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Rocky Mountain NewsA Nashville, Tenn., auto dealer who has donated thousands of dollars to Republican causes - including the Swift Boat attack group - said he contributed to Jared Polis' congressional campaign because he considers the Boulder resident "a good conservative."
"If he's a good man and believes in the right principles, I don't care whether he's Republican or Democrat," Lee Beaman said.
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Another donor, Arthur Gray Jr., of New Hampshire, said his friend Arthur Laffer, economist and former adviser to President Reagan, asked him to donate to Polis.
Gray said Laffer knows Polis and described the Internet entrepreneur as a "very good guy" who believes in "supply side economics."
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Polis is trying to present himself as a "grassroots" candidate and has been pushing the big progressive blogs to support him. Two other Dem candidates are in this primary, with the DCCC supporting another conservative candidate, Fitz-Gerald.