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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) Adam Frisch
(R) Jeff Hurd
(R) Ron Hanks
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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%
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(R) Gabe Evans
(R) Janak Joshi
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February 25, 2013 11:16 AM UTC
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You gotta be kidding me! Brophy? CROWDER?
Like you elequently put it, the gregsta's never impressed me as anything but a nut job zealot, whether it be on the issue of something like ASSET, being pro school shooting massacres, automatic/semiautomatic firearms, "entitlements" calling Sandra Fluke a slut, or bashing the right of people to love who they wish to love.
At first blush, this seems the move of a pinko that thinks a little too much of his own upward mobility potential. As he has never championed this before, and last year was used by mcnulty to absolutely villify it, all you can say is "I don't think he's voting his "concience".
But you can't ignore it, it's the move of somebody thinking about statewide evil guvbmint benifits, free postage, great medical coverage, salary, retirement, and access to a whole lot more gun industry cash. The gregsta's thinkin' big!
Crowder? Maybe the redistricting thing in 35, barely beating Crestina Martinez, who I can tell you would have been a GREAT voice for 35, I just can't figure it.
I mean the goober voted nay on Civil Unions, and in most teabag households, "them illegals gettin' sumpin for nuttin" ,ASSET was even MORE "unmericin".!!! Remember, to a teabagger, "in state tuition" translates to "freebie" if the person getting "in state tuition" isn't white, christ-ee, and extreme right wing.
Oh well, no matter how bad the pinko casting the right vote smells, the correct vote is the correct vote.
Several from GOP are going to make some smart moves this session. These are a couple. Waller is going to run a felony DUI bill. Wonder if Baumgartner will take a page from the Montana GOP a few years ago and go against it because of "cultural values"
All it took for Brophy to do a 180 on ASSET was for him to "come to know" some students that would benefit from this bill. So is it tribalism or narcissism that drives GOPers?
Dick Cheney supports gay marriage because is daughter is gay and got married to her partner.
No overarching principles involved — just "it affects me personally, and it doesn't seem so bad".
Nobody will ever accuse the GOP of having too many visionaries in their ranks.
Concur.
Pols, you can set aside the cynicism if you like. But I'll keep in mind just how power mad the GOP has become over the past couple of decades, and how they were uniformly opposed to anything helping immigrants (regardless of their status) before November of 2012), and all the stuff they've said to explain their defeat, and actions taken since then.
The conclusion looks inescapable – that some Republicans are now pandering to Hispanics, a group they believe to be largely open to their agenda so long as their agenda isn't anti-Hispanic. That whole condescending "they're Republicans, they just don't know it yet" notion. The only good thing I see in this is that they've shut up about "illegals voting in elections." But I know that they have absolutely zero qualms, so that only makes me worry that their efforts to disenfranchise lawful voters will be more stealthy in the future.
Republicans – I don't trust a single one as far as I could throw them.
Agree. But if we can accomplish some good things with the help of desperate pandering we'll take it. I think, especially where Brophy is concerned, we can count on an inability to go for very long without saying something stupid and alienating. Therefore, while the benefits of this legislation will last a long time, the benefits of pandering on a few things to the Brophy wing of the Colorado GOP won't last long at all. Probably not beyond the next time one of them goes on righty radio and drops some more gems of bigoted, paranoid, fear mongering, birther friendly wisdom.
Daaaahh, you mean like their short-lived attempt to change electoral vote allocations in GOP-gerrymandered states that otherwise vote Dem?
Subtlety isn't the GOP's strong suit.
They just want the chance to steal elections, fair and square.
We'll see. Even R Governors in several states where it's being attempted are stepping back. I don't think they will succeed in the attempt to change the system in a sufficient number of states.
ASSET isn't an immigration bill. It is a spending bill that just so happens to touch on immigrant issues.
How about the efforts for "English only"? Are those immigrant bills? I'm teaching my dogs Spanish so if they ever need adoption a Spanish speaking person can take them? It will be awhile. I, and they, just began class.
We have cats. They just speak cat and don't take commands anyway so…. no problem.
the dogs wag and smile when I make any kind of cheerful verbalization while looking at them. But, I do think I can teach them to come and "Its time to eat", "Good dog", etc
Gray, are the dogs' Spanish classes at the local Community College/institution, or via Rosetta Stone?
If the latter, are these canine freshmen properly equipped with the latest earphone technology, or is your entire family subjected to being awakened in the middle of the night when the lads engage in a lesson, computer speakers blaring?
Also, FYI, JAT, check what other "websites" the pups are accessing late night. Just a precaution, no judging here.
I'm taking a Spanish class and I practice with them. Both vosotros and nosotros in case they are adopted by a family of mixed Spanish and Latin American
Good thinking!
"yours'" and "ours'". One must be prepared for the surprises the future holds!
With cats it's more like they teach us their language so we can perform whatever they require; food, pets, in, out, play, etc. In return they purr, give nose kisses, do funny stuff, hang out with us and sit in our laps. I often wonder what it must be like to have such giant (compared to them) and well trained pets (us).
Ask Ann Darrow….
Had to look it up. Would have recognized the name Fay Wray, though.
Given that your side of the aisle has been arguing that giving "freebies to illegals" encourages more illegal immigration, you might be technically correct but innacurate. Well played, counselor.
Three cheers for all those who voted for this bill.
It's the right policy, and it's terrific it will pass.
I may not agree with a particular Senator on anything else, but I applaud a YEA vote on this, whoever casts it and for whatever mix of reasons. And a change of heart by someone like Senator Brophy is far likelier to begin to change the thinking of people who think as he does (or, in this case, did). That's a group who would not likely be swayed in the least by me.