(D) J. Hickenlooper*
(D) Julie Gonzales
(R) Janak Joshi
80%
20%
10%
(D) Jena Griswold
(D) M. Dougherty
(D) Hetal Doshi
40%↓
30%
30%
(D) Jeff Bridges
(R) Kevin Grantham
80%↑
20%↓
(D) Diana DeGette*
(D) Milat Kiros
(D) Wanda James
70%↓
20%↑
10%↓
(D) Joe Neguse*
(R) Somebody
90%
2%
(R) Jeff Hurd*
(D) Alex Kelloff
(R) H. Scheppelman
60%↓
30%↓
20%↑
(R) Lauren Boebert*
(D) E. Laubacher
80%
20%
(R) Jeff Crank*
(D) Jessica Killin
53%↓
48%↑
(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 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 […]
( – promoted by ClubTwitty) Repent, ye sinners! Exit your Interstate divided highway to hell… Take the next right, one quarter mile! Renounce your sinful Solitary Road Tanks! Ride in the ways of the righteous! Oh me, oh my. Worry beads getting worn. Is there no creme, no lotion, to magic elixir to erase these […]
I find myself reading Kaddish by Leon Wieseltier, Lamentations , and Ecclisiastes. My Father died 11-29-1993. It seems like yesterday. I miss him. Then I think of the people cut off from my life. I killed them in my heart. The scars of youth find me lamenting for what might have been. I don’t really […]
The dynamics of many of these races have changed since the last time the Denver Line was updated.
Below the fold is my take on where these races are going.
Not all live interviews on BlahBlah network are cablecast in their entirety. Following is the balance of the interview with M. Bennet, publicized a few days ago here, that further demonstrate his great courage, granite-like principles, and political bravery: Q. Mr. Bennet, if you thought that voting for Mother, God, and Country would lead to […]
Thanksgiving is a great American holiday. It is a time to remember that in spite of all the annoyances, all the problems, all the pain and difficulties in the world, and in our own lives, most of us still have it pretty good. Having traveled quite a bit around the globe, I understand that […]
We noted yesterday that while the Republican “Contract for Colorado” “Platform for Prosperity” might be a good political move to get voters to believe that the GOP actually has a plan, the meat of the “Platform” was a little weak. We aren’t the only ones asking just how GOP gubernatorial candidate Scott McInnis plans to […]
. The decision on Afghanistan determines if he gets reelected. It determines what happens in the mid-terms. It might help determine if health care reform gets passed. It determines if he makes any changes in bank & finance regulation; climate change; you name it. . . He has already committed to a troop escalation. […]
I’ve been a Hillary supporter since 1991. Standing outside of Cherry Creek North 18 years ago, I recognized a man who gave a long-winded speech at the 1988 Democratic National Convention. I couldn’t remember which southern state he was Governor of, but I approached him anyway. He stood alone trying to start conversations with strangers, […]
A sampling of opinion in the last 24 hours from the state’s conservative blog aggregator, the “I’m so ironic” People’s Press Collective–while GOP establishment leaders sing praise for Scott McInnis and the “Platform for Prosperity,” is the base picking up the tune? Image courtesy El Presidente of Slapstick Politics I learned from yesterday’s front page […]
We want to start by acknowledging the burst of uncharacteristically good politics exhibited in the last few weeks by the Colorado GOP. At least in the gubernatorial race, Republicans went from the certainty of a long and bloody primary battle to a cleared field (sorry, Dan Maes) and the pretense of “unity” around Scott McInnis […]
Governor Bill Ritter is responsible for what happens in Colorado, and he can’t blame Colorado’s problems on the national economy–we read that in today’s Denver Post article quoting GOP candidate Scott McInnis, an article with a few important points worth dissecting. Starting with “bad management.” The above chart, released by the Senate Majority Press office, […]
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