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%
20%
State House Majority
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DEMOCRATS
REPUBLICANS
95%
5%
September 02, 2008 09:26 PM UTC
10 Comments
Weak because when you watch it with the sound off (I mute EVERY commercial that appears on my TV) it has zero impact.
With the sound off, you have no idea what it is about.
I think the best ads work with and without sound.
It is also a terrible ad if you watch it with the television off.
With the volume down you don’t get the message.
A lot of ads are seen in bars & restaurants and in those cases there is no sound.
They hit hard in ’06, too. Glad to see them continuing the trend.
If “sound off” is the test, than those McCain ads are great for Obama.
the substance of this ad. I have never understood why Republicans think that it’s OK to send our armed forces into battle, but not reward them upon their return. MM of all people should be voting to increase veterans benefits.
But that’s the price that you pay when you see all government spending as evil, even when it’s helping the people who deserve the most we can give them.
Congress gets a pay raise, and vets get the shaft? What a country.
I am not familiar with representative Musgrave’s overall voting record on veterans, but it seems like there could be many reasons for the vote described that aren’t anti-veteran. Odds are it came as part of a larger Democratic bill with other provisions, but I’d be happy to be corrected on that. Plus the famous “she took a pay raise” line applies to everyone in congress, and in that respect doesn’t show as much. The ad to me seems mostly about having veterans say something bad about representative Musgrave (or Mr. Schaffer). Even if the group is nominally non-partisan, they look awfully partisan, and neither party should simply use the image of troops or veterans for partisan gain.
But most of the votes they point out were as simple as they are painted. The Dems haven’t been out to bundle veterans’ benefits with unpopular (to Republicans) social benefits bills. In fact, most of them if they were attached to anything were attached to war funding bills.
That might be the hardest hitting ad of the year.