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(R) Greg Lopez
(R) Trisha Calvarese
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President (To Win Colorado)
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(D) Joe Biden*
(R) Donald Trump
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CO-01 (Denver)
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(D) Diana DeGette*
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CO-02 (Boulder-ish)
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(D) Joe Neguse*
90%
CO-03 (West & Southern CO)
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(D) Adam Frisch
(R) Jeff Hurd
(R) Ron Hanks
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CO-04 (Northeast-ish Colorado)
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(R) Lauren Boebert
(R) Deborah Flora
(R) J. Sonnenberg
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CO-05 (Colorado Springs)
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(R) Dave Williams
(R) Jeff Crank
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CO-06 (Aurora)
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(D) Jason Crow*
90%
CO-07 (Jefferson County)
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(D) Brittany Pettersen
85%↑
CO-08 (Northern Colo.)
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(D) Yadira Caraveo
(R) Gabe Evans
(R) Janak Joshi
60%↑
35%↓
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State Senate Majority
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DEMOCRATS
REPUBLICANS
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August 17, 2012 11:01 PM UTC
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Meanwhile, Miklosi hires convicted felons to fundraise:
http://www.coloradopeakpolitic…
This is a little bit worse I think. Don’t you think, Pols?
Meanwhile, R-Money/R-Ayn continue in thrall to sleazy financiers under criminal investigation:
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/08…
This is a little bit worse I think. Don’t you, shill?
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In the meantime, A-GOP, any idea where Coffman’s been hiding? Your house? What’re you guys doing with all your free time?
Romney’s Death Squad Ties: Bain Launched with Millions from Oligarchs Behind Salvadoran Atrocities
What’s a piddly $100 million money laundering between friends:
That is all.
that’s precisely what a lot of people think when they see something attributed to Progressive Pols… er, Colorado Pols.
Imagine that! Peak Politics had it right on the mark. Even 9News confirms it!
http://www.9news.com/news/loca…
Not a good way to get your name out there before the public, Joe. You have a paid convicted drug felon, on your campaign staff for a year, and it takes the opposition to point it out to you.
Peak relies on their buddies in the next office.
Romney is doing the same damn thing;
http://www.examiner.com/articl…
Colorado Pols did used to be widely read and widely respected — years ago. Now, it is recognized for being a liberal mouthpiece, better suited to be called Progressive Pols, instead of Colorado Pols.
“Stories” seem to start here, then show up in the Huffington Post the next day, then in Westword’s blog, then they filter down to the minor leagues with Blogo Wogo and Soapblox. This blog may still be widely read, but it’s for entertainment, not serious news.
http://thecoloradoobserver.com…
It would be a shame if sloppy errors cost Joe the election.
Using the Congressional franking privilege to send out thinly-veiled “re-elect me” missives to his constituents.
What a tool.
he will win. By a large amount.
Mike has name recognition and Joe does not.
Over and done with.
less actually, if you consider Colorado mail ballots will go out around October 15th… and Joe Miklosi still struggles to attract the interest of the average (non-political junkie) voter.
http://revealingpolitics.com/b…
Mike knew how to duck and cover. Nothing different. He he.
Just by checking Coffman’s congressional website and his Facebook page today, I can see he received the “Standing Up for America’s Seniors” award from Retire Safe on August 10th and was on hand to meet with employees of Centennial’s newest business, Laser Technology, on August 15th. I don’t know if there were any other public events, but one would have thought you might have considered looking at these two sites before making up your itinerary.
Oh… if you subscribed to his congressional e-mail newsletter, you would have seen he met with the staff and patients of Doctors Care in Litteton on August 16th.
A “public” event is announced publicly so that the public may attend. None of what you describe meets that criteria at all.
Did you see how Jared Polis announced eight public town halls in the newspaper before they happened – not after? Remember when Coffman used to do that? I do.
But not anymore!
Well, Jeffco Blue, you don’t get to define public events. It seems each House member gets to do their own the way that suits them best. As far as I can tell, Diana DeGette, Ed Perlmutter, and Doug Lamborn aren’t doing any at all.
Scott Tipton and Sal Pace do seem to be doing campaign events — some together — around their relatively unchanged congressional district.
Cory Gardner, apparently, does some traditional town hall meetings in his far flung district, which does seem to have a lot of small towns.
The problem is when Mike Coffman tries those kinds of meetings, half the audience isn’t even constituents. MoveOn.org rallies troops to come out, heckle, give speeches (instead of asking questions), shout down the responder, and create their own “You Tube” moments. That is not what real constituents want.
