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September 10, 2009 10:08 PM UTC
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Andrew make the case. I have a lot of admiration and respect for Romanoff, and I hope he runs a clean, idea-driven campaign that makes whoever comes out the winner a better candidate in November 2010.
Is labor backing Andrew? If not, does he really think just grassroots support will be able to carry him financially against Bennet?
Labor will line up depending on Bennet’s card check vote.
What he’s been telling Labor is no on card check, but he has some love for the forced arbitration and we’ll get administrative control for increased fining.
Meanwhile over at Boeing Corp., IAM was decert. http://www.fortmilltimes.com/1…
especially on Climate Change legislation
I hope that the wee wizards of Gryffindor wield the Force and their light sabers wisely, so that the chance of taking Mordor come November 2010 is not lost.
Plus, wasn’t R. Martinez last seen losing big to…gulp….Princess Diana?
but I find I suddenly have a deep yearning for some Led Zeppelin.
…it’s a cross between Star Wars and Lord of the Rings.
That’s who me and OQD were missing.
Um…well…ahh…yes.
IIRC, she lost by as large a margin as the GOP candidate lost by in the general election to Her Royal Highness.
we just have to deliver the ring to the fire.
I don’t want the inhabitants of Mordor to mistake your comment for a call to battle.
If you could please retract that bit, I would feel much more confident about keeping the message on track.
We have more Orcs.
Sorry, couldn’t help myself.
Ramona is a member of the DNC and specifically involved with Latino outreach programs throughout the country. So she is not on the local scene as much as she once was.
“Romanoff could not be reached for comment, but the filing was announced in a news release.”
Comment Andrew, comment!
If he’s going to rely on his grassroots network he’s built, he has to stop hiding in his house talking to no one but Zorro and…reenter society.
and making quite a show. He’s not a hermit, he’s just not commenting to the press yet.
I’ve already talked to his campaign and they are going to have interviews next week. I told them that obviously as goes ColoradoPols so goes the primary so that I should be first 🙂
Redstateblues carries the ColoradoPols press credentials …
If I’d known that I wouldn’t have been standing on wooden crates, wiping away the fog from windows, trying to get a glimpse of press conferences.
who’s been reported at Ritter’s pressers 🙂
He should be challenging Ritter. Bennet has done a credible job as a senator. Ritter has botched his governorship and would be easier to defeat than Bennet.
Why doesn’t he challenge Bernie Buescher? He applied for that job and didn’t get it, either.
it may get too confusing for the primary voters.
http://www.coloradopols.com/sh…
Bennett seems to be doing quite the credible job.
Ritter, not so much.
I’m disappointed in Romanoff primarying Bennett, it will only waste party energies and I think for nought. OTOH, he could save the governorship for the Dems.
I’m betting that Penry (who will be the GOP nominee for governor, barring any unforeseen wide stances or hikes on the Appalachian Trail) will run circles around Ritter in the general election campaign. Ritter, a lawyer, will hold his own in formal debates, but Penry will out-campaign him where it counts.
Romanoff would mop the floor with Penry.
It’s not about what’s winnable, it’s about what he thinks he’s best at (which in a way, is also about winning).
That, and the fact that if Romanoff can’t go 6 months without politicking, then the Senate is a lifetime guarantee for his fix. As gov, hed’ be more or less done at 52.
position? More ladder climbing? Gee, that’s a flattering picture you paint of the guy.
Look, I’ve worked with Romanoff on a few projects and could go on for pages if flattery were my objective–the guy’s got talent, he gives to his state, and his state wants to give back, there’s little doubt about that. If there were, he wouldn’t have started all this talk!
