Mike Miles looks like an interesting candidate.

[madfloridian]

A long shot, apparently, but I have seen several articles that portray him as such a human type of candidate.

http://www.denverpost.com/Stories/0,1413,36~64~2284438,00.html
SNIP.."Miles - a military man who marches to the credo of pacifist Mahatma Gandhi - has been fighting the power of party officials for more than two years in his quest to become the state's Democratic candidate for U.S. Senate.

In May, Miles and his team delivered a shock: At the state Democratic Convention, Miles got more delegate votes than heavily favored Colorado Attorney General Ken Salazar and won the top spot on the Aug. 10 primary ballot.

It was like a scene from "Seabiscuit" - a movie that Miles cites often in his speeches...."

[AP]

1. I agree. He's very interesting. I heard him on Demcoracy Now.

Amy Goodman tried to get him to criticize his opponent on redistricting and he refused. He said that Salazar deserved credit for fighting redistricting as effectively as possible. I don't think Goodman liked that. She changed the subject pretty quickly.

Miles also has a pretty good chat about Iraq. It was more clever than just saying, "I know there were no WMD because I'm omniscient" -- which I think is a big mistake. He talks about his anti-terrorism and diplomatic experience and describes what smart people do in situations like the one Bush was confronted with. It's a very effective strategy I think, even though it's not easy to reduce to paragraph here at DU.

[goodhue]

2. A poet and a patriot

http://rockymountainnews.com/drmn/election/article/0,1299,DRMN_36_3032552,00.html

Rocky Mountain News

A poet and a patriot, Miles hears a new calling
Ambitious candidate thrives on adversity with a life of service

By Jim Tankersley, Rocky Mountain News
July 13, 2004

The details are a bit fuzzy - was it apple pie with the coffee, and if so, a la mode? - but the location and action are undisputed.

A young Mike Miles sits at a Denny's restaurant in Tacoma, Wash., facing his best friend and his best friend's wife, sketching his future in the air.

Miles is lean with a buzz cut, a champion lightweight boxer, a West Pointer who graduated eighth in his class. His Army Ranger battalion will still be telling his story more than a year after he leaves them.

In a few months, his final military evaluation will include this assessment from a colonel who will later become vice chief of staff of the Army: "Mike Miles . . . was the best officer I have ever observed in over 20 years of service, regardless of rank."

. . .

http://rockymountainnews.com/drmn/election/article/0,1299,DRMN_36_3032552,00.html

[madfloridian]

4. Fascinating biography.

SNIP..."The day he leaves Poland, in 1993, the communists sweep back in. He arrives in Moscow for a new assignment just in time for an attempted coup d'etat.

Miles rises fast in Russia. He starts as an administrator, nailing down hotels, motorcades and security for high-level visits. A year later, Ambassador Thomas Pickering makes Miles his special assistant, where he writes speeches and talking points through such conflicts as an American attack on a Serbian MIG fighter plane that angers the Russian government"....."What he sees in Russia's nascent democracy will later convince him Iraq isn't ready for one."

Poem:
"Know him by his poems: And when a star grows weary of its role/ Of filling-up the emptiness, it dies."

[RobertDevereaux]

3. Here's Mike's website...

http://www.mikemiles4senate.com/test/

[Crunchy Frog]

5. He's great!

I've seen him speak several times, and am doing everthing I can for his campaign.

Unfortunately, our party apparatchiks are completely behind his opponent. The dscc, until recently, wouldn't even acknowledge his existence, even though he pulled a surprise win at the State Convention.

If anyone wants to make a contribution to his campaign, you can click on my sig line. He does not have the parties big money behind him.