(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%
( – promoted by Colorado Pols) Today a former Rocky reporter, now working for the Denver Post, repeated without challenge the propaganda of EnCana’s Colorado spokesperson Doug Hock. EnCana Oil & Gas (USA) trimmed its investment in Colorado from $700 million in 2008 to $400 million this year, partly because of new drilling rules, spokesman […]
( – promoted by Colorado Pols) Just like yesterday’s Obama/Udall numbers, PPP is putting out its Colorado robo-polls. Tomorrow is Bill Ritter’s turn. Today it’s Senator Michael Bennet’s. Bennet is such a newbie on the field, he’s a great test subject to establish how silly these robo-polling firms are. PPP is especially notorious in their […]
{First, a cheap plug for my blog Senate Guru.} Even in Colorado, I’m sure you’ve heard plenty about what’s going on with the still-unsettled Senate race in Minnesota. While Republican Norm Coleman prolongs his endless and pointless appeals, cementing his admission into the Sore Losers Hall of Fame, progressive organizations Democracy for America and the […]
( – promoted by Colorado Pols) I got the chance to sit down with Representative Ed Perlmutter this afternoon for what was one of the most interesting interviews I have conducted. Ed Perlmutter is a very impressive individual – and in a number of different ways. I now understand why he is so highly respected. […]
{First, a cheap plug for my blog Senate Guru.} While I typically focus on Senate races, the special election in New York’s 20th Congressional district is an excellent opportunity to stick it to the Republican Party. NY-20 is a Republican leaning district in voter registration, but has been recently represented by now-Senator Kirsten Gillibrand and […]
From Channel 7 News: In the middle of the current economic crisis, Gov. Bill Ritter and nine other state employees spent more than $78,000 to conduct a trade mission to Asia that included taxpayers paying for business-class flights and five-star hotels, a CALL7 investigation found. Ritter defended the trip and the expenses, saying it is […]
The Rocky Mountain News reports on the demise of an early pet project of Governor Bill Ritter’s. Senate Republicans are positively giddy that a drug prescription bill Democratic Gov. Bill Ritter touted in his first year is now being repealed. Senate Bill 1 in 2007 directed a state agency to negotiate discounts on generic drugs […]
Let me get this straight… The more or less Democratic preference in stimulus is the House bill, which costs approximately $800 billion and is very effective stimulus. The “centrist” bill is the Senate bill, which costs approximately $900 billion and is marginally effective stimulus. The Republican bill was the DeMint amendment in the Senate, which […]
In general terms yesterday, as the Pueblo Chieftain reports: Colorado Sen. Michael Bennet is getting his political baptism this week as he takes part in a bipartisan group of senators working to whittle down the $800-$900 billion stimulus package that President Barack Obama is calling for Congress to finish quickly. Bennet, a Democrat, has joined […]
UPDATE #2: A deal at hand? No link yet but we’re being told to stand by a moment for a significant development. Rocky: The Senate has paused further debate on the bill until 4 p.m. in an attempt to reach bipartisan compromise on the measure. Rep. Al White, R-Hayden, will offer an amendment that would […]
(Like taking hurricane advice from Michael Brown – promoted by Colorado Pols) {First, a cheap plug for my blog Senate Guru.} Expert strategist Dick Wadhams tells the national Republicans how it’s done: “Defining the terms of the debate early on is terribly critical,” said Dick Wadhams, chairman of the Colorado Republican Party. In the 2008 […]
We’re not even through the first month of the legislative session, but we see a pattern emerging–Republicans with seemingly no interest in doing their jobs. For starters, the Rocky Mountain News reports: A bill that would have forced local communities to discontinue efforts to protect children from gun accidents was defeated during a hearing in […]
(What an exciting trip – looking forward to updates. Please disregard idiot Sankore’s posting on thread. – promoted by Laughing Boy) (Cross-Posted to DemNotes at www.DemNotes.com) I’m in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania this morning. Yep, Harrisburg. Yesterday, we spent the entire day hopping from airport to airport to end up here – just a couple of hours […]
From my latest Vail Daily article: If you’re seduced into listening to most politicians, you’ll probably think that our good country is headed toward infinite decline that we’ll never crawl out from. Surely, any positive vision of the future is doomed, especially innovative solutions. And certainly, in our own state, a monorail on I-70 and […]
Then-Rep. Bob Schaffer parasails off the Northern Mariana Islands Photo credit: CSU Library Democrats and their allies went into 2008 with a thick notebook of opposition research against GOP Senate candidate Bob Schaffer. One of the chief sources of this wealth of damaging information was Schaffer’s own congressional archives, donated to the CSU Library after […]
(LB’s “Obama honeymoon” appears to be over – promoted by Colorado Pols) For those of you who haven’t read Atlas Shrugged and have the same cute lines about teenage boys or Star Wars conventioneers being Rand disciples (you know who you are), consider this question: If a company is put in a place where the […]
(Great discussion of what policy should be – promoted by DavidThi808) Immigration is a hot potato buzz word, and I’m personally amazed at the ineptitude of anyone in government to solve this seemingly solvable (soluble???) issue. Here’s my plan: A. Increase limits for high-skill workers from around the world. B. Offer “Foreign Worker Card” run […]
from Portfolio.com is the best description I have seen to date of the backstory of the financial disaster – The End by Michael Lewis. The whole thing is well worth reading, but the key paragraph is: That’s when Eisman finally got it. Here he’d been making these side bets with Goldman Sachs and Deutsche Bank […]
Consider this an open post for everyone’s efforts today working on campaigns. So dad, what did you do in the all-important 2008 election? Well kids, let me tell you about today’s effort… I went down to the Obama South Boulder office (yes, the City of Boulder now has multiple Obama offices) to volunteer from 9:00 […]
Documentary filmmaker Errol Morris (The Fog of War, The Thin Blue Line, A Brief History of Time) has started a web site called People in the Middle for Obama. He’s filmed a series of folks discussing why they’re voting for the Democratic contender: http://www.peopleinthemiddlefo… This is a compilation of their statements (the web site includes […]
(Updated below – promoted by Colorado Pols) This could make some kind of record book for the most unbelievably stupid campaign mistake, ever. For once a Jefferson County scandal escapes the “neighborhood paper” blackout — no Canyon Courier here, in the Rocky Mountain News: http://www.rockymountainnews.c… Kevin McCasky’s Democratic rival says the Republican Jefferson County Commissioner […]
We’re starting to get the set up in the MSM. With the Democrats having a chance to control the Presidency, the House and the Senate, obstructionism may finally be defeated. Obama will be asked to increase the military budget by $450B over the next five years, which is exactly opposite of what needs to be […]
Of course Jake’s only big reason is some of the other anti-union states around us have right to work. Not any other arguments with any meat. But since he is one of the most well known persons in the state, I’m afraid non-union people will agree with him. He can take his cheap furniture and…
If you’ve checked out Senate candidate Mark Udall’s website in the last week, you’ll see it’s been updated to slam opponent Bob Schaffer on the economy right from the splash page: Across America — it’s an economic crisis. In Colorado — middle-class families are squeezed to the breaking point. And the failed economic policies of […]
The opponents of Amendment 58, the ballot measure that would eliminate a significant tax credit for oil and gas producers in Colorado, went a little too far bashing the plan in this weekend’s news–is this what lobbyist Rick Reiter meant to say? Seriously? As the Rocky Mountain News reported Saturday: The measure, if approved by […]
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