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
50%
50%
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
52%↑
48%↓
State Senate Majority
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DEMOCRATS
REPUBLICANS
80%
20%
State House Majority
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REPUBLICANS
95%
5%
September 05, 2007 07:16 PM UTC
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the Republicans are just that slow. They keep forgetting everything that has been discussed, everything that has been disclosed, and everything that has printed in the open-media.
Me thinks the Republicans are just that slow. Should I repeat it again for them?
David, once again, I couldn’t agree more.
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The Rs are just desperate for something to make a dent.
where did you get that number? The private numbers that I saw were much higher. Over 70%
One of the dailies ran an article claiming as much, but yes I too have heard higher numbers from private sources.
Muchas Gracias
btw – if you’re a Michigan fan, my condolences
I stand corrected. I think I read it in one of the Denver papers a few weeks ago. In any case, the voters don’t seem to be suffering any buyers remorse.
isn’t he the guy that came up with that story about Merrifield and charter-school supporters deserving a “special place in hell”? And didn’t he get ahold of that through FOIA?
Seems to me Jones should be getting paid by Wadhams directly…
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You’d hate to have a ridiculously offensive statement like that made public!
… my secret sources tell me that state Republican legislators are in hush-hush meetings with representatives of “Big Business” devising strategies to defeat the pro-union legislation.
You heard it here first!
In other astonishing news, the Pope is Catholic and bears relieve themselves in the woods.
Is he makes governing effectively look effortless. Because of this the Repubs seem to think any lame excuse will trip him up and the Dems just assume he’ll continue to improve the state with no assistance.
He should screw up on something just to make everyone happy 🙂
– dave
Its not surprising that the Republican extremists would be looking for any kind of “scandal” to discredit Ritter, but why is the Rocky playing going along with the Republican talking points? Is Chris Barge some kind of hack? Lyn Bartels is ususally a reliable reporter, but this is way off the deep end.
How was this bad news? Ritter is talking to the workers of this state as to what they want. He talks to everyone! He talks to all the Chambers, the Enviro’s, the Insurance Agencies, the Contractors, the Nurses… and list goes on.
This is how legislation is created… through talks! And this is news? Sounds more like the R’s are throwing spagehtti at the wall hoping for something to stick. They are so desparate to create a controversy, that they have forgotten that they have NO AGENDA (other than kicking old women and puppies).
…as I glanced at The Snooze this AM. Ho hum.
People talk, other people are offended. Giving and taking, that’s the political system as it should be.
State employee collective bargaining is DOA.
Killed by the Republicans and a Governor who is afraid to stand up to them
why do you say that?
…to announce a hope or an opinion as fact. As if clapping hard enough will change what happens over the next year plus.
Dr. Dobby might have been the brightest star doing this.
And then, they are always wrong in the end.
eqaully funding public schools was DOA. Just like fixing TABOR was DOA. Just like creating a Prescription Drug Purchasing Pool was DOA. Just like creating a renewable energy economy was DOA. Just like everything hollow promise the Cons throw out there, believe the opposite.
Unlike the Cons who sat on their hands in between elections, the Democrats are keeping their promises to voters. It’s as simple as that.
the blogger formerly known as “Something is Brewing?” That individual posted items that sounded like (and usually proved to be) little more than rumors, and Iconoclast does the same.
Yes, it is old news to people who track all things political but not to everyday folks. Wadhams sees an opportunity to cast the D’s, especially Ritter, as being secretive and in bed with the dastardly unions.
All in one scoop he blasts unions, punches Ritter’s popularity, puts the Dem legislature on the defensive and makes the R’s look like they are standing tall for the people.
He may be off the Hill but he’s not over the hill.
But I wonder how many Coloradans read this and say, “And what’s wrong with workers sticking together?” Catch a few, lose a few.
So let me get this straight. While Democrats have an agenda to help workers, fix the health care crisis in our state, fund our education system so that all children have an opportunity to go to school, the Republcan’s Chairman and his lacky’s in the Senate, House and Outside organization paid by annonymous sources (perhaps Multi-Millionaires?) are going to stick to the worker class, their school children, and their parents who can’t afford health care?
Wow, if that’s compassionate conservatism… I’m glad Ritter is our Governor.
Too bad I’ll be leaving CO as it becomes a truly great state with foresight and keeping its eye on the middle class.
Maybe I’ll come back when they get universal health care so that I can drive the righties nuts, “proving” that people will move here for “free” health care.
I just don’t see the need.
Add it up-
Existing Condition-
Retire at 55, with 75 percent of your salary as pension, and 3.5% annual Cost of Living Increases
No social security deduction.
It’s virtually impossible to be fired.
Salaried workers get compensatory time after 45 hours per week. (Highly unusual in the United States)
Wages and salaries that track private industry via a LEGISLATIVELY MANDATED salary survey.
9 holidays per year, and a generous vacation package.
As I see it, the classified system is cushier than most collectively bargained contracts.
Proposed condition-
Same as above, except pay a couple hundred bucks a month to union dues; and be forced to strike when the goldbricks and malcontents who lead the union decide to wield their influence every decade or so. A month or two of strike pay and any possible theoretical gain to the employees via collective bargaining is wiped out.
This ain’t Harlan County. These idiots trying to organize need to get a job where they are truly being exploited. Their efforts to paint a picture of woe only serve to tarnish the memory of union leaders who truly fought for human rights.
Bill Owens was no friend to State Employees-but neither is the AFL-CIO. They just view Colorado Public Employees as low hanging fruit to bolster their bottom line.