(D) J. Hickenlooper*
(D) Julie Gonzales
(R) Mark Baisley
80%
20%
10%
(D) Jena Griswold
(D) M. Dougherty
(D) Hetal Doshi
40%↓
30%
30%
(D) Jeff Bridges
(R) Kevin Grantham
80%↑
20%↓
(D) Diana DeGette*
(D) Milat Kiros
(D) Wanda James
70%↓
20%↑
10%↓
(D) Joe Neguse*
(R) Somebody
90%
2%
(R) Jeff Hurd*
(D) Alex Kelloff
(D) Dwayne Romero
(R) Ron Hanks
60%↓
30%↓
30%↑
30%
(R) Lauren Boebert*
(D) E. Laubacher
80%
20%
(R) Jeff Crank*
(D) Jessica Killin
53%↓
48%↑
(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%
Today’s Denver Post has an op-ed titled ‘Oil Shale Opponents Aren’t Evil Just Wrong’ which appears primarily to be a poorly disguised pitch for the authors’ global warming denial movie. That is my conclusion, as they fail to even mention, let alone address, any of the many legitimate concerns that are part of the public […]
The Obama Administration continues its campaign of transparency and competence with their wonderfully transparent web site, Recovery.gov. At this web site you can discover so many miraculous things. Take our state of Colorado. To date I can think of only 7 congressmen and women to represent us in our nation’s capital. Until today, I thought […]
If you have driven up I-25 from Castle Rock any time lately, you might have noticed a new construction project going on in a valley to the southwest of the Lincoln exit. It appears to be a massive dam, large enough that you would expect the lake it contained to be as massive as Cherry […]
(Bumped into Wednesday by popular demand – promoted by Colorado Pols) Tweeted by the Senator a few hours ago– This doesn’t mean what I’m reading it to mean, does it? Really, I’m looking for a second opinion, for some reason I still have trouble with the idea that anyone could be this vile. Then again, […]
As the Denver Post reports: Dueling news releases from the Democratic speaker of the House and the Republican Senate minority leader over the state budget crisis likely signal a testy legislative session ahead. Not only will budget woes consume the 2010 session, but the arguments will play out in a year when the minority leader, […]
Microsoft started their annual SharePoint Conference today yesterday. (Or sort-of started it – all that went on today was free dinner and the exhibit hall open for 3 hours. So the show really starts tomorrow.) So what is SharePoint and why should you care? Factual boring answer — SharePoint is a portal and workflow framework […]
( – promoted by Colorado Pols) I got the chance to interview Ryan Frazier yesterday. The gigantic impression I got of Ryan, both at first and throughout the conversation, is he is a really nice guy. That counts for a lot in running for office. (And for those that say nice guys lose – that […]
I learned to speak Spanish in the Baker district. I moved into an apartment where I ws the only American citizen. I tuned the radio and TV to Spanish only, studied the grammar at Metro, and sought out people to practice speaking the language. About 3 years went by, and I dreamed in Spanish. It […]
Of late, to head off potential federal legislation covering hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, the oil and gas industry and its local lobby arm, the Colorado Oil and Gas Association have ’embraced’ new rules in Colorado as sufficient (if not necessary) and sensible (compared to federal legislation). However COGA is also suing the State of […]
Here’s an idea: Let’s build a shopping mall on the National Mal in Washington, or even better, how about a McDonalds on Half Dome in Yosemite Park? Don’t these sound like good ideas? Well if you’re saying NO, then you probably agree that they make about as much sense as the proposal to build a […]
We warned gubernatorial candidate Josh Penry that making a stink about certain recently-ordered budget cuts that affect his district, while making fiscally absurd statements like “I would have rejected stimulus funds as Governor,” was easily paintable as the cheapest kind of hypocritical pandering. Examples of stimulus funding gratefully accepted by local governments in Penry’s district […]
In the last few weeks, we’ve seen examples of how to misuse the debate over Colorado’s deterioriating budget situation for all kinds of purposes–from opportunistic hypocrisy to old-school partisan grandstanding. There’s gubernatorial candidate (who occasionally styles himself “Senator”) Josh “Reject the Stimulus” Penry bemoaning cuts that affect his local district, while offering no suggestions for […]
