September 01, 2010 04:14 PM UTC

The Great Collapse: All Dems are behind in statewide races (except Hick)

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• by: H-man

(Interesting discussion about what the odds should be – promoted by DavidThi808)

Earlier this week, polling was released in some Federal office races.  Rasmussen has the Republican Ken Buck up over the Democrat Michael Bennet 49 to 45. Magellan has Republican Ryan Frazier over Democrat Ed Perlmutter in CD-7, 40 to 39.  Scott Tipton released a Magellan poll he commissioned showing him up over John Salazar in CD-3, 49 to 43.  Cory Gradner’s race against Betsy Markey in CD-4 has been moved from toss- up to leans Republican by Real Clear Politics. Obama’s governing from the far left seems to have come at a cost.

In the State office races, Magellan polling is now available, which seem to indicate the same trending, except for the Governor’s race.

http://www.magellanstrategies….

The Results are as follows:

Governor: Hick 46, Maes 27, Tank 17

Treasurer: Stapelton 42, Kennedy 38

Atty. Gen.: Suthers 47, Garnett 32

Sec of State: Gessler 37, Buescher 31

Blogger Ben DeGrow over at PPC has a funny, and much more accurate, take on the various races than the big line to the left. http://www.peoplespresscollect…

Some of his more memorable picks are:

Senate Line

(R) Ken Buck (3-1): Being called “extreme” by the NY Times is a shining badge of honor in Colorado, don’t you know?

(D) Michael Bennet (7-1): Wearing Obama like a pair of cement shoes in the East River, and “nothing to show for it”

S.O.S. Line

(R) Scott Gessler (4-1): In the best of years to run as a Republican, his smart campaign advertising affords him some positive momentum heading into November

(D) Bernie Buescher (6-1): Can we have the Ritter appointee explain again why it’s just so hard to send military ballots out on time?

D) Ed Perlmutter (4-1): Having drifted steadily Leftward since he took his seat in Congress, he’s beginning to find it’s a bad year to wear the label “Pelosi-mutter”

(R) Ryan Frazier (5-1): Joe Biden can tell you how hard it is to run against a “mainstream African-American who is articulate and bright and clean and a nice-looking guy”

There is an interesting piece over at Investors Business Daily by Charles Krauthammer  which is on point http://www.investors.com/NewsA… .  He concludes with the following:

The Democrats are going to get beaten badly in November. Not just because the economy is ailing. And not just because Obama over-read his mandate in governing too far left. But because a comeuppance is due the arrogant elites whose undisguised contempt for the great unwashed prevents them from conceding a modicum of serious thought to those who dare oppose them.

Perhaps, some of the Dems will start talking what they are for and how they will turn things around, instead of demonizing their opponents or calling them names, before it is too late.  The unwashed masses deserved no less and will respond in the absence, en mass, no more.