CO-04 (Special Election)
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(R) Greg Lopez
(R) Trisha Calvarese
90%
10%
President (To Win Colorado)
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(D) Joe Biden*
(R) Donald Trump
80%
20%↓
CO-01 (Denver)
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(D) Diana DeGette*
90%
CO-02 (Boulder-ish)
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(D) Joe Neguse*
90%
CO-03 (West & Southern CO)
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(D) Adam Frisch
(R) Jeff Hurd
(R) Ron Hanks
40%
30%
20%
CO-04 (Northeast-ish Colorado)
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(R) Lauren Boebert
(R) Deborah Flora
(R) J. Sonnenberg
30%↑
15%↑
10%↓
CO-05 (Colorado Springs)
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(R) Dave Williams
(R) Jeff Crank
50%↓
50%↑
CO-06 (Aurora)
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(D) Jason Crow*
90%
CO-07 (Jefferson County)
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(D) Brittany Pettersen
85%↑
CO-08 (Northern Colo.)
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(D) Yadira Caraveo
(R) Gabe Evans
(R) Janak Joshi
60%↑
35%↓
30%↑
State Senate Majority
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DEMOCRATS
REPUBLICANS
80%
20%
State House Majority
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DEMOCRATS
REPUBLICANS
95%
5%
May 01, 2021 07:08 AM UTC
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The past week saw a fair amount of economic news breaking. I followed the lead of someone on a different board and went to look at what the US Department of Labor was saying about Colorado’s unemployment. Like the national report, it isn’t ideal, but a HUGE improvement over a year ago.
Initial Claims Filed During Week Ended April 24
Colorado
Advance….Prior Wk…..Change
5,737……..6,741………-1,004
Insured Unemployment For Week Ended April 17
Advance…..Prior…….WkChange
63,301…….63,456…..-155
An interesting quote this morning, Alva.
It got me to thinking about a conversation I had last night on facebook with a former executive for a newspaper here on the western slope. The subject was the inherent cronyism in the hiring by Colorado Mesa University of long time employee, John Marshall, to replace outgoing president Tim Foster.
He ended his comments with a blanket assertion that there were 4 different truths at play. This is, fundamentally, impossible.
By asserting that there is more than one truth, you then give yourself the ethical and moral leeway to pick the one you like. I expected better from this professional, but political survival in this area pushes many into illogical positions.
How did what’s his name say it…? SAD!
Here’s some “beyond SAD!” for you, Duke!
C'mon Duke. Don't you know it's not cronyism if you're part of the club?
Perhaps, but the Repugs are certainly more shameless about it!
The retired newspaper exec Duke referred to is not a Republican.
Today (Saturday) is International Sunflower Guerilla Gardening Day
Sunflowers 🌻… my second-favorite crop!
Next Friday is World Naked Gardening Day. Get your Speedo washed, barnes!!
We totally missed Confederate Heritage Month, you guys. It ended yesterday.
By way of belated "celebration," let us honor the memory of U.S. Army 1st Lt. Alonzo Cushing. Despite suffering mortal wounds, he stayed with his artillery battery and continued turning Confederates into pink mist during Pickett's Charge at the Battle of Gettysburg right up to the time he died.
“That’s the best thing to do with them! “
–Douglas MacArthur, upon being warned that his troops had just killed a Japanese sniper where he was visiting.
Just went to see a COVID site I visit: https://91-divoc.com/pages/covid-visualization/ Among the visualizations possible, new cases per week normalized to a population of 100,000.
In the past 4 weeks, Colorado has risen from 22.4 to 30.3. We are #2 now, trailing only Michigan — but it is dropping quickly from 58.9 to 42.7. The US as a whole moved from 19.6 to 15.3.
Here's hoping the race to vaccinate will being having a greater impact sometime soon.
Cases are spiking in some Jeffco suburban high schools (Columbine : 27). I’m getting lots of calls to cover for quarantined teachers . Be careful out there.
Who's going to break this to Moddy?
Koch-backed group joins marijuana push after Zoom with Snoop Dogg
My vote is for old, white southern men whose ancestors were slaveholders to sit in the back row and practice the art of being silent.
McConnell wants '1619 Project' removed from federal grant programs
College Was Once Free and For the Public Good—What Happened?
Of course, it would be a bunch of white, rich, frathouse rats that would screw it up:
The upcoming “what do sane people think of *ucker?” focus group is gonna be lit. It’s almost as if he forgot Luntz is a Republican icon?
PS: Democrats need our own version of Frank.
"… random people yammering…"
Yeah, I feel like Carlson knows about that.
As for the Democratic Luntz – concur. Not me, someone way smarter. And someone not aiming to hold office.
I guess I’m at the age that, when I wake up in the morning, the very first question I usually ask myself is, “How can I get out of this damn bed without hurting myself”? . . .
. . . I can only imagine that folks like Tucker (thankfully, there’s not all that many) must wake up and ask themselves first, “What’s the dumbest fucking thing that I can do/say today”?
Rachel Bitecofer?
She's the political scientist who had the insight about partisan alignment dominating persuasion, which explained Democratic success in Virginia and also the Democratic dominance in 2018.
She is building an anti Republican PAC called "StrikePac".
Biecofer has the polling background and seems to have chosen a side. She'd need to jettison some of the academic impulses and amp up the pr game to have a similar impact.
I can't think of a single pollster with a similar level of clout among Democratic campaigns and organizations.
It would be great if J. Ann Selzer and her enthusiasm for getting things right would have a political clone, someone wanting to work beyond an Iowa & journalism focus.
Today (Sunday) is International Scurvy Awareness Day
Where to next,
BigLittle Dan?? CO-3 calling?So we're having a War on Dandelions now? For all the "military-family values" crowd, the emblem of the military child is the dandelion because its seeds are blown far and wide by the wind but it will always plant roots and blossom wherever it lands.
The GOPer position opposing "plant-based" blossoms is quite clear . . .