Quote of the Day Archive

"I still remember one of the very first meetings we put together to discuss gang violence with a group of community leaders. We waited and waited for people to show up, and finally, a group of older people walked into the hall. And they sat down. And a little old lady raised her hand and asked, 'Is this where the bingo game is?'"

--Barack Obama on Wednesday in Colorado Springs, talking about one of his less-encouraging moments in community organizing during his speech on national service.

"No business group in Colorado has a more impressive and well-organized grassroots mobilization network than the Credit Unions. To have their powerful backing combined with my authentic record of conservative leadership means Republican voters will be mobilized in my favor in time for early voting in just a couple of weeks."

-- Republican congressional candidate Ted Harvey on what the endorsement of the Credit Union Association of Colorado means to him.

"Fluoride is somewhat less toxic than arsenic and more toxic than lead. It would be considered poisonous if not for hype."

--Tom Lankering, an Aspen chiropractor, sharing his views on the fluoridation of Aspen's water before the Aspen City Council on Monday, which the council voted to keep.

"Obama wins, I think, among Hispanics hands down, and he does that because he has a language about education that really is, again, it's about optimism but it's also about reforming the system, and I think Hispanic voters pay attention to that."

-- Gov. Bill Ritter (D-Denver), on presumptive Democratic presidential nominee U.S. Sen. Barack Obama's (D-Ill.) chances of winning Colorado's Hispanic vote this fall. 

"What's happening is we're all trying to decide how these pieces work together. We don't have all the details on this yet. We're meeting constantly and trying to work on them."

--State Democratic Party Chair Pat Waak, denying reports that a rift is forming between the Obama campaign and the state Democratic party over lack of coordination

"Wil Armstrong is by far the most qualified to deal with the volatile economy. He has years of successful business experience. Wil understands better than anyone the effects it has on both employers and employees."

--State Rep. Victor Mitchell (R-Castle Rock), endorsing Wil Armstrong (R- Greenwood Village) to fill the U.S. House seat being vacated by Tom Tancredo (R-Littleton), in a press release from the Armstrong campaign

"Wil Armstrong is by far the most qualified to deal with the volatile economy. He has years of successful business experience. Wil understands better than anyone the effects it has on both employers and employees."

--State Rep. Victor Mitchell (R-Castle Rock), endorsing Wil Armstrong (R- Greenwood Village) to fill the U.S. House seat being vacated by U.S. Rep. Tom Tancredo (R-Littleton), in a press release from the Armstrong campaign.

"Many of the protections in the bill are superficial, and there are too many avenues left to the president to unconstitutionally spy on American citizens."

--Will Shafroth (D-Boulder), a candidate for the U.S. House seat being vacated by U.S. Rep. Mark Udall (D-Eldorado Springs), disagreeing with Udall's recent vote for a wiretapping bill

"The people who work with Rollie support him. The people who work with Rollie's opponent support him."

--Elisabeth Patterson, campaign manager for Rollie Heath (D-Boulder), on the news that several colleagues of his opponent Cindy Carlisle (D-Boulder) on the University of Colorado Board of Regents endorsed Heath.

“Certainly we were hopeful that’d we get the endorsement, but Jeff has got the majority of both business and community leaders behind him.”

--Amber O’Connor, spokesperson for Jeff Crank, a former vice-president for the Colorado Springs Chamber of Commerce, on the Chamber’s endorsement of his opponent in the 5th Congressional District Republican primary