(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) UPDATE: How about a little spin with your Sunday morning coffee? Romer and Hancock respond: Hancock: In the words of Wellington Webb, “A poll is just a snapshot in time. The only poll that actually matters is the one on Election Day.” We know from early ballot returns […]
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“Economic expert” Eric Fruits. (photo via Twitter) Right wing blogs, followed yesterday by the Colorado Senate Minority press office, are eagerly distributing a new “study” from a purported economic expert named Eric Fruits of Portland, Oregon. This “study,” according to local Republicans anyway, claims a revenue proposal from Sen. Rollie Heath to reset sales and […]
It’s a funny thing about all this clamor and staged hand-wringing over whether, or when, Colorado Senate President Brandon Shaffer plans to start a run for the CD-4 seat presently held by freshman GOP Rep. Cory Gardner–as FOX 31’s Eli Stokols reported Tuesday: Looking to keep the pressure on Senate President Brandon Shaffer following last […]
Republican Rick Santorum announced that he will formally “announce” his bid for President on June 6, and reports yesterday say that Michelle Bachmann will roll out her campaign in Iowa next month. Meanwhile, some polls continue to show that the Republican frontrunner could be former Godfather’s Pizza CEO Herman Cain. With all of that in […]
FRIDAY UPDATE #2: Reporter Allison Sherry of the Denver paper adds a crucial detail to this developing story today–that is, actual House rules which may have been broken. Sherry reports that House rules state members of Congress may not benefit financially from their position–and, “for the purposes of enforcement,” relatives are included in that prohibition. […]
Add this to the list of reasons why Republicans can’t seem to attract the presidential candidate they need to win–while a lackluster field slowly takes shape on the right and underwhelming candidates grope for half-hearted support, 2008’s juggernaut is warming up unencumbered in the places where it will count. Like the suburbs of Denver, writes […]
Discussing the surprise victory this week by Democrat Kathy Hochul in New York’s CD-26 special election, for which credit is broadly being attributed to the Republican 2012 budget proposal and its replacement of Medicare with a voucher system in ten years, we posted video clips of Colorado freshman Reps. Cory Gardner and Scott Tipton defending […]
From Politico: With five Republicans joining Democrats in opposition, the Senate easily rejected a House-passed budget plan Wednesday calling for deep cuts in domestic appropriations and major restructuring of Medicare, the government-backed healthcare program for the elderly. The 57-40 roll call proved more for show than substance but still stung for GOP leaders, coming less […]
Our friends at the Washington Post report: For months, former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani’s name has drifted in the periphery of the 2012 Republican presidential race, something more than a pipe dream but short of a full-fledged candidacy. That all may change soon, according to New York Rep. Pete King. King said at […]
FOX 31’s Eli Stokols reported over the weekend: Three members of Chris Romer’s so-called “kitchen cabinet”, informal advisers who are not on the campaign payroll, quit the mayoral candidate’s campaign earlier this week, several sources tell FOX 31 Denver. Chris Gates, Paul Lhevine and Mark Eddy all left the campaign on Wednesday over growing concerns […]
Over the weekend it was reported by KDVR’s Eli Stokols that three members of mayoral candidate Chris Romer’s closest advisers decided to withdraw their support over the tone the campaign had been taking. Given that the Romer campaign didn’t send out a blast e-mail about it, it’s not hard to see why it was under-reported. […]
The video you’re looking for is here. FOX 31’s Eli Stokols reports on that postcard you got:
Arriving in voters’ mailboxes this week, along with their ballots for the June 7 runoff, is the attack Michael Hancock’s campaign had been bracing for — a mailer highlighting the mayoral candidate’s missteps on questions of science and evolution.
The mailer isn’t coming from Chris Romer’s campaign, but a political action committee.
On one side of the glossy flier, from a group called “Citizens for Accountability”, it shows a dinosaur skeleton alongside the words: “Don’t let science become extinct in Denver Public Schools.”
…Copies of the mailer were also available at a debate Monday night, although it wasn’t clear who brought them.
At that debate, Hancock acknowledged making mistakes on multiple questions related to evolution but said it’s wrong for Romer to continue “playing politics” with them in light of his answers clarifying his beliefs.
