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Obama Speaks Out in Colorado Against Bush's Rush to Drill for Oil, Gas and Mine Oil Shale in the West. By Phillip Yates, Glenwood Springs Post Independent, October 28, 2008."Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama said a top priority he has for future oil and gas development in Colorado and across the American West would be to increase federal collaboration with communities and groups touched by drilling. Another goal would be to maintain the sustainability of resources caught up in the development of Western lands, he said Sunday. Obama outlined his philosophy for future drilling in the United States during a brief interview with the Glenwood Springs Post Independent after he spoke in front of about 145,000 people in Civic Center Park in Denver... Obama's statements about federal oil and gas drilling seem to echo comments made by U.S. Sen. Ken Salazar, D, Rep. John Salazar, D, Rep. Mark Udall, D, and Colo. Gov. Bill Ritter earlier this year. All four Democrats have been critical of the Bush administration this year for not listening to the concerns of Colorado in the wake of critical oil and gas development decisions by the Bureau of Land Management in the state... 'When it comes to oil shale right now, I think we have to do more research and more science to discover whether or not the amount of oil that would be generated would justify what would inevitably be some disruption of the landscape here in Colorado,' the Illinois senator said."