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A gun may have been brought to this knife fight after all, as the Denver Post reported yesterday: Taxpayers footed the bill for Bush administration officials to make four election-season stops in 2006 to bolster the then-flagging political fortunes of Congresswoman Marilyn Musgrave, a new report from an oversight committee shows. Musgrave was one of […]

The latest voter registration numbers from the Secretary of State’s office, as of yesterday: Democrats: Active voters: 876,498 Total registered: 1,046,408 Republican: Active voters: 870,435 Total registered: 1,060,627 Unaffiliated: Active voters: 789,200 Total registered: 1,067,499 The momentum is clear, continuing a downward trend for the GOP we noted over the summer when unaffiliated voters overtook […]

Following up on our discussion yesterday about new allegations of abuse of taxpayer dollars, sending high-ranking Bush administration officials to the districts of “beleaguered Republican congressional candidates” (named Marilyn Musgrave) falsely labeled as official business, the Fort Collins Coloradoan puts it all together: The Bush administration dispatched four high-ranking officials to Colorado to help boost […]

As the Washington Post reported yesterday: When Karl Rove’s office requested special help for beleaguered Republican congressional candidates in the months before the 2006 elections, the head of the Office of National Drug Control Policy jumped to the task. Director John Walters was called a “superstar” by a Rove aide after carrying half-million-dollar grants to […]

We told you two days ago that the National Republican Senatorial Committee (NRSC) would shortly exit the Colorado Senate race, citing dwindling cash reserves, candidate Bob Schaffer’s plummeting poll numbers, and unexpectedly strong threats to incumbent GOP Senators around the country. The late-game pullout of national party support is a bellwether recognition that a race […]

A little over a week ago we discussed the “criminal complaint” that embattled CD-4 incumbent Marilyn Musgrave’s district party chair filed against her Democratic opponent. As you recall, it wasn’t executed all that well to say the least, since the guy admitted that Musgrave’s campaign helped him prepare the complaint. It was also the same […]

There is building evidence to suggest that a potential re-run for his former CD-4 seat in 2010 may be factoring into GOP Senate candidate Bob Schaffer’s late-game strategy. The first is the apparent shift in Schaffer’s touring schedule to heavy ground pounding in seemingly less strategic Eastern Plains towns (for the Senate race anyway) like […]

Hail Mary, full of grace.

We’re hearing credible rumors this morning that the National Republican Senatorial Committee (NRSC) will shortly pull out of the Colorado Senate race, citing dwindling cash reserves, Schaffer’s plummeting poll numbers, and unexpectedly strong threats to incumbent GOP Senators around the country. Such a move would effectively represent the end of the Bob Schaffer’s run, as […]

Last November, would-be GOP Senate candidate Wayne Wolf buckled under pressure from party chairman Dick Wadhams–who was not yet the manager of candidate Bob Schaffer’s campaign, though many said even then that he might as well have been. Wolf exited the Senate race in December after being vaguely promised “support” by Wadhams for his run […]

While controversy builds around Schaffer’s hypocritical Iraq foibles, Democratic candidate Mark Udall is landing a few blows of his own:

A couple weeks ago, Laughing Boy did a diary asking who everyone’s favorite Founding Father is and why. I thought the conversation in that thread was highly enlightening–for intellectual reasons, but also because it gave a little bit of insight into the people who frequently post here. In that vein, I pose a similar question: […]

The Chicago Tribune’s Swamp blog reports: The McCain campaign has denounced a racially charged, anti-Barack Obama newspaper column written by one of the Republican campaign’s organizers in Virginia, and has removed the author-activist from his post as a member of the candidate’s statewide leadership team, our colleague at the Top of the Ticket reports. “The […]

The Denver Post reports as a sidebar, oddly given the intense press coverage the Schaffer/Marianas scandal has attracted for months: Claim: “I’m sure (Abramoff’s) not pleased with the sweatshop I helped shut down.” – Republican U.S. Senate candidate Bob Schaffer, speaking last week to The Denver Post editorial board about efforts to connect him to […]

On Sunday–and on Monday for good measure–we got copies of liberal activist group Progress Now’s Colorado ballot initiative recommendations. Looks like they sent it pretty broadly since we got it twice; you probably got one, too. Colorado Statewide Ballot Recommendations We offer you the following ballot recommendations based on extensive research and feedback from thousands […]

It’s the one you’ve been waiting for: UPDATE: Press release from Campaign Money Watch refutes recent claim by Bob Schaffer that his “investigation” resulted in the closure of any Saipan garment factories: Schaffer recently told The Denver Post’s editorial board that he helped shut down a sweatshop in the Marianas, citing a visit he made […]

As all of you know, the CD-4 race between Betsy Markey and threatened incumbent Marilyn Musgrave has become highly acrimonious in the last few weeks, with both campaigns trading accusations of lawbreaking and complaints filed in every applicable jurisdiction. Longtime CD-4 watchers recognize what’s happening is typical for Musgrave when down in the polls, as […]

We got a press release earlier today from Campaign Money Watch, one of a number of independent groups working Colorado’s Senate race. They’ll be holding a conference tomorrow where they claim they will “debunk the recent claim by Senate candidate Bob Schaffer (R-CO) that he was responsible for the shutdown of a sweatshop in the […]