(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 Colorado Pols) I talked with Secretary of State Bernie Buescher this afternoon. He is an interesting guy, starting off talking for 5 minutes about the various iPhone apps he uses and demonstrating UrbanSpoon (which has a very cool way of clicking submit – you shake the phone and it makes a […]
The Colorado Springs Gazette reports more of what Sen. Scott Renfroe had to say about gay people, women, etc. on the floor of the Colorado Senate yesterday. “I’m not saying this (homosexuality) is the only sin that’s out there,” said Sen. Scott Renfroe, R-Greeley. “We have murder. We have all sorts of sin. We have […]
Echoing our sentiments from last week, from The Denver Post: It’s always refreshing to see an elected official shed partisan politics in favor of pragmatism – even if the delivery is botched. Such was the case this week under the gold dome when Sen. Don Marostica broke ranks with state Republicans in supporting a bill […]
Good advice every time they hear it–too bad they never seem to listen, as the Pueblo Chieftain reports: The Republican Party’s message has been all wrong, according to GOP member Nelson Balido. “We haven’t been doing a good job telling our story,” Balido said in an interview before his speech Saturday night at the annual […]
( – promoted by Colorado Pols) Today I had the opportunity to have lunch with Senators Brandon Shaffer and Rollie Heath after a town meeting they just held. So I got them coming off of 2½ hours of discussing what they are doing down at the legislature and answering questions. That worked really well as […]
Via Politico: Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood tells the AP that the Obama administration is considering taxing drivers based on the number of miles they drive. “We should look at the vehicular miles program where people are actually clocked on the number of miles that they traveled,” LaHood said in an interview. “What I see this […]
( – promoted by Colorado Pols) Marostica will apparently keep his seat on the JBC, but as penance will have to apologize to Mark Hillman and Jon Caldara. This is the best way for the Republican leadership to defuse what was rapidly becoming a terrible situation for them. The ousting option would have meant a […]
In the spirit of a week already thick with examples of GOP regettable behavior, Colorado Media Matters dutifully reports: KHOW’s Boyles repeatedly distorted Rep. DeGette’s name with female genital reference Discussing President Obama’s signing of the economic recovery bill at a ceremony in Denver, 630 KHOW-AM’s Peter Boyles on his February 18 program repeatedly referred […]
( – promoted by Colorado Pols) I met with Representative Claire Levy this afternoon for an hour to hear what she was doing. So here’s the report from the Representative of the People’s Republic of Boulder. We talked first about the cell phone bill. She brought it up figuring it would get defeated but that […]
UPDATE: Good stuff from Westword’s Melanie Asmar: Malkin suggests to Rocky reporter David Montero that “Swastika Guy,” as he’s come to be known, may have been a “ringer” trying to discredit her by slipping into the mass of people waiting for a Malkin photo-op after the rally. But if Swastika Guy was a left-leaning operative, […]
Media Matters’ home office: Michelle Malkin is up with her defense for a photo we posted yesterday (originally posted by ProgressNowColorado) showing the right-wing blogger posing for a photo with a man holding a sign that uses a circled swastika as the “O” in Obama. The photo was taken at a Colorado rally against the […]
The White House just released its projections for the job creation results of the stimulus package. It looks like good news for Colorado – 60,000 jobs created over the next two years. This seems to be very good news for those Representatives and Senators who supported the stimulus – details below the fold. According to […]
(We don’t not want the money – promoted by redstateblues) In what it admits was a futile publicity stunt to further highlight its irrelevancy in the changing political dynamics of the state, this past Saturday Mesa County Republicans rallied against the stimulus bill. Local Republicans rallied on the steps of the old county courthouse Saturday […]
this is from an excellent post on DailyKOS I have with me a hard copy of a collection of Republican quotes predicting doom and disaster in the wake of the 1993 Clinton economic stimulus plan, and much of the rhetoric is eerily similar to today’s. A bunch of the quotes are copied below the fold. […]
When the economy began sliding further into recession last year, Coloradans demanded swift action on the part of their elected officials. Unfortunately, this meant that many other important issues would have to become secondary priorities while the economic mess was sorted out. One of these important issues, perhaps the one with the most far-reaching economic […]
Well it’s come to this…Republicans are putting the nationalization of banks on the table for discussion: https://www.huffingtonpost.com/… In a gloomy segment about the financial sector on ABC’S This Week, two self-avowed fiscal conservatives said that the U.S. Government should at least consider nationalizing the country’s banking system as a means of moving beyond the current […]
Falcon School District 49 Posts Check Register Online Here is a good example of a citizens group ( www.i2i.org ) lobbying for positive change, and a few local Colorado school boards run by Fiscal Conservatives, that don’t need a law to do what’s right ! From the Independence Institute Update: We just spoke with Falcon […]
HorsesAss: A local pol, via email, rightly rants about our media’s googly-eyed infatuation with bipartisanship: “What the stupid media don’t realize is that it’s a tactic, not a goal. The goal is to get something accomplished. If that something requires bipartisanship to do it, so be it. If it doesn’t, who cares. They’ve made […]
( – promoted by Colorado Pols) In honor of the Facebook phenomenon-25 Random Things About Me-we decided to have a little fun with an explanation of the Arveschoug-Bird 6 percent general fund appropriations provision, and how it’s hurting Colorado. There is a lot of momentum in the legislature to get rid of the 6 percent, […]
“It is much easier for good to deal with evil than for good to deal with stupidity.” –Anonymous
From the Colorado Independent: The National Republican Campaign Committee (NRCC) is finally putting its money where its mouth has been. A round of radio ads targeting 30 Democrats in conservative or swing districts began airing Friday – among the targets were freshman Rep. Betsy Markey and third-term Rep. John Salazar of Colorado – who plan […]
Speaking today on the House floor, 2nd congressional district Rep. Jared Polis gave his reasons for supporting the President’s stimulus bill. Say what you want about Jared Polis, but the man knows how to create two of the things that can help us out of the recession: wealth and jobs. Congressman Polis’ entrepreneurial expertise–from his […]
( – promoted by Colorado Pols) Casting about in the fog, America’s Republicans are wondering what can bring them out of their political exile. A couple of weeks ago we learned that Joe Sam the Plumber unlicensed handyman, was moving up to GOP strategist. This week we hear from the Politico that it might be […]
Jose Silva, a neighborhood activist, sent out an announcement that he will be seeking the House District 5 seat which will be vacated when term limits takes out Rep. Joel Judd in 2010. The anouncement follows:
Just announced by Sen. Bingaman’s office (over email, a news link is not up on the Energy Committee website yet). Lineup is here. The appointment is a bit surprising from a seniority standpoint, but we might have to file it under “nobody else available wanted it that much.” Still, it’s a good nod to a […]
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