Shorter Michael Hancock: “any ad quoting what I said about evolution is a falsehood.”
Folks, if our likening of the response of Hancock to his multiple pro-creationism gaffes with Republican running punchline Newt Gingrich’s “Ryan Plan” foibles upsets you, maybe rankles your progressive tail feathers and fires you up to start a fresh flamewar over it–which you’re free to do in our forum, make no mistake–we certainly do understand. All we ask before you launch into the latest tirade about our evident bias, cronyism, and “fascist handmaidenship,” is that you first honestly answer one very simple and straightforward question.
Would you be trying so hard to rationalize this if a Republican had said it?
(Originally posted at Colorado Pols)
The video you’re looking for is here. FOX 31’s Eli Stokols reports on that postcard you got: Arriving in voters’ mailboxes this week, along with their ballots for the June 7 runoff, is the attack Michael Hancock’s campaign had been bracing for — a mailer highlighting the mayoral candidate’s missteps on questions of science and […]
A big job for Colorado Rep. Jared Polis going into 2012, as Politico’s Alex Isenstadt reports: [DCCC Chairman Steve] Israel has…tapped Maryland Rep. Donna Edwards and Colorado Rep. Jared Polis to lead the DCCC’s Red to Blue program, which provides a support network for Democratic candidates running in GOP-held districts. Democrats, who are looking to […]
UPDATE #4: Owner of the Denver paper Dean Singleton, on Caplis and Silverman this afternoon, asserts that emails between McInnis, research assistant Rolly Fischer, and/or the Hasan Foundation revealed in today’s Office of Attorney Regulation Counsel report could be false–principally based on the fact that they were never produced last summer when the plagiarism controversy […]
I forwarded the recent discussion on Pols about radio-show host Craig Silverman to Silverman. Here’s his response: Thanks for letting me know what is going on at Colorado Pols. I used to go there more frequently but have been turned off by the nonsensical oddsmaking (has anybody there ever gambled on a real horserace or […]
Sources confirmed late Thursday night that the lives of all residents of Earth would not face the judgment and wrath of a presumably bearded, pissed off God. Subsequently, a mix of relief and quiet disappointment swept over the nation. The claims of senile televangelist Harold Camping, notably that homosexuality was the sole purpose of the […]
(Don’t go there, J. Paul Brown would never pack a .22 – promoted by Colorado Pols) Republican State Representative Frederick Ladd Wintle was arrested today for pulling a loaded .22 caliber handgun on a local newspaper photographer in the parking lot of Dunkin Donuts in Garland, Maine. In what is described as a series of […]
We’ll see you on the other side.
Both Colorado House Minority Leader Sal Pace and Senate President Brandon Shaffer are strongly considering runs against freshman Reps. Scott Tipton and Cory Gardner in 2012. This isn’t news to us, of course, and it’s not likely to be news to most of our readers. But the confirmation by Chuck Plunkett of the Denver paper […]
JUDGMENT DAY UPDATE #2: We’re sorry, folks. But there’s always the Mayan calendar. JUDGMENT DAY UPDATE: A reader-created design that we really wanted to share with you before it’s too late. Get your rapture on with props to the home turf! —– UPDATE: Worried about what you’re going to wear after the beginning of the […]
If freshman Rep. Scott Tipton thought he was doing himself any favors politically by refusing to support the Roaring Fork Transit Authority’s request for federal funding for upgrades, today’s retort from editorial pages in his district ought to convince him otherwise. In the Aspen and Glenwood Springs Swift Communications papers today, editorial boards attack Tipton’s […]
The Fox News Channel’s Judson Berger reports, it’s at least partly self-inflicted: Gingrich has already conceded he made a “mistake” in choosing to describe the House Budget Committee chairman’s proposal as “right-wing social engineering” in an interview over the weekend. But Tyler, pressed for reaction by The Huffington Post to the media coverage Gingrich endured, […]
As the Colorado Independent’s Joseph Boven reports: The rise of gay pride is a sign delivered by God that the end of the world will begin in just a few short days on May 21. At least that is the prophecy of former Coloradan Harold Camping, the 89-year-old founder, president, and general manager of the […]
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