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Article: Bob Schaffer.(U.S. SENATE)(Brief article)
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- ColoradoBiz
- Article date:
- October 1, 2008
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Examining the U.S. Senate race solely through the lens of business, we view Republican Bob Schaffer as a candidate better equipped to encourage economic growth, lure large employers to the state and create jobs than his Democratic counterpart, Mark Udall.
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We applaud Udall for his role in championing a "new energy" economy and his belated support of ramping up domestic oil production and opening up offshore drilling as part of a bipartisan Senate energy plan.
But Schaffer has shown a more realistic view of where we stand as a state and a nation now--unnecessarily reliant on foreign energy yet sitting on untapped ...