President (To Win Colorado)
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(D) Kamala Harris
(R) Donald Trump
80%↑
20%
CO-01 (Denver)
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(D) Diana DeGette*
(R) V. Archuleta
98%
2%
CO-02 (Boulder-ish)
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(D) Joe Neguse*
(R) Marshall Dawson
95%
5%
CO-03 (West & Southern CO)
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(R) Jeff Hurd
(D) Adam Frisch
52%↑
48%
CO-04 (Northeast-ish Colorado)
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(R) Lauren Boebert
(D) Trisha Calvarese
90%
10%
CO-05 (Colorado Springs)
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(R) Jeff Crank
(D) River Gassen
80%
20%
CO-06 (Aurora)
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(D) Jason Crow*
(R) John Fabbricatore
90%
10%
CO-07 (Jefferson County)
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(D) B. Pettersen
(R) Sergei Matveyuk
90%
10%
CO-08 (Northern Colo.)
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(D) Yadira Caraveo
(R) Gabe Evans
60%
40%
State Senate Majority
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DEMOCRATS
REPUBLICANS
80%
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State House Majority
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DEMOCRATS
REPUBLICANS
95%
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February 07, 2019 05:45 AM UTC
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It's cold. And Trump stinks.
I feel really bad for my roommate in this weather. He's got arthritis so he hurts a lot when things get really cold.
Same with my drummer. He is even older than me..👴
Luckily, I enjoy good health and, while a few structural mishaps have left me with some chronic pain, I am surrounded by folks my age who suffer from enormous pain and disfiguration at the hands of "Arthur" as my stepmom puts it. He (I never challenged her on the inherent sexism there) is an unwelcome intruder who brings nothing but pain and frustration.
As you say…if you don't know "Arthur"…count yourself fortunate indeed.
Consider yourselves lucky. Talked in mid-morning to a Montana cousin, who lives in Havre. Sunrise temperature today in Havre was -36.
Montana's state motto is "40 below keeps the wimps away." They're almost there!
Actually, V, the bumper sticker says “40 below keeps the riffraff out.''
Diabetes and accompanying neuropathy beset me, and Arthur hangs out with my wife. But I can put up with that. What scares me to numbness is alzheimers.
Avoid aluminum and stay sharp quarreling with people here, V.
Oh, Arthur Itis?
I met that SOB at 16, after a month-long bout with two different strains of strep. My knees, shoulder and one of my wrists hate this cold, damp weather.
I don't stay up late at night, so I get the highlights in the morning from the New York Times. Here's a chuckle from Seth Meyers
WOTD from Vox: "Is employer-sponsored insurance really a good deal for workers?"
VOX is doing some of the best journalism around when it comes to in-depth, intelligent analysis of important issues like, Medicare for All, Outrageous Emergency Room Bills, Renewable Energy.
To discuss the solution to health insurance, you need to be honest about what options are on the table:
Nothing (Republican plan), Obamacare (Heritage Foundation plan), MFA – Single Payer, and some version of MFA – Keeping Employer benefits.
The linked article points out 50% get healthcare through employer benefits, and they freak out as soon as MFA – Single Payer is defined, which makes that solution impractical. It is useful as a marker, something to move the Overton Window.
On the other hand, Employer health care benefits are deteriorating. A large number of the underinsured actually have insurance through their employer. I'm confident that a robust MFA – Keeping Employer Benefits, would steadily progress to MFA – Single Payer.
Public occupations like teaching might not have the highest wages, but they typically come with benefits and "some" degree of job security. A big part of teacher strikes is the rising cost of health care benefits. Mama says she is paying $1,500 per year (I'd bet that her employer pays another $10,000). I think her plan is far better than most… at least in her HIPs. Actual health coverage and costs is another question.
What most people might not realize is that the rise of employer-provided healthcare since the '70's through private insurance companies is a major factor in the highly inflationary medical price spiral. The huge expansion of the marketplace combined with the demand for "discounted" care distorted the market raising the cost to those with little or no bargaining power (small companies or individuals paying list price). Also, the hidden cost of suppressed wages as employer health benefit costs spiraled ever higher.
I'm even starting to see the same effect with my veterinarian. They offer pet insurance as their prices have ballooned in just the past 5 years.
Had we chosen to implement Medicare for All in the '60's as part of the Great Society with government setting the prices, while we might not have an MRI on every street corner like we do now, at least we would have not seen 17% of our GDP getting soaked up by insurance and hospital executives.
Where’s Michael Bennet on the Green New Deal? Several presidential candidates are already on board. But, as I’ve always contended, he’s a Corporatist and a Coward and is nowhere to be found on issues most affecting Colorado and it’s citizens.
Senator Bennet is probably sticking with the science rather than going with far left wing demagogic hysteria. The Rocky Mountain Institute in Snowmass, CO, with another office in Boulder, is one of the leading alternative energy think tanks in the US and has a strong international following (www.rmi.org).
A few years ago, RMI predicted that the US in 2050 would still get 25% of its energy from natural gas. Coal and oil would be phased out as significant sources of energy. RMI is continually going with what is possible and pragmatic; and updating their predictions. Ms. AOC, another prominent pusher of the Green New Deal, and those presidential candidates that you reference, could learn from RMI.
Honestly, the Green New Deal's way less harsh than the science is telling us we need. According to the IPCC report, a report put out by scientists who are experts in the field,
This is way more extreme than the Green New Deal is. If you're sticking with the science, you should advocate for far more than the Green New Deal.
Another Virginian politician who should resign. The hits really keep coming!
The difference, Birdie, is this guy won't go. He is a 72, white, male Republican. Only Democrats pay the price when they get caught when their youthful stupidity comes back to haunt them.
https://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2019/02/06/virginia-governor-attorney-general-224820
Doesn't mean we should treat him any differently. He needs to get as much of a call to resign and get pushed out of office by any means reasonable in much the same way the rest should be. This is a problem and it needs to be dealt with.