I read reports, from last summer, that when Coffman held two different town hall meetings, in two different counties, on the same day, 20 of the same people signed up at both places! Now, they can’t be residents of both counties.
I remember in 2009, when Coffman held four separate town hall meetings — in the same place, on the same day — to accommodate about 1500 people who wanted to discuss Obamacare. Meanwhile, then Congressman John Salazar tooled around on his tractor at his farm that August recess — holding no meetings — which is why he is no longer a congressman.
Coffman never stopped meeting with the public. He’s just had to adapt how he does it to make it effective for those in attendance.
You want him to have a traditional town hall meeting with real constituents? Fine! Start having attendees show their driver’s license, so it can be verified they are indeed residents of the 6th CD. Others can go do their own thing in their own congressional district.
Even Coffman’s detractors cannot seem to get this straight.
Protestors and petitioners from central and north Aurora, Brighton, and Adams County clamor for a “town hall meeting” with Congressman Coffman. The problem with that is House rules prohibit such meetings with people who are not actually his constituents. (Scott Tipton already got in trouble doing that in Avon earlier this year because that community will not be in the 3rd CD until January of 2013.)
Coffman’s current district, which gave him 66% of the vote in 2010, is still his responsibility throughout the rest of 2012. If he were to hold a traditional town hall meeting, then it would need to be in eastern Park County, South Jeffco, Douglas, Elbert, or south Aurora. But even then such meetings seem to attract people, who are not constituents, but wish to give speeches and shout down the congressman when he attempts to answer their questions. It makes for entertaining “You Tube” moments for a very small, but vocal, minority that hardly represents the real residents of the 6th CD.
What these misguided folks want are campaign debates, but — from what I can see in their mindless “You Tube” videos — they always seem go to Coffman’s congressional office, which is not connected to the campaign. As constituents, which I doubt many of them actually are, they do not even represent 1% of the current 6th CD residents. Obviously, they haven’t figured out where the campaign office is.
Their “protest” petition, which one can still find online http://signon.org/sign/rep-cof… shows how inept “Colorado Fair Share” can be in finding constituent petitioners.
I went through the first 500 names and found the following:
25 signatures were from Denver
15 were from So. Carolina – 2 from Hilton Head!
2 were from Michigan – Saginaw and Eastpointe
1 each from DC, Phoenix, and Jacksonville
(Hilton Head, Phoenix, and Jacksonville might be great vacation destinations, but they hardly are in the district! What’s with all the folks from South Carolina?!)
3 each were from Westminster or Golden
2 were from Boulder
1 each from Alamosa, Blue River, Commerce City, Ft. Collins, Lakewood, Longmont, Pueblo, Thornton, and Wheatridge
So that is 62 signatures, or 12% of petitioners, who don’t live in the 6th CD.
A whole bunch of signers were from Aurora. Most residents of that city, however, are constituents of Ed Perlmutter, so I think it is safe to assume most of the Aurora signers are not currently in the 6th CD.
I can only assume that “Colorado Fair Share” could not find 500 actual 6th CD constituents, or they cannot read a map.
Frankly, because of the radical shift of the boundaries of the 6th CD, it would make more sense — at this point in time — for Coffman to stick with doing just campaign debates. I imagine we will see those happen in September and October. Besides, it is Miklosi’s only chance to get any kind of exposure because he has managed to remain fairly well hidden, himself, for the year he has been a declared congressional candidate.
I thought I’d already signed that petition, but it must have been a different one. As one of those Aurora residents currently in the 7th, but getting redistricted into the 6th, I’m definitely interested in meeting future ex-Congressman Mike Coffman before November.
I’d even drive a couple of blocks over to the current 6th CD to attend the town hall.
Heaven knows if he wins, I’ll never get to see him after November without a check in my hand.
You also reminded me to contribute to Joe’s campaign.
Thanks again!
You really don’t have any business driving “over a couple blocks to the current 6th CD to attend the town hall” because you are not a constituent there. Town hall meetings are supposed to be for current constituents, not potential future ones. That’s what campaign events are for.
The current 6th CD has about 795,000 people, which is why it needed to shed some 80,000 to other districts. I seriously doubt you could even find 1% of the current 6th CD to agree with the viewpoints frequently expressed by others here. It is a very conservative district that Coffman has represented well.
Yet, you think my words served to remind you to sign that ridiculous online petition. That would just add one more non-constituent signature, which only makes it more irrelevant.
Did my comment remind you to contribute to Joe’s campaign? Great! I’d rather have you kicking your money there than sending it on to Obama, Perlmutter, or Pace. Donating to Miklosi now is a bit like contributing to the paper towel fund on the Titanic, after it struck the iceberg!