in the spring of two thousand and seven governor bill ritter signed one of the new colorado bills it changed the makeup of the state commission that regulates the industry the ceremony was attended by some of the residents of garfield county island boy. these may have. been. spilled thirty forty one maybe one of the most significant things that we accomplished in this legislative session to reorganize the current oil and gas cuts of fish commission we believe it brings a better balance to the commission so that's not dominated by any one interest group but we're every responsible as we move forward going to be mindful of the impact is the number of drilling applications climb as the number of effect plates climb as well. half of the state of colorado or more. sits above the gas bearings and on. and so. this is an issue that will be with us for many many years to come in the decisions that we make today are going to define. how this will all. transpire over the next twenty years. the fact that today we have close to five thousand wells have been drilled in the northwestern area and if

bill ritter has been saying in recent days it's going to be an uphill climb for the president. as you laid all it out the president had the stars aligned for him in 2008 with the democratic convention in denver. now it's going to be very, very difficult, that is why he's spending so much time here. we were here a couple of weeks ago. he spoke at a hispanic high school in the denver area hispanic voters can be critical in this case. the president as you noted signed the stimulus here, very early on, the first hundred days in 2009. i just came back from the spot where the president signed that stimulus, the denver museum of nature and science. talked to a lot of voters outside the museum, how they feel two and a half years later. some say look, his fans say bottom line is if he had not signed the stimulus we might have got into aggression. there are others who criticize it, say it was not as good as advertised. one voter said, all that is in the past, more importantly is what is going on right now. the voter said he's concerned about the president doing an end run around congress

ritter, and in his weekly address. -- twitter and in his weekly address. the bill will cut petrol taxes come to extend unemployment benefits give companies tax credits for hiring and providing money to keep public workers on the job and reinvestments in the building schools and roads. it would start in 2013. the political stakes for obama is high. no president since roosevelt has been elected with an unemployment rate above 8%. chances are slim that the entire package will pass in this political climate. even if it survives the senate, it faces a tough road in the house. >> we do not think a doubling down our policies, which have already proven to fail, is the right way to go. >> republicans say it will do little to create jobs. >> he is doing the same thing he did before and expects to have the same outcome. >> wheat want to help small businesses grow. getting certainty on our -- we want to help small businesses grow and get certainty. >> some of the bill's provisions like the payroll tax for employers with at jobs. how many is the question. >> [unintelligible] th