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McInnis: Both candidates were frustrating on water votes

By Mike Saccone | Friday, July 18, 2008, 02:09 PM

In case you missed it, the campaign team of Democratic Senate candidate Mark Udall attacked his Republican opponent, Bob Schaffer, using a 2004 comment from former Congressman Scott McInnis, R-Colo.

However, as McInnis explained to Political Notebook, neither candidate has a sterling record on Western Slope water issues. Indeed, McInnis reaffirmed his distaste for Schaffer’s vote on the Great Sand Dunes National Park bill. He also renewed his aversion for a “present” vote Udall cast on the Animas-La Plata water project bill.

Here are more of McInnis’ comments that did not make it into today’s newspaper regarding Schaffer and Udall’s water votes:

*Schaffer, Udall photo from The Rocky Mountain News.

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