(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%
As the Boulder Daily Camera reports: College students – and a youthful political group in their corner – are fuming over an oil lobbyist’s remark that a proposed scholarship fund would amount to “weekend beer money.” Amendment 58, which has become the costliest campaign issue in the state’s history, would eliminate a tax credit for […]
( – promoted by Colorado Pols) With all of this evidence mounting, it’s hard not to believe that Sarah Palin is on a mission from God! Via
Talking Points Memo has a fascinating new campaign spot from Florida Rep. Tom Feeney, who is shown apologizing directly to the camera for a Jack Abramoff-sponsored trip he took: As you can imagine, this piqued the interest of Colorado Senate candidate Mark Udall, whose opponent Bob Schaffer could reasonably be asked to shoot the same […]
The Democratic-leaning activist group Progress Now just sent out a press release calling on Rep. Marilyn Musgrave to remove her name from the list of sponsors of the Fair Treatment for Precious Metals Investors Act, following up on weekend news reports that the bill will directly benefit Musgrave’s husband’s substantial numismatic investments. Says Progress Now […]
After a week of shrill bombardment from opponent Marilyn Musgrave, Democratic CD-4 candidate Betsy Markey is done taking unanswered punches–as the Fort Collins Coloradoan reports: Rep. Marilyn Musgrave is backing legislation to lower taxes on coin and precious metal investments, which she says is consistent with her tax-cutting philosophy. Her opponents say it’s an attempt […]
( – promoted by Colorado Pols) The current Sept/Oct edition of Contingencies, the magazine of the American Academy of Actuaries has an opinion piece by John McCain outlining his health plan: Opening up the health insurance market to more vigorous nationwide competition, as we have done over the last decade in banking, would provide more […]
From a right-wing evangelical e-mail making the rounds. Sarah Palin, anointed by God “Sarah is that standard God has raised up to stop the flood. She has the anointing … Back in the 1980s, I sensed that Israel’s little-known Benjamin Netanyahu was chosen by God for an important end-time role. I still believe that. I […]
( – promoted by Colorado Pols) In a Senate race with an opponent who was recently all but booed off the stage at a John McCain campaign event in Colorado Springs, Mark Udall should be farther ahead than he is. The reasons for Udall’s inability to leave Bob Schaffer in the dust are numerous: Dick […]
There’s a reason this is happening, as the Greeley Tribune reports: Tensions in the 4th Congressional race boiled on Tuesday over what campaign officials for Rep. Marilyn Musgrave, R-Colo., call inconsistent statements on the part of challenger Betsy Markey. Officials with Musgrave’s campaign have asked Markey for clarification on statements and documents surrounding her involvement […]
“Fundamentally strong,” as the New York Times reports: One of the most stunning government bailouts in American history failed on Wednesday to stem the runaway fears engulfing the global financial system. Investors embarked on a frenzied flight to safety on Wednesday, just hours after the Federal Reserve and the Treasury Department propped up American International […]
We were copied on an email sent by the liberal activist group Progress Now to Rep. Marilyn Musgrave (follows), directing her to answer a YouTube question from a CD-4 resident: Progress Now’s “Misguided Musgrave” website has a form to submit your own question for Musgrave. The site looks a great deal like Musgrave’s campaign website, […]
As the Denver Post reports: Backers of a ballot measure that would end an oil and gas tax credit to pay for college scholarships released a TV ad Tuesday that referenced the recent sex and graft scandal in the federal Minerals Management Service office. The ad from A Smarter Colorado began airing Tuesday. In it, […]
It’s just a question, hypothesized around the fact that Senate candidate Bob Schaffer’s previous employer was Aspect Energy of Denver, and if you were an executive for a company with the word “energy” in its name in Denver you probably had some dealings with the now-scandalized Minerals Management Service of the federal Department of the […]
We discussed a few days ago how the GOP was aggressively defending vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin with the broad (not a pun) counter that more or less any criticism of Palin’s public record, domestic life, etc. was indicative of “sexism.” We noted at the time that some things being said about Palin were inappropriate, […]
John McCain has adopted Barack Obama’s message of Change and is now running against the image of the party that nominated him. McCain was cheered during acceptance speech while he challenged the economic platform that was ratified four years ago by the very same people applauding. McCain is working very hard to distance himself from […]
Wikipedia: “Putting lipstick on a pig” is a slang rhetorical idiom, used dismissively to accuse an opponent of making superficial or cosmetic changes in a futile attempt to disguise the true nature of a product. Silly season is in full mode, and John Sidney–abandoning issues apparently and deciding to run on media-spun ‘personality’–is playing the […]
( – promoted by Colorado Pols) Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin has billed taxpayers for 312 nights spent in her own home during her first 19 months in office, charging a “per diem” allowance intended to cover meals and incidental expenses while traveling on state business. Her defense seems to be that she’s not quite as […]
As the Denver Post reported yesterday: Colorado’s is the third YouTube Senate debate, and the candidates were required to answer five questions submitted by users, including one from a man who – holding a rifle on his lap – asked their views on the original meaning of the Second Amendment. “We thought with the massive […]
As the Rocky Mountain News reported Saturday, following up on Thursday’s surprise resignation of Secretary of State Mike Coffman’s elections director. It’s worse than you thought: The abrupt resignation Thursday of a top elections official at the secretary of state’s office happened in the midst of a watchdog group’s investigation into her relationship with a […]
We wrote in July that Republican State Sen. Josh Penry and Republican Rep. Cory Gardner may have sealed their political doom with an idiotic plan to divert oil and gas severance tax money to a small piece of highway improvements on I-70. That slow death continued over the weekend when the influential conservative group Club […]
The Rocky Mountain News reports on yesterday’s sentencing of disgraced lobbyist Jack Abramoff: A liberal activist group has launched a new Web site titled “Bob Schaffer’s Many Scandals,” drawing a rebuke from the Republican U.S. Senate candidate’s campaign. The SchafferScandals.com Web site was unveiled Thursday, within minutes of a judge’s sentencing disgraced lobbyist Jack Abramoff […]
As the Los Angeles Times reports: Jack A. Abramoff, the once-powerful Republican super-lobbyist, was sentenced today to 48 months in prison for his role in a corruption scandal that rocked Congress and the Bush administration. U.S. District Judge Ellen S. Huvelle pronounced the sentence as a tearful Abramoff stood before her with his lawyers this […]
The GOP is vigorously counterattacking on behalf of vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin, who has been subjected to intense scrutiny since her surprise choice was announced last Friday. As the Washington Post reports: All day, as the delegates awaited her appearance, McCain’s advisers were using the criticism heaped on her as a weapon, accusing the […]
From Gale Norton to Bob Schaffer, big-name Coloradans are watching the criminal justice endgame of disgraced lobbyist Jack Abramoff with either schadenfreude or nervous apprehension–of course, if you’ve done nothing wrong, you’ve got nothing to worry about. Right? The Washington Post reports: Since his conviction on fraud and conspiracy charges, former lobbyist Jack Abramoff has […]
The New York Times is finally questioning John McCain’s independence and judgement after he buckled to the pressure of the religious-right in the Republican party. (Sorry this diary is so long but this editorial was too good not publish in full – GB) Candidate McCain’s Big Decision More often than not, the role of a […]
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