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As you know, Democratic Sen. Michael Bennet posted his fourth consecutive quarter of $1 million or better in fundraising. In a unexpected development that political observers are still trying to fully understand, GOP (putative) frontrunner Jane Norton managed to raise less than half Bennet’s total–a very clear signal of something not firing right in her […]

All that “Tea Party” bravado from GOP gubernatorial candidate Dan Maes–you remember, the “gonna get 71% at the assembly and force Scott McInnis to withdraw” stuff–would seem to need some reality-based modification, The Spot reported yesterday evening: GOP gubernatorial hopeful Dan Maes raised less than $10,000 in the final three months of 2009 and can’t […]

(Reasonable analysis screams “he’s out,” which would be an intelligent decision at this point, but we’ll have to wait and see – promoted by Colorado Pols) TUESDAY POLS UPDATE: According to multiple sources, Andrew Romanoff will announce that he is ‘recommitting’ to the U.S. Senate race–we suppose that’s the thing to do, since people were […]

Daily Kos/Research 2000 poll, that is. Highlights: Michael Bennet is statistically tied with Jane Norton in this poll, technically leading 40% to 39% with 21% undecided. Men prefer Norton 45%-35%, women refer Bennet 45%-33%. Gubernatorial candidates Scott McInnis and John Hickenlooper are similarly tied at 43% each. The benchmark favorability ratings for the parties and […]

Responding to a flurry of news in the last week on the efforts to strike a regulatory balance for the state’s medical marijuana law, Sen. Chris Romer sent us some thoughts on the matter that we’ve reprinted after the jump. Says Sen. Romer, “A little common sense regulation will solve this problem so like New […]

As the Greeley Tribune reports: Congressional candidate Diggs Brown announced on Saturday that his campaign headquarters would be temporarily converted to a volunteer phone bank on behalf of Scott Brown, the Republican candidate for Senate in Massachusetts on Monday… Volunteers are asked to bring Internet-ready laptops and cell phones, if possible, but the campaign will […]

The Grand Junction Sentinel reports: The race between two Republicans for the party’s nomination for governor will come down to their differences over the handling of the Army’s desire to expand Fort Carson, Evergreen businessman Dan Maes said Friday. He and Scott McInnis, the front-running former U.S. representative from Grand Junction, have different views on […]

As the Grand Junction Sentinel reports: The head of a free-market think tank wants Colorado to opt out of whatever health care measure Congress ends up approving. Jon Caldara, president of the Golden-based Independence Institute, filed language Friday for a proposed ballot question this fall that would give Coloradans the right not to purchase health […]

( – promoted by Colorado Pols) Some Democrats were a little concerned about Treasurer Cary Kennedy after a couple of lackluster fundraising quarters last year, and the emergence of two (theoretically) well funded challengers. It looks like that concern paid off: Kennedy actually posted good numbers for the last quarter, well over $70,000, beating out […]

The Spot reported a few moments ago that GOP Senate candidate Jane Norton raised “almost $550,000” in the 4th quarter of 2009. This represents less than half the amount raised by likely opponent Michael Bennet–needless to say, a huge and unexpected disparity. Does anybody want to take the first shot at what this means? Such […]

(A PUMA pleaser, as you can see – promoted by Colorado Pols) Read all about it here: http://www.rasmussenreports.co… BUT, for the impatient: Romanoff’s positive net margin in the “very” categories in January is +2; Bennet’s is -13. Put another way, Romanoff is 15 points ahead in the “very” category. In the last three Rasmuissen polls, […]

Read today’s story in Politico, and tell us how it can be spun in any way positively for Senate candidate gubernatorial candidate at-large (?) candidate Andrew Romanoff: In the wake of Democratic Gov. Bill Ritter’s surprise Jan. 6 announcement that he would not seek reelection, Romanoff had been making phone calls to prominent supporters asking […]

Put down your bongs and take a deep breath, as the Denver Post reports: Three separate callers threatened to bomb Rep. Tom Massey’s home, set it aflame and picket out front after the Poncha Springs lawmaker revealed that he would carry a medical marijuana bill that could close down dispensaries. Massey wasn’t at home when […]

Interesting story in today’s New York Times: Texas will not compete for up to $700 million in federal education money, Gov. Rick Perry said on Wednesday, calling the Obama administration’s main school improvement grant program an unacceptable intrusion on states’ control over education. Mr. Perry’s decision, days before a Jan. 19 deadline, interrupted months of […]

Pressure’s off, anyway. Here’s the text of his speech.

To help our community (not to mention ourselves) keep track of all the new media availability coming out of the Colorado General Assembly this session, here is a thread to compile a list of legislative (meaning run by a legislator, legislative staff, or majority/minority press offices) blogs, RSS/Twitter feeds, and any other “web 2.0” syndication […]

An amusing example of the sort of dumb partisan “gotchas” we’ll be seeing an unfortunate lot of in this election year’s legislative session, check out Rep. Dave “The Resume” Balmer’s HB10-1079. The bill prohibits the use of public moneys for any physical signage indicating that a project is being funded by the federal “American Recovery […]

(Politics West was a weird little orphan site, but we have high hopes for “The Spot” – promoted by Colorado Pols) Now we know why The Denver Post’s PoliticsWest.com website was a virtual ghost town over the past two months … Denver’s largest newspaper has walked away from its politically themed website, originally undertaken by […]