(D) J. Hickenlooper*
(D) Julie Gonzales
(R) Janak Joshi
80%
40%
20%
(D) Jena Griswold
(D) M. Dougherty
(D) Hetal Doshi
50%
40%↓
30%
(D) Jeff Bridges
(D) Brianna Titone
(R) Kevin Grantham
50%↑
40%↓
30%
(D) Diana DeGette*
(D) Wanda James
(D) Milat Kiros
80%
20%
10%↓
(D) Joe Neguse*
(R) Somebody
90%
2%
(R) Jeff Hurd*
(D) Alex Kelloff
(R) H. Scheppelman
60%↓
40%↓
30%↑
(R) Lauren Boebert*
(D) E. Laubacher
(D) Trisha Calvarese
90%
30%↑
20%
(R) Jeff Crank*
(D) Jessica Killin
55%↓
45%↑
(D) Jason Crow*
(R) Somebody
90%
2%
(D) B. Pettersen*
(R) Somebody
90%
2%
(R) Gabe Evans*
(D) Shannon Bird
(D) Manny Rutinel
45%↓
30%
30%
DEMOCRATS
REPUBLICANS
80%
20%
DEMOCRATS
REPUBLICANS
95%
5%
It looks like Congresswoman Marilyn Musgrave (CO-4) is getting national fundraising help. This weekend I got a fundraising letter, signed by NRCC Chairman, Rep. Tom Cole. Additionally it appears that rumors of the NRCC being “upset” with Musgrave is merely wishful thinking on the part of those who don’t respect the principled conservatism that Musgrave […]
A guest column in today’s Denver Post: Congress recently passed the seventh in a series of supplemental appropriations bills to fund American military operations in Iraq and Afghanistan. For some opponents of the war, these votes to fund the military are the equivalent of supporting the war. For some on the other side, failure to […]
M.E. Sprengelmeyer of the Rocky Mountain News is live-blogging the Republican Presidential debate. Click below for a poll… We want to know who you think has been doing the best job on the GOP side of the debates overall (not just tonight).
by Robert Hardaway in the Rocky Mountain News: As the legal and political battle over raising property taxes heats up, the underlying assumption upon which it is based – namely that increased expenditures will improve the quality of Colorado’s public schools – is not currently being addressed. Public schools in this country currently spend more […]
Republican Secretary of State Mike Coffman is still on the ropes over the actions of political appointee and longtime confidant Dan Kopelman, and he’s taking more punches every day. As the Rocky Mountain News reports: …The new policy comes a week after Coffman demoted an elections worker and longtime political ally who operated a side […]
You can file this under “too little, too late.” Republican Secretary of State Mike Coffman, who has been under fire after it was revealed that political appointee Dan Kopelman was running a business selling voter lists, today announced new internal policies. According to a press release: Secretary of State Mike Coffman today announced a new […]
As Justice Brandeis so eloquently stated, “[Our founders] believed that freedom to think as you will and to speak as you think are means indispensable to the discovery and spread of political truth.” Whitney v. California, 274 U.S. 357, 375 (1927) (Brandeis, J., concurring)…. Through the harassment of hearings, investigations, reports, and subpoenas government will […]
As the Fort Collins Coloradoan reports: Longmont Democrat and state Sen. Brandon Shaffer announced Monday his plans to enter the 2008 race to challenge Republican Rep. Marilyn Musgrave for the 4th District seat in the U.S. House of Representatives. Shaffer didn’t waste time Monday trying to clear the field of potential primary contenders, including Fort […]
The 201st soldier from Fort Carson just been killed in Iraq: Pfc. Roy L. Jones III, 21, of Houston, died Thursday in Diwaniyah, Iraq, after he was hit by small arms fire, the Department of Defense said Friday. Jones joined the Army in March 2006 and was sent to Iraq six months later. Meanwhile, Sean […]
This is a pretty funny pair of ads: Whether or not they give New Mexico Governor Bill Richardson a hope in hell of becoming President is something else, of course, but it certainly was a clever way to cram his best asset (a lengthy resume) into a memorable 30 seconds. H/T: Hotline On Call
. Which of Lamborn’s Dubious Achievement Awards should be valued the most, the one from the Rocky Mountain News from 1996: The “”My-Kid-Did-It, Not-Me” Award [http://www.coloradop…], or the one that I proudly present to him later today on behalf of the 5th Congressional District: The “My-Supporters-Did-It, Not Me” Award for 2006? Regardless, with the publication […]
