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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(D) Adam Frisch
(R) Jeff Hurd
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
70%↑
30%
State Senate Majority
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DEMOCRATS
REPUBLICANS
80%
20%
State House Majority
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DEMOCRATS
REPUBLICANS
95%
5%
August 02, 2008 06:09 AM UTC
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he couldnt find an article worth quoting so he had to make his own.
Ever read a movie review?
This happens all the time in business, in politics, and in publishing. Both parties do it. It is a common practice.
And Lamborn did not distort or misquote the good things they said about him, his campaign simply chose NOT to quote the less complimentary things they also said.
He was under no ethical obligation to quote the entire story. If that concept existed, there would never again be a “sound bite”, and half hour newscast would take 3 hours.
This is NO BIG DEAL, except to the CRANKy among us.
when they said “It is not uncommon for candidates to feature stories that they feel are favorable to them on campaign sites, but it is extremely rare for them to edit the story to their liking.”? I realize this is common in movie reviews appearing on posters; but I don’t think I’ve seen it on campaign web sites before. It’s at least marginally suspicious.
and the Lamborn campaign must have agreed, as it quickly pulled the sanitized story from its web site. Pulling a few blurbs (as movie reviews do) is one thing. Posting an entire article while excising the critical parts is quite another.
So does censorship = lying now?
…fuzzy math, perhaps, with context-based calculus.
Doug Lamborn, is quite possibly the worst Congressman in the United States (maybe not in ideology, but in regards to effectiveness).
CRANKy Republican? Yes you are
From my second ever post as a blogger.
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An OPEN letter to all CRANKy Republicans
by: NEWSMAN
Sun Oct 14, 2007 at 23:36:43 PM MDT
TO: All CRANKy Republicans
You guys who remain, “In the Tank for Crank”, Get a Life, Your guy lost. Get Over it.
…My dear robert ; You really need to get your crystal ball fixed, you are WRONG again. You know what happens when you ASSUME (Its on your wall by now from Aristotle ). The last assembly I attended was in High School. I was in business remember. I know Duncan as a county commissioner. He had a voting record, but it was not relevant. How he votes on land use and County Park Awareness Week tells me little. I like Duncan and Bentley, and would support them for a State House position. Then we would have a voting record and could see what they are like in a legislative position.
I have good friends whom I respect that favored Mr. Rayburn, and other friends who favored and some who worked for Jeff Crank. None of my close friends was an advocate for either Mayor Reviera or Duncan Bremer. After meeting Doug Lamborn and talking to him face to face, I chose Lamborn. Doug Lamborn is a sincere and honest conservative with an excellent voting record. I wish every representative from the Colorado delegation had Lamborn’s voting record. I stand by what I wrote, because it is true. When you try to impugn some one you don’t know by telling that person what he thought or what he is, you are not only likely to be wrong, but even more likely to look foolish.
robert wrote
And that could not possibly be because we both read the same article in the same 100,000 circulation local newspaper.
robert wrote
So any Conservative who shows up that doesn’t see it your way is…….what ?
…robert wrote
You have it backwards. I don’t support Lamborn because I agree with his positions, I support Lamborn because he agrees with my positions and votes them in the U.S. House of Representatives.
Its 2007, and there is no active campaign to get talking points from. If the Lamborn campaign wants to borrow or improve on what I said, they are welcome to them. But those are my words, and my thoughts.
robert wrote
I am not the one calling names here. I have never suggested you are a WINO or a RINO. What you sound like is much much worse than either.
I suspect you are a CRANKy Republican. Someone who is so blinded by the events of a long past brutal primary campaign, they can no longer rationally speak about what is best for the party or the conservative voters interests when it comes to the major players in said primary.
robert wrote ” .
How insane is that? Purports..Purports? The man has a 12 year voting record in the Colorado House and Senate, and the best Republican voting record in the current US House of Representatives. There ain’t no Purports about it. You are a card carrying CRANKy Republican. No logic or reason necessary for you. All you know is the anointed heir to Joel Hefly (his former aide and paid lobbyist Jeff Crank) had an unfair thing said about him by a 527. Get over it.
robert wrote
You may have hit on the truth, but not like you think. The reason that the Lamborn supporters stop talking to the CRANKy Republicans about this issue may simply be fatigue at trying to communicate their true and honest beliefs to “my guy was wronged” fanatics that pounce on anyone who supports their elected Congressman. But I suspect what rally bugs you so much that you change the subject to what day I signed onto what blog, is this truth that you want to ignore.
Lamborn received 60% of the vote in the General election. Doug Lamborn will win my vote and my precinct by a wide margin in the primary next year, (and for many years to come), so long as he stays true to his principals.
And that my friend is a fact, you all don’t want to face. NEWSMAN
the worst, but close.