Gary Harmons’ story in todays’ Daily Sentinel “Ritter singin’ different tune on natural gas, new official says” starts with a complete fabrication. In an attempt to turn a cheap pun to his own devices, Mr. Harmon implies that Governor Ritter has somehow “come to Jesus” on oil and gas issues. Gov. Bill Ritter […]
(Always glad to see diaries and posts from WLJ. Please post more! – promoted by ClubTwitty) Many of you know how I feel about pot and America’s war on drugs, but what you may not know is I am about to dedicate my life to ending this attack on America’s communities of color and those […]
Yesterday, Governor Bill Ritter announced some $320 million in recommended cuts to the current fiscal year’s budget. As we noted, the cuts were smaller by tens of millions of dollars than what had been expected, reflecting a revenue situation that wasn’t as severe as originally projected–thanks in part to legislation passed this session that boosted […]
From the AP: Those cute little electric cars may become more attractive to consumers once a pending Colorado law catches up with the new energy economy. One of 151 laws going into effect Wednesday, it will allow smaller and slower electric car brands on more state roads. It aims to reduce gasoline consumption and pollution. […]
When we look back on The Steroids Era in baseball, we’re going to see a bunch of players who broke the rules and grew to an unnatural behemoth size, and how the people who were supposed to provide oversight either turned a blind eye or even encouraged it. Well, if you think about it, wasn’t […]
I’m not quite sure when or where it happened, but somewhere along the line, probably in focus group studies, the term ‘Health Insurance’ was replaced with ‘Health Care’. There is a huge difference. Health care is the process of being treated by a medical professional. Health insurance is the process of purchasing security in case […]
You can read all about the latest back-and-forth between the staffs of Colorado Sens. Mark Udall and Michael Bennet and Colorado GOP Chairman Dick Wadhams today in just about every newspaper in the state. The Denver Post, for example, has two news stories, a blog post, and an editorial up for good measure–obviously, it’s considered […]
There has been a lot of talk this week about the surprising move by Walmart to publically support President Obama’s health care reform plan, supposedly positioning themselves as a leader in the fight to bring health care to all Americans. As we mentioned in a post on our blog yesterday, this might be easier to […]
I’ve been asking, over the last couple of weeks, what people are doing about health care reform. Tonight, I attended a house meeting hosted by a nurse, Mike Kingsbury, in his home in Denver. I’ve gotten to know Mike fairly well – he’s one of SEIU’s grassroots lobbyists. Before he was a lobbyist, though, he […]
{First, a cheap plug for my blog Senate Guru.} While 2010 will be chock-full of exciting races at all levels of government. In 2009, though, there will be two marquee races across the country: the gubernatorial races in Virginia and New Jersey. Republicans are favored in both races, but both races should come down to […]
Oh boy, as the Colorado Independent reports: U.S. Rep. Mike Coffman minced no words in a bizarre, Cheney-esque attack on Gov. Bill Ritter as a “terrorist sympathizer” for signing a new state law that stymies future expansion of the Army’s contentious Piñon Canyon training site proposal. The accusation of Ritter’s treason can be found in […]
You’ve been reading about the scandal surrounding an apparently impostor Marine who managed to insert himself into a number of campaign-related events last year, mostly (but not exclusively, we’ll get to that) on behalf of Democrats. There’s no question that the impostor in question, one Rick Strandlof, enormously embarrassed anyone who was conned by him–though […]
{First, a cheap plug for my blog Senate Guru.} As many of you know, over the last five days, the Progressive Change Campaign Committee, in partnership with a number of progressive organizations and blogs including Senate Guru, asked those in the netroots, “Should a Draft Sestak movement be created to take on Sen. Arlen Specter […]
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