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July 30, 2008 - 2:01pm

McCain at Aurora town hall: 'I will not raise your taxes'

In a statement reminiscent of President George H.W. Bush's infamous "read my lips" pledge in 1988, John McCain told workers at an Aurora manufacturing company Wednesday that, "I want to look you in the eye - I will not raise your taxes nor support a tax increase."

The presumptive Republican presidential nominee spoke before about 300 workers at the Wagner Equipment Company, striking a theme of transcending partisan politics and dismissing presumptive Democratic opponent Barack Obama as "another politician in Washington who puts self-interest and political expediency ahead  of problem solving."

McCain's statement that he would not raise taxes came a day after the influential anti-tax group Club for Growth called for such a commitment from the senator from Arizona. The group said McCain had been offering "a mixed message" about where he stands on taxes.

Colorado Democrats, though, said Obama would lower taxes on the middle class and claimed McCain's economic plan would mostly benefit the wealthiest Americans. 

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April 10, 2008 - 1:06pm

Top 10 Democratic mediocrities in the Colorado legislature

Nancy sure loves sponsoring resolutions. And she jumped on the Clinton bandwagon just as it was stumbling

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