President (To Win Colorado) See Full Big Line

(D) Joe Biden*

(R) Donald Trump

80%

20%↓

CO-01 (Denver) See Full Big Line

(D) Diana DeGette*

90%

CO-02 (Boulder-ish) See Full Big Line

(D) Joe Neguse*

90%

CO-03 (West & Southern CO) See Full Big Line

(D) Adam Frisch

(R) Jeff Hurd

(R) Ron Hanks

40%

30%

20%

CO-04 (Northeast-ish Colorado) See Full Big Line

(R) Lauren Boebert

(R) J. Sonnenberg

(R) Ted Harvey

20%↑

15%↑

10%

CO-05 (Colorado Springs) See Full Big Line

(R) Dave Williams

(R) Jeff Crank

(R) Doug Bruce

20%

20%

20%

CO-06 (Aurora) See Full Big Line

(D) Jason Crow*

90%

CO-07 (Jefferson County) See Full Big Line

(D) Brittany Pettersen

85%↑

 

CO-08 (Northern Colo.) See Full Big Line

(D) Yadira Caraveo

(R) Gabe Evans

(R) Janak Joshi

60%↑

40%↑

20%↑

State Senate Majority See Full Big Line

DEMOCRATS

REPUBLICANS

80%

20%

State House Majority See Full Big Line

DEMOCRATS

REPUBLICANS

95%

5%

Generic selectors
Exact matches only
Search in title
Search in content
Post Type Selectors
August 04, 2018 06:38 AM UTC

Weekend Open Thread

  • 32 Comments
  • by: Colorado Pols

“It’s very irresponsible to deny the reality of a problem to see whether it might stop existing.”

–Carles Puigdemont

Comments

32 thoughts on “Weekend Open Thread

  1. Breaking Think Progress news:  not every Democrat agrees with every Democratic position espoused by Zappatero. The article linked in the post lists one Democratic state representative at one event. Somehow, that is extrapolated to a blanket indictment of a "chronic urge."

    On the other hand, Democrats (unmentioned by Zappatero) are recognizing a link between climate change and fires.

    Polis: With Trump in White House, states must take the lead on climate change

    natural disasters including floods and fires in Colorado are getting worse due to human-caused climate change.

    And the 2018 Colorado Democratic Platform sorta features climate change:

    ENVIRONMENT, ENERGY AND CONSERVATION

    Part I: Alternative and Renewable Energy, Conservation and Efficiency

    1. We support full-scale commitment to a national policy that prioritizes the development of renewable energy technologies and energy conservation, and ramps down reliance on finite, polluting, and climate-altering fossil fuels.

    1. John, the LWNJs forget that what they are peddling now was what made the Democratic Party toxic 30 years ago. (It took Bill Clinton and the DLC to detoxify the party and make it electable again.)

      They sincerely believe that if they do the same thing all over again now – actually double down on it – they will get a better result than they did then.

  2. There will be a movement of Trump stink today … Bedminster NJ (Trump property/golf) to Columbus, OH, to Lewis Center, Ohio, and back again.

    Colorado will be upwind and distant enough to be untouched by the direct effects. There is a secondary stink warning from those who have been hugging the *resident and then coming to Colorado. Contagion precautions are advised.

    1. So Rep. "Added a trillion a year to the deficit to give tax cuts to the rich" now wants to make it up by cutting food stamps?

      For the sake of the children, of course!

    1. Our current *resident is catching some flack on this…. Mike is apparently Micheal Jordan.

      Themes of ridicule include

      * accomplishments of LeBron (especially the school),

      * Twittler's ability to get a name right (both on this tweet AND calling out the wrong name of the Ohio politician he's endorsing in a rally today),

      * Trump's previous tweets supporting LeBron (back when he was playing in Florida),

      * the size of the two men's hands, and

      * relative growth of funds they inherited to what they have now.

    1. One of the best Oklahoma laws still on the books: (it makes one wonder just how big a problem it was before they had to make a law?) It doesn’t appear this boy can be prosecuted under this law given the pony’s hind legs weren’t in his boots.

       It is illegal to have the hind legs of farm animals in your boots.

  3. We've all seen the graph comparing the growth of deficits and the national debt between Democratic and Republican administrations ('Pubs have us beat hands down on blowing massive wads of taxpayer cash out their asses into the welcoming arms of their wealthy supporters). 

    Here's another one that shows a high correlation in another category.  Why am I not surprised?

    Repub_Crimes_2.png

  4. Well, knock me over with a feather!  Cynthia Coffman is the first and only Republican AG to join her Democratic counterparts in suing the Trump administration over 3-D printed guns.

    More states are suing the Trump administration to dissolve a settlement it reached with a company that wants to post instructions online for making 3D-printed firearms that are hard to trace and detect.

    Mostly Democratic attorneys general from 19 states, plus the District of Columbia, filed an amended complaint Friday asking a judge make it illegal to share plans on creating printable plastic weapons. One Republican — Colorado's attorney general — joined the lawsuit.

    The settlement jeopardizes states' ability to enforce gun laws, including background checks, and puts public safety at risk, the complaint said. The availability of plastic guns threatens safety in prisons and jails and makes air travel more susceptible to terrorist attacks, the states said.

    Between Brauchler's support for the "Red Flag" bill and this new development, I can only think that Colorado's Purple to Blue status is finally influencing our Republican officials to take some commonsense steps towards slowing down preventable gun violence.

    While 3-D printed guns aren't particularly reliable or durable, they only need to be used once to achieve the perverse goals of a whacko or terrorist who otherwise would be stopped by normal security safeguards if they tried to use a standard weapon.

     

  5. Doug Bruce Ruined Colorado is a video interview piece by Mike Rubens, featured on the Samantha Bee show last March. I missed this classic the first time. Cameos by Hick, Donna Lynne, Carol Hedges, and of course, the cranky Marshmallow Man himself, Doug Bruce.

    Some gems: "Martin Luther King and I are both (belch) freedom fighters."

    “You are a slave to the government.”

    Talking about infrastructure: “We don’t share it. What you’re talking about are communal, the derivation of which is commune, which is communism.” (Meaningful smirk).

    Offered a hug, Bruce responds: “I wasn’t aware that this procedure was going to involve a homosexual encounter.”

Leave a Comment

Recent Comments


Posts about

Donald Trump
SEE MORE

Posts about

Rep. Lauren Boebert
SEE MORE

Posts about

Rep. Yadira Caraveo
SEE MORE

Posts about

Colorado House
SEE MORE

Posts about

Colorado Senate
SEE MORE

159 readers online now

Newsletter

Subscribe to our monthly newsletter to stay in the loop with regular updates!