Search Results for: Bob Schaffer

We noted yesterday that Gov.-elect John Hickenlooper has selected former GOP Gov. Bill Owens as a statewide co-chair of his transition team. This is being widely viewed as an excellent choice, and we think the moderate Owens will do as much as possible to broker the kind of bipartisan cooperation that Hickenlooper wants to lead […]

(Slavery gets $#|+ done… – promoted by ThillyWabbit) Bob Schaffer’s twitter account not only pimps the booze but tries to connect to his “followers” and fails. I have a Republican twitter sockpuppet who Schaffer followed for reasons unknown to me. After his requesting to follow my sockpuppet, I decided to follow him back. I received […]

Former Senate candidate Bob Schaffer, as most of you know, has kept quite a presence up for himself in various online forums, most recently (and curiously) setting up a blog at the conservative social networking site Smart Girl Politics. Which is pretty interesting in more than the obvious gender-bending ways. Let’s start with the definition […]

( – promoted by Colorado Pols) Priceless, from MSNBC’s Rachel Maddow show last night: “Coyote Gold.” It’s not as icky as your first free association test makes it sound. Cross-posted at ProgressNow Colorado

The AP reports in the first of many such epitaphs: As if things aren’t looking bad enough for Bob Schaffer, now he’s getting fashion advice from his own supporters. Down in the polls, the Republican seeking Colorado’s open seat for U.S. Senate is looking for a last-minute surge of cash and volunteers to take on […]

from the Rocky Mountain News Democrat Mark Udall’s campaign says Schaffer violated federal law by not having the candidate’s image appear in the final four seconds of the new TV ad on taxes. Udall’s attorneys asked Colorado’s TV stations on Thursday to enforce a provision of the law that says that requirement must be met […]

As the AP reports on yesterday’s debate, at least he has a sense of humor…even if it makes him look silly: Schaffer and Udall clashed repeatedly over energy policy after Schaffer accused Udall of flip-flopping, voting against expansion of drilling rights as a congressman from the 2nd Congressional District and now supporting it as part […]

Made you look, though the Denver Post reports not too far off the mark: Brewing scion Pete Coors, who stuck a fork in Bob Schaffer’s GOP senatorial bid in 2004, will be playing [Pols emphasis] the spoons for Schaffer at a honky-tonk fundraiser this month at The Stampede in Aurora. “You see, a few months […]

( – promoted by Colorado Pols) What opportune timing.  Between the Bill Orr trial, trying to prove who gave him that earmark, and so many other political scandals and events, I wasn’t sure when was the right time to reveal what else we dug out of Bob Schaffer’s Congressional archive.  But, now that Ross Kaminsky […]

( – promoted by Colorado Pols) While doing our due diligence at ProgressNowAction looking into claims made in recent independent ads, we discovered something pretty interesting. A few months ago, we took a routine screenshot of Senate candidate Bob Schaffer’s biography web page at his former employer’s site, Aspect Energy. Here’s what it said. Bob […]

(What’s a day without a “Sweatshop Schaffer” front pager? – promoted by DavidThi808) Worried about his religious right base, Bob Schaffer recently claimed that in 1999 he “investigated” and was able to reject claims of forced abortions at the Marianas Islands: “Schaffer said he discussed that issue with the Catholic bishop and other Catholic leaders.” […]