 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 en Can the Democrats Win in the West? http://redgreenandblue.org/2008/08/29/convention-conservation-can-democrats-win-the-west-finally/ http://redgreenandblue.org/2008/08/29/convention-conservation-can-democrats-win-the-west-finally/#comments Fri, 29 Aug 2008 08:54:00 +0000 Timothy B. Hurst http://redgreenandblue.org/2008/08/29/convention-conservation-can-democrats-win-the-west-finally/ Has the West changed enough for a Democratic presidential candidate to win there? Other than the coastal states of California, Oregon, and Washington, western states like Colorado, Arizona, Montana, used to be unfriendly ground for the Democrats. But times have changed, in gubernatorial and senatorial races across the West, and the panelists at Thursday morning’s ‘Convention Conversation’ at the DNC in Denver were evidence of that very phenomenon.

The panel, bookended by the bolo-tied U.S. Senator from Colorado Ken Salazar and Montana Governor Brian Schweitzer, along with Arizona Governor Janet Napolitano represent the new-look Democratic Party in the West.

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