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(D) Phil Weiser
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(D) M. Dougherty
(D) David Seligman
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(D) J. Danielson
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(D) Jeff Bridges
(R) Kevin Grantham
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(D) Milat Kiros
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(D) Joe Neguse*
(R) Somebody
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CO-03 (West & Southern CO)
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(R) Jeff Hurd*
(R) H. Scheppelman
(D) Alex Kelloff
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CO-04 (Northeast-ish Colorado)
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(R) Lauren Boebert*
(D) Trisha Calvarese
(D) Eileen Laubacher
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CO-05 (Colorado Springs)
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(R) Jeff Crank*
(D) Jessica Killin
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CO-06 (Aurora)
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CO-07 (Jefferson County)
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(D) Yadira Caraveo
(D) Manny Rutinel
(D) Shannon Bird
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“New Rule: Stop referring to Sarah Palin as a renegade. A renegade is someone who rebels against convention. What is Sarah Palin rebelling against? Grammar? Wildlife? Sports analogies? Face it, Sarah, you only rebelled against one thing in your life: family planning.”
While I agree she’s not presidential material, she did run against a corrupt incumbant from her own party. I’d call that rebellious.
Any dems show backbone like that lately?
O’Bambi is not up for re-election until 2012
SHE wanted a piece of the action.
you’ll need to give some examples of some truly corrupt Dems who need to be removed. While I can think of some long-entrenched Senators who ought to call it a day I’m unaware of any elected Dems who are believed to be half as dirty as the typical Alaska ‘pub.
Dodd
Jefferson
Frank
Boxer
Feinstein
Burris
It’s a start…
Dodd — Trumped up bullshit, but he is currently being primaried
Jefferson — Primaried but won, lost the general, is no longer in Congress
Frank, Boxer, and Feinstein? I had no idea any had been accused of corruption. Being a loudmouth and/or a lousy Senator is not a crime last time I checked.
Burris — raised less than a thousand dollars and is out, and would have been primaried otherwise
But I would add to the list Murtha and anyone else (regardless of party) ensnared in defense department procurement payola.
After all, your question was referring to the here and now.
Phoenix – good point about Murtha. Unfortunately unseating gerrymandered congressmen with that much seniority is pretty tough. I don’t think Palin’s predecessor was anywhere near that entrenched, or else we would never have heard of her.
Murtha’s looking more and more like he needs a forced retirement….
As for former Gov. Palin (I can say that today, right?), I have to agree with Ralphie – she wasn’t any cleaner, just newer muscle coming in…
In the past few years NJ has seen over 130 public corruption convictions (under Bush) … yesterday afternoon the FBI added 30 new targets.
I liked this comment best … just over three weeks after assuming the office of mayor, Hoboken Mayor Peter Cammarano III was arrested by the FBI as part of a major corruption, organ transplant, building permit and international money laundering conspiracy probe.
What a ticket!
But it wouldn’t matter who–NJ is a “target-rich environment.” Especially Hudson County.
By the way, the arrested State Assemblyman from Ocean County (Van Pelt) is a ‘Pub.
“Other Democrats, such as Pennsylvania’s Bob Casey and Colorado’s Mark Udall and Michael Bennet, were said to have been willing to vote ‘no’ if necessary. Twenty minutes after the voting began, Bennet and Udall left the cloakroom together and walked into the chamber. Bennet went to the well to consult with Schumer, who indicated that it was safe for Bennet — a product of D.C.’s St. Albans School — to vote with the NRA. Bennet looked to Udall, who gave an approving nod, and cast his ‘aye’ vote.” (from Washington Post’s Dan Milbank’s story on the gun vote).
http://www.washingtonpost.com/…
So apparently (a) Bennet is a puppet and (b) he has to get permission to do anything of consequence.
He voted for your freakin’ gun nut bill.
Would it have been better if he voted against it?
Prolly, huh? Then the NRA could robocall…
It would have been better. Smart move by Bennet, actually.
…because I refuse to use either codeword for the bill.
This was as stupid a bill as Sen Brophy’s. It eroded States rights to set legislative limits on firearms possession (which should piss off Conservatives) while making weak-ass concealed carry laws the standard for every state (which should piss off liberals.)
Do the Gundamentalists in America (and by extension, this site) have the balls to come out in support of a national concealed carry law? I doubt it….if only to use it as an excuse to start airing some stupid ads that say Communist-Islamo-Facist-Liberal Democrats would take your guns away.
I’m tired of the GunNuts trying to impose their weird perverse desire for the right to carry their 9mm pacifiers everywhere. Every state gets to set the law based on prevailing community standard….deal with it.
This topic is not restricted to Colorado and it really shouldn’t be political, but unfortunately the latter has become true due to focused effort of a few.
Anyway, I was just made aware of this guide, Climate Change Controversies: A Simple Guide, put out by the Royal Society.
For those who are interested, it may be useful as an overview. It doesn’t provide links to original research, however, so in my view this limits its usefulness.
It’s aimed at the layperson so it may be helpful for anyone who wants to understand whether or not climate scientists are, or have been, addressing some of the other possible explanations for observations such as “11 of the last 12 years have been the hottest since records started in 1850.”
(This has been another Public Service Announcement.)
Climate Change: Fitting the Pieces Together
It’s a very accessible summary produced by COMET (an organization that trains weather forecasters) and NEEF (National Environmental Education Foundation). The presentation is narrated and backed by an extensive bibliography. You have to register at the site, but it’s free.
Reporting on Climate Change: Understanding the Science
Written for journalists and other non-specialists and available to download for free from the Environmental Law Institute (or for $34.95 for a paperback copy).
It’s a bit dated now (published in 2003), but this just means that the scientific evidence is much stronger that what’s included in this resource.
http://climateprogress.org/200…
Sure, it’s not hard science, but it’s hard to argue with the “Audacity of Nope” video…
From rumblings I’ve heard, Don Marostica is resigning his House seat to become Director of the Colorado Office of Economic Development.
Saw in the paper in Loveland. http://www.reporterherald.com.
Read the whole sordid thing here.
from TPM – a real family values Republican.
Except for one little detail…
Oh, and another little detail…
But he is consistent…
It excuses everything.
Hey, we’ll be bi-partisian. Also from TPM
Group orgies maybe???
I have been ignoring this story, but this is start to creep me out more than a little.
I am very comfortable with evangelicals, I am married to one. I am comfortable with people having strong conservative religious values, my objection comes when they use their religion as the justification for policy decisions (religion should inform your personal beliefs, but you have to have a secular/rational basis for policy).
However, what is going on at C street, enabling behavior and secrecy, is troubling.
Is they figure the rules don’t apply to them. This seems to affect elected (male) officials in large numbers.
but hilarious.
The backstepping in the conference call is priceless.
http://www.coloradoan.com/apps…
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The SBA – the federal Small Business Administration – has grant money to pay small businesses to conduct research beneficial to small businesses.
https://www.fbo.gov/index?s=op…
If you have the time and expertise, why not give it a shot ?
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http://www.huffingtonpost.com/…
Here he is desecrating the flag by removing the stars representing the states he disagrees with politically.
I hope every Republican is asked to renounce and denounce and reject and deject Mr. Blecch, before after and during every media appearance.