(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%
For a change, let’s start with some facts: Fact: The United States experienced a large housing bubble which has burst, with a major follow-on impact on the entire economy. Fact: Homeowners wishing to stave off foreclosure cannot obtain court-ordered adjustments of their mortgages in bankruptcy court. Congress–Republicans plus some Democrats, including Michael Bennet of Colorado–defeated […]
( – promoted by Colorado Pols) I got the chance to interview Morgan Carroll yesterday. How someone can be that positive & energetic after years in the sausage factory is amazing. And in the unusual (unique?) category, her entire discussion was about increasing participation in the legislative process by citizens without a word about Morgan […]
CQ Politics reports on Rasmussen’s latest, our well-documented ambivalence toward early polls notwithstanding: Sen. Michael Bennet (D-Colo.) trails his best-known Republican challenger and also is struggling in hypothetical November 2010 matchups against much lesser-known GOP candidates, according to a Rasmussen Reports survey of 500 likely voters on Dec. 8. Former Lt. Gov. Jane Norton (R) […]
( – promoted by Colorado Pols) The Senate primary is shaping up to be the most boring primary ever. In my interview with Senator Bennet he said nothing about Romanoff. In this interview with Speaker Romanoff the little he said about Bennet was because I pushed him hard on this question. So why is Speaker […]
Just wanted to tell everyone the good news: Today, Clear Channel announced the launch of my new radio show on KKZN-AM760 – the statewide progressive radio station here in Colorado. The show runs every weekday morning from 7am-10am MST (9am-12pm ET). You can tune in locally on AM760 on your radio dial or stream it/podcast […]
( – promoted by Colorado Pols) No good deed goes unpunished these days–Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington have filed a complaint with the Senate Ethics Committee in response to Senator John McCain’s robocalls that targeted several Senators, including Michael Bennet. CREW filed the complaint against McCain for using NRSC (National Republican Senatorial Committee) […]
Arizona Sen. and 2008 GOP presidential nominee John McCain today headlined a fundraising email for former campaign staffer Lang Sias in the crowded CD-7 Republican primary, dealing another blow to the rapidly-dwindling prospects for ex-U.S. Senate candidate Ryan Frazier. Full text after the jump: writes McCain, “Lang understands, as I do, that prosperity and economic […]
“It’s like the good ol’ boys had a barbecue and said: ‘This is the way it’s going to go down. Now go let the peons know about it.” –Jerry Denney, Southern Colorado Tea Party
The Colorado Independent reports: As Colorado wrestles with an already lean state budget growing leaner by the day – one that has forced Gov. Bill Ritter to propose repeated controversial cuts to state services this year – a trio of budget busting anti-tax initiatives is speeding its way to the 2010 ballot. The dramatic nature […]
In 2006, the Democrats, Moveon.org and George Soros were pissed. Not only had George W. Bush survived his 2000 election, but he won reelection in 2004 handily. The most galling part of the 2004 election for the Dems was the state of Ohio. Ohio’s Republican Secretary of State had not only kept out questionable ballots […]
Ray, You are one of a small number of people on this site whom I respect. I feel grateful for all the hours you have put in at chicken dinners and innumerable other events working, in concrete ways, to get Democrats elected. Thank you. I am better off for your presence. I also believe you […]
( – promoted by ClubTwitty) The Senate moves with all due deliberation. The federal government changes direction slowly. Sometimes this is good, sometimes it is bad, oftentimes it is frustrating. But our government was designed to change slowly and in this the founding fathers were very effective. Michael Bennet is a Senator. And the thing […]
Interesting news from the state – was bored browsing tonight and saw this tidbit: “Announcing PEAK – a new on-line feature of the Colorado Benefits Management System (CBMS)! The Colorado Program Eligibility and Application Kit (PEAK) is now available to provide clients and community partners with a modern and easily accessible tool allowing CBMS clients […]
(What say you Polsters–Can he pull it off? (Poll attached). Should the Sen. be worried? – promoted by ClubTwitty) Author’s note: in an earlier version of this diary, the author wrote that Andrew Romanoff was advocating a policy proposed by, among others, Al Gore, called the carbon offset tax. Mr. Romanoff does not advocate such […]
Early this morning, very early, I had an interview with Mr. Bennet, who’s filling in for an elected senator. Q. Good morning. Are you up early or up late? A. Ha ha. I’ve never done this sort of thing before, you know. Q. I know. So, have you heard from the grocery workers about their […]
(This is dangerous territory for the GOP. As we noted earlier this week, Republicans are choosing the Tea Party over traditional business supporters like contractors. – promoted by Colorado Pols) Yesterday, at the Colorado Contractors Association (CCA) legislative meeting, Rep. Frank McNulty (R-Highlands Ranch) endorsed the Tea Baggers and Mr. McInnis’ call for repealing the […]
From the Wall Street Journal: U.S. job losses in November posted the smallest drop since the start of the recession and the unemployment rate unexpectedly declined, a sign the labor market is finally healing as the economy recovers. Nonfarm payrolls fell by just 11,000 last month, slowing down from a downwardly revised 111,000 drop seen […]
(until Pols pries the gun out of my cold, dead hand, … – promoted by Barron X) We should never, as a people, discuss the act of showering destruction on other human beings as a mere abstraction, nor engage in it lightly. It should always be cause for shame and despair when, using the best […]
“One must have a good memory to be able to keep the promises that one makes.” –Friedrich Nietzsche
In the midst of the Great Recession, and soon to face district wide budget cuts, the Denver Public Schools Board of Education is scheduled to meet tomorrow at the five star Broadmoor Resort in Colorado Springs. (Read the agenda here, which specifies the location as the Broadmoor Resort.) CBS Channel 4 further reports that as […]
Given an easy chance to equivocate and get defensive, like a Democrat making an appearance in hostile El Paso County might be expected to do, Governor Bill Ritter held his own yesterday in defense of recent painful budget cuts and fee hikes–as the Colorado Springs Gazette reports: Ritter said he knew that the budget cuts […]
– or – live video at USA Today 8:36 – superb closing lines We will go forward with the confidence that right makes might, and with the commitment to forge an America that is safer, a world that is more secure, and a future that represents not the deepest of fears but the highest of […]
Is fiscal responsibility good if it creates a filibuster proof commission with the final say on cuts to Medicare and Social Security? It seems that a dozen Conservadems (including Bennet and Udall)think so and signed a letter supporting the creation of a fiscal responsibility board. …it would create budget legislation, including deep cuts to Social […]
I was just reading several blogs and saw this great diary from Icebergslim, (good to see you) and I noticed the back and forth about Olbermann and Obama. While surfing the blogs related to this, I was alarmed by this story on Huffington Post about the Comcast takeover of NBC and by that I also […]
From Sunday’s Denver Post interview with Senate Minority Leader Josh Penry, there’s so many softballs for us to swing at that we don’t know where to start: Politicians dream of the kind of press that gubernatorial candidate Josh Penrygarnered in recent months. Fox News reported Penry was ready to lead a national comeback of the […]
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