As the Denver Post reported this week, Denver District Attorney Mitch Morrissey is making public the internal investigations of police shooting incidents that have occured in recent years: Denver’s district attorney has decided to allow the public to view files on recent shootings by police, departing from an agreement to keep them sealed until administrative […]
John Stossel Digs Up the Truth Often Buried by the Press (and dispels myths about non-custodial fathers). John Stossel’s “Myths, Lies and Downright Stupidity” is available in paperback on May 1st. (ABC News) MYTH: Divorce hurts women much more than men, and many men abandon their kids. TRUTH: Both men and women suffer after divorce, […]
That’s the best defense offered up by any Republican so far on how they could have developed a plan to freeze Colorado property tax rates in 2004, but now consider the same plan to be most woeful Democrat tax-and-spend affront of this year’s legislative session. As the Denver Post reports: The proposal – the biggest […]
Does Colorado U.S. Attorney Troy Eid figure in to the raft of scandals plaguing the Republican Party? emptywheel at DailyKos thinks so. Follow below the fold for juicy excerpts. In my post examining who BushCo has replaced the fired USAs with on the Native American Issues Subcommittee, I pointed out that DOJ decided to hide […]
As The Associated Press reports: Colorado has an elaborate plan to ensure state government will function in natural disaster or terror attack. There’s just one problem – someone forgot to tell the lawmakers. The clandestine blueprint, kept in a notebook carried by a state patrol trooper at the Capitol, includes secret locations to house legislative […]
First, a disclaimer: I am actually Yevrahnevets using a second account (because I didn’t have my password with me). This is copied from a continuing conversation in last weekend’s open thread. I did not have time to cut out the entries that are less relevant to the continuing discussion: Please scroll past them if you […]
There is a never ending debate about whether politicians make decisions based on what they think is right or whether it will help them in the next election. Often, it is hard to discern just who is motivated by what. Sometimes though, things become strikingly clear. Take, for example, Today’s Rocky Mountain News Article: “Ritter, […]
( – promoted by Colorado Pols) Will the respective positions of Mark Udall and Bob Schaffer on the War in Iraq help or hurt their individual chances of winning the U.S. Senate seat in 2008? As reported by the Rocky Mountain News, here are their previous (2002) and more recent stands (as of December 2005, […]
Follow the money. I’ve followed the money as best as I can. But I can only go so far. Others may find the trail easier to follow than I. FACTS: 1. From public records, I have satisfied myself that a Denver retiree, Michael Baller, and his wife, between themelves, donated $5,000 to the Lamborn campaign, […]
Everyone knows that Tancredo can’t compete with the Big Boys in fundraising for the Republican presidential race. Tancredo’s total fundraising to date is dwarfed by the huge sums raked in by frontrunners Mitt Romney, Rudy Giuliani, and John McCain. What’s surprising is how weak Tancredo’s fundraising has been in recent weeks compared to all of […]
Statistically, it’s the best thread of the week.
As The Washington Post reports: Attorney General Alberto R. Gonzales came under withering attack from members of his own party yesterday over the dismissals of eight U.S. attorneys, facing the first resignation demand from a Republican member of the Senate Judiciary Committee and doubts from others about his candor and his ability to lead the […]
( – promoted by Colorado Pols) Best bets in Denver races http://www.rockymoun… April 14, 2007 Denver voters have their mail ballots in hand for what may be the most subdued city election in a generation. But despite the lack of excitement – particularly at the top of the pyramid, where Mayor John Hickenlooper is cruising […]
As the Rocky Mountain News reports: Ten Democratic lawmakers must turn over constituent surveys that were paid for by a mystery group, a Denver District Court judge ruled Tuesday. The Colorado Republican Party initially sought the surveys last year. The party sued when the House members refused to provide the completed surveys, saying they were […]
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