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...speak primarily Spanish and are open to being romanced by either party. The nation's largest minority group is expected to send 7 million to 8 million citizens to the polls, and even small shifts in the sizable Hispanic communities in hotly contested Florida, New Mexico, Nevada, Arizona and Colorado could have a crucial effect on the outcomes there...
That the Lakers even reached the finals is a tribute, of sorts, to Bryant's staggering basketball skills. Despite commuting to Colorado to attend hearings pertaining to the sexual-assault charges against him, Kobe turned in 40point performances. And he still led the league in obstinacy. Only out of desperation, with the Lakers down 3-1 to Detroit, did Kobe give in. "You know how much I hate this f______ offense," he tells Jackson in the book. "But I'll settle in, and we'll just execute the triangle and get the ball inside to Shaq." Thanks, Kobe. Too late...
...Phoenix foundation called the People's Choice for President went looking for a state where the rules could be changed by ballot initiative. In Colorado, case law has established that such initiatives are the equivalent of legislative acts. The foundation teamed up with reform-minded Coloradans, who started a campaign called Make Your Vote Count and collected more than 134,000 signatures to put 36 on the ballot. Most of the financial backing has come from J. Jorge Klor de Alva, the former president of the University of Phoenix, a for-profit adult-education school. Klor de Alva, who divides...
...This initiative is being financed by Californians who want to try it in Colorado instead of their own backyard," says Katy Atkinson, a Denver political consultant who heads Coloradans Against a Really Stupid Idea. Atkinson and other opponents of 36, including Republican Governor Bill Owens, accuse Democrats of trying to steal votes for Kerry. They also believe future candidates will not bother to campaign in Colorado if they're only going to win a portion of its nine votes. The amendment, however, has some popular appeal. A Rocky Mountain News poll conducted last month found 47% of respondents supported...
...amendment passes and its implementation costs either candidate the race, legal challenges are virtually inevitable. Richard Collins, professor of constitutional law at the University of Colorado, says previous cases suggest that the U.S. Supreme Court would uphold the initiative as a legitimate means for Colorado to change its system. However, he notes that the losing side might charge that there were irregularities in the procedures leading to the initiative. And, in a pamphlet sent to voters listing the pros and cons of 36, the legislative council of the statehouse noted that if the amendment passes, its retroactive nature "might cause...