All I’m saying is that you have to consider the man, and his motivations, as much as the political climate and his likely support. Romanoff’s character may be a little flawed when it comes to “needing office,” but whose character isn’t flawed? I’m just saying the Senate seat would be more in keeping with his character, and that’s a way of saying the man at least has some character.
your proclamation that Romanoff isn’t about winning but about doing what he’s best at an then sayng this
while completely ignoring the fact that he tried like hell to become the next Lieutenant Governor of Colorado. I like the guy. I’ve worked with him. But I sure the fuck am not going to paint him as something he isn’t to make a case for why he should run for Senator. Stick to the facts. I’m sure he’d appreciate it.
and that’s a fact I’ll stick with. Apparently, so will Romanoff.
now that other political avenues appear less than opportunistic for him.
had their picnic this evening. Someone said that Romanoff had reserved the pavilion on the Riverwalk here in town for his announcement at 10 am next Thursday. Don’t know if it is true.
after the fair?
The fair site is on the South Side (of the river). The pavilion is at Victoria and Greenwood on the edge of the historic district. It’s also across the street from the Bullriders’ national headquarters for whatever that is worth.
too bad they did not poll Romanoff vs, Bennet
http://www.rasmussenreports.co…
As much as I despise Ritter and would like to see a fine Democrat challenge him he is term limited and can only hurt the Democrats for one more term if he is elected again. Personally I would like to see someone from labor run against Ritter. Now that would be poetic justice.
But having Bennet in the Senate would be long term chronic political pain for the Democrats because Bennet has already shown his true colors by not showing support for the EFCA and voting no on the cram down legislation which would have helped home owners.
Yes I think Romanoff made the right move and I applaud him. I’m going to send a donation as soon as his website is up.
I expect that the Latino vote will split.
The Martinez’s supported Richardson. How well did that go? Ramona got her ass handed to her for Congress(where her grand-daughter, Joelle, was the campaign manager) and how well did that go? Her ONLY argument in that campaign against Degette was “it is MY turn!” I believe the final tally was somewhere in the neighborhood of 75% to 25%?
Just watch, now half her family and cronies will get “jobs” within the campaign. Her son will get the legal work, etc. All the old Denver pond scum of Paul and Paula Sandoval, Polly Baca, etc will come with their hand out. They don’t offer help, they get it purchased! They haven’t helped hispanics in their district. Instead they have used them for their own political gains.
I really wish Romanoff would have picked someone less divisive than the Martinez clan. It DOES tell me he is aware of the very old hispanic power structure in the North and west denver area, but that is as far as it will get him. It also tells me he thinks that old network is valuable. They are not.
The Martinez family is not known by much of Denver in general, specifically the east and southeast metro area where voter turnout is going to be needed, and loathed by a fair number of Hispanics, African Americans, etc. During her campaign she took the for granted. As well, The family is virtually unknown outside of the west and north of Denver.
BTW- Anyone remember Ramona’s support of a Wal-Mart in her district??? She turned her back on labor whenever it suited her. I am POSITIVE UFCW #7 remembers!!!
Apparently Romanoff would rather be Senator than Governor. Politicians are people with goals and dreams, not ideological units or party handmaidens. Life is short. If you want something you have to go after it. I’m glad Romanoff has the guts to act.
Why is it that Romanoff’s motivations are being questioned while Bennet’s are not? In fact, Bennet is being painted as some kind of civic superhero. (See the recent Bartels and Littwin articles in the Post if you think I’m exaggerating.) Both are ambitious men and there is nothing wrong with that. Both think they should be Senator. Nothing wrong with that either. BOTH have to prove they should be Senator, not just Romanoff.
And that’s what this primary is all about. Colorado voters get to decide. Not Ritter, the WH, etc.
http://www.rasmussenreports.co…
Maybe Andrew made the right race after all.
Too bad they did not poll Bennet vs. Romanoff
http://www.chieftain.com/artic…
The reporter includes some interesting information about Bennet’s lack of financial support so far from southern Colorado.
That got me to poking around opensecrets. Here’s a geographical breakdown of 08 cycle contributions (scroll down for a chart that does a party breakdown by county):
http://www.opensecrets.org/sta…
I look forward to more Bennet haters trying to explain how a having national donor base is a bad thing. Sheesh.