(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%
( – promoted by Colorado Pols) POLS UPDATE #2: Call this ‘Exhibit A’ of the kind of lowlife behavior being brought to our attention. Below is audio of a message left for another Colorado Pols reader, not the author of this diary. Personally identifying information has been removed. We believe the threat is related: Can’t […]
(Bumped from Tuesday’s diaries – promoted by Colorado Pols) I just got an e-mail with an interesting story from John Colson of the Glenwood Springs paper. A family on Silt Mesa, near the town of Silt Colorado, has become the most recent case of serious medical issues suffered by people in close proximity to natural […]
The first days of October were quite distressing for Democrats following the Colorado U.S. Senate race–polls released that week showed a growing lead for Republican nominee Ken Buck, and after seeing a couple of them in succession the press began coalescing around a "Buck pulling away" meme in daily reports. Despite all of the work […]
Background: Relative referred me to Nassim Nicholas Taleb ‘s “Black Swan: The Impact of the Highly Improbable” on the importance of rare, random events. Taleb says these events are unpredictable; I disagree-except for the timing. Ergo, while others ponder the top stories of the year about to pass, I offer, in no particular order, the […]
The Colorado Democratic Party demanded today that Republican Senate candidate Ken Buck fully release all of his personnel records from his time at the US Attorney’s office, including details of a rumored Equal Employment Opportunity settlement. “Ken Buck isn’t just too extreme for Colorado, he’s flat out wrong for Colorado.” said Colorado Democratic Party Chair […]
Ken Buck has proven to be an accessible candidate, consenting to appearances on talk shows and television. Many of these appearances could best be described as entering a lion’s den. Buck has certainly acquired the scars of a candidate willing to run the gauntlet of a lengthy campaign that has garnered national attention. As a […]
The Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) says Corn Ethanol pollutes more than the oil it replaces. The biggest government incentive program has wasted $20B subsidizing a polluting corn ethanol industry. The NRDC urges Congress to let the subsidy expire instead of considering a $31B five year extension. “Biofuels are … derived from corn, from sugar […]
For a long time now, Rubberstamp Man has been frustrated that he can’t get any answers out of Michael Bennet. Where did he go? Why is he running away from his rubber stamp record? Will he ever rubber stamp another bill again? Today, RS Man unearthed some shocking videos hidden in Michael Bennet’s attic. (Bennet, […]
I originally titled this diary, “Premature Elect-ulation” but that’s unfair to the other 85 percent of non-teabagging voters. Don’t call it a comeback but for the better part of a year, the local and national media has been tripping all over themselves to tell us how the Democrats have lost Congress and President Obama is […]
(This is a longish but very eloquent statement from a fellow Vietnam Era veteran about the meaning of military service and its effect on one’s attitude toward public service. At a time when we still haven’t resolved whether gays, lesbians, bisexuals or transgendered Americans can serve their colors openly, I think Pam’s observations have special […]
Considerations on Colorado, The day after. When Colorado voters elect the first “Unaffiliated” US Senator on November 2nd, 2010, they will make United States history. The ripples will resound across the nation, and most noticeably across the State of Colorado, as the few staunch Republicans and Democrats, the political pollsters, the newscasters and the journalists […]
( – promoted by Colorado Pols) You expect the news in The Denver Post to be fair and accurate, as opposed to the writing in most blogs, which is usually gossipy, free-wheeling, and, with luck, accurate. As to fairness on most blogs, forget it. So if you’re a journalistic outfit like The Denver Post, and […]
You’ve got to see this report from 7NEWS’ Tony Kovaleski to believe it, folks: Gov. Bill Ritter called a trip by three Pinnacol Assurance board members “ill-advised,” and there is now a bipartisan call for board resignations after a CALL7 investigation exposed a five-day luxury trip by Pinnacol staff and members of the governor-appointed board. […]
I believe the news was posted yesterday on Pols. I did catch it somewhere surfing around, watching the horror playing out in desperation in the Gulf, and the spectacle of another self-destructing state-wide GOP campaign, and work. But the ‘waterlord of the American West’ and father of the Glen Canyon Dam (and many, many others), […]
I rememember the first time I cried after watching a political speech on C-Span. My favorite time of year is May, when C-Span is filled with college commencement speeches made by politicians and pundits. I arm myself with a box of kleenex and a Webster’s dictionary, and settle in for a couple of weeks, at […]
“When we’re in Hue City, it’s like a war. Y’know, like what I thought a war was supposed to be like. There’s the enemy, kill ’em.” Private Cowboy, Full Metal Jacket I’ve been following the buildup to this operation for about the last 4 weeks. Part of it has been a debate I’ve had with […]
In 2007-2008 conservative “establishment” Democrats, plus feminists, had a clear choice: Hillary. Self-proclaimed progressives could hear echoes of their sentiments in John Edwards. And then there was Barack Obama, inspirational speaker without peer. Yes, he seemed more conservative than Edwards, but perhaps that was just caution, an appeal to the broad middle of an electorate […]
Leading conservative columnist–and Colorado Springs transplant–Michelle Malkin unleashed a furious tirade Friday against what she calls “McCain Regression Syndrome” in the aftermath of last week’s GOP victory in the Massachusetts Senate race, speaking out against Sen. John McCain’s “clinging to the coattails” of the resurgent right flank of the Republican Party. Malkin’s Exhibit A? Senate […]
(“Super Robot GOP Talking Point” Mike Coffman may not understand what he just said. – promoted by Colorado Pols) There’s no other way to read this story from Politics Daily and the Denver Post than to read it as Colorado Republican Rep. Mike Coffman admitting that government-sponsored single-payer health care “works”: Coffman, a former Marine […]
How often do we get a blue moon’s ghostly light bridging two decades? Does it foretell lighter days and shorter nights to come, or is it merely an illusion that flipping a calendar portends a change? Like Janus, I see a bit of both: –By March, “health care reform” will be a dim memory. No […]
We talked a couple of times earlier about Senate candidate Jane Norton’s first big campaign promise–that is, her pledge to abolish the U.S. Department of Education if elected. As you know, we don’t think such a radical prescription for public education was the best thing for her to lead off with in this campaign: red […]
(Please discuss. – promoted by ClubTwitty) ColoradoPols is an astoundingly accurate mirror of American political dialogue. On this site, hour by hour, we can see before our eyes the spectrum of voices that comprise simultaneous discussions taking in places that range from the United States Senate to Manny’s Manger on Route 287. Is it different […]
( – promoted by Colorado Pols) In an editorial published last week, http://www.gjsentinel.com/opin… the Grand Junction Daily Sentinel exhibited a rare lucid moment by suggesting the BLM cancel the gas drilling leases issued last year for drilling on the Roan Plateau and refunding the money paid initially by Vantage Energy ( an operative of the […]
Today President Hu Jintao of China announced their plan for curbing emissions at the United Nations. From huffington post China laid down a significant plan for curbing greenhouse gases on Tuesday, outlining ambitious goals of planting enough forest to cover an area the size of Norway and generating 15 percent of its energy needs from […]
For those of you who are unfamiliar with the proposed Waxman-Markey legislation please see the link to the text below. Is there anything that our Governor stands for anymore?! Does he have an opinion on anything?! This is why I can’t see myself supporting Ritter in the next election. He claims to be for […]
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