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(D) Phil Weiser
(D) Joe Neguse
(D) Jena Griswold
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Att. General
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(D) M. Dougherty
(D) Alexis King
(D) Brian Mason
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(D) Brianna Titone
(R) Kevin Grantham
(D) Jerry DiTullio
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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*
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CO-03 (West & Southern CO)
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(R) Jeff Hurd*
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(R) Lauren Boebert*
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90%
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CO-05 (Colorado Springs)
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(R) Jeff Crank*
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CO-06 (Aurora)
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(D) Jason Crow*
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CO-07 (Jefferson County)
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(D) B. Pettersen*
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CO-08 (Northern Colo.)
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(R) Gabe Evans*
(D) Yadira Caraveo
(D) Joe Salazar
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40%
State Senate Majority
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State House Majority
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August 21, 2006 05:32 PM UTC
39 Comments
Good start to the week! Snakehead Foundation better start hurling feces at Bill Ritter before he finishes defining himself to the voters as a pro-business, crime-fighting, moderate pragmatist. Since Both Ways has such high negatives, that’s the only strategy they can pursue.
Wonder how much of a bounce Both Ways got from introducing “Beastiality Rant” as his running mate?
…commercials were all over the T.V. this weekend. Very effective I think.
I don’t watch the local stations much. But I will to see some commercials.
Thanks in advance. (tia)
…Ch.9. They were all over the news time slots and during the football game as well. Also on Leno. Start watching this week and you’ll see them for sure.
Does anyone know when was the last time the Dems controlled the legislature and the govonorship?
1962
Yeah and you can thank the Colo GOP for giving it back to them in 2006.
these extremist Janet “Bestiality” Rowland, Josh Penry and George Bush type reactionaries, the Dems will have control of government for a long time to come.
What’s the story with Josh Penry? Does he only have one oar in the water, too?
I sure didn’t see the Governor’s race going this way, when I was figuring this race last summer. I heard Bill Ritter say then, that he would just count on the Front Range for votes. This summer he has been working on votes all over, even in the San Luis Valley. Are Holzmanites so disenchanted that they are voting Dem, or just not voting at all?
It wasn’t for very long. Perhaps you were thinking of a potential Dem primary?
Ritter’s been working the entire state for quite a while now.
Well, I know he said it, because he said it to me in a private conversation. You are right though, Bill is working it hard now. If he gets it, you will not be able to say he didn’t earn it.
Why does a Kopp win in SD22 give Dems rare shot in GOP area? Over 50% of the District must be RRR’s. Leaving 50% of voters split between the Dems and the U’s. Will the U’s get out and vote in a slow off-season general? I would think a dem candidate would have to convert at least 25% of the R’s AND mobilize a huge percentage of the dems to take this seat. Why spend the money and focus there, wouldn’t it be better spent on Boyd, Keller, or even Ritter?
I’m not sure I would characterize this as a slow off season. We’re electing a governor and we have a bucket o’ballot issues, some of which are of the social issue persuasion, which tend to bring out voters.
22 is 45% republican, most of those are rational, what some call RINO. These people are disgusted w/ Kopp’s slimy tactics and his statement that “it’s God’s will” that he’s a senator.
If the Moderates vote Democrat and a good number of Democrats mobilize and vote Democrat the right-wing fringe may lose this seat to a democrat?!
But, why won’t the rational republican’s (RINO’s) vote republican since Traylor endorsed Kopp?
after such a heated campaign. I would guess that Traylor is just playing politics, but I can’t imagine she really “endorses” Kopp.
If I lived in that district and supported Traylor in the primary, her endorsement wouldn’t be enough to get me to vote for Kopp in the general.
It’s the same as some of the talk about Holtzman supporters shifting allegiance to Ritter even though Holtzman endorsed Beauprez.
Traylor’s endorsement would only be seen as a gift to Kopp. Her supporters probably agree w/ the papers:
“There is little doubt that had she joined Kopp in the gutter, she would have won.”
Her supporters need to decide two things:
1. if they are closer to a moderate D or an extremist R
2. if they can stomach voting for someone that ran a campaign like Kopp
I can’t conceive of voting democrat.
Then just say no to both the Dem and the Repuke, and skip over the state senate race on the ballot.
Except, I don’t know what atrocities were committed? So I vote R until persuaded otherwise.
Thanks
Look back at Mrs Ive’s posts. Tell me that’s not nasty. Me think the women doth protest to much.
Nancy, vote your conscious and vote for who aligns best with your beliefs. If you’re prolife, Pro Tabor, Pro 2nd amendment, pro school choice, pro marriage, you should vote for the republican. If not, vote democrate.
I understand why the Liberals don’t want you (a Republican) to vote in SD22 because that helps the Dem.
What I don’t understand is why the moderate R’s don’t want you to vote?
But it has been represented by a moderate – Norma Anderson – for a long time. Had the more moderate Kiki Traylor won the primary, SD-22 would have been a much different story for the Democrats.
Your Big Line leaves out one important scenario…
In a year like 2006, the dem running in CD6 will probably get 45% instead of 39% (like Conti)
Not a lot of people know who Bill Winter is, but the few who do seem to confuse him w/ Bill Ritter.
Knowing Winter’s name will be at the top of the ticket on election day, could the Ritter-Winter confusion be enough to put Winter in Congress by accident in 06?
…give the voters more credit than that. Plus in big bold letters above their names it says U.S. House of Reps. If Winter goes to Washington in ’06, it’ll be on his own merits, not on a name mix up.
While you’re all gushing over Wrong Way Ritter, the GOP nationally and state-wide is gaining big-time momentum. A new Survey USA poll has Crazy Ed and Rick O’donnell in a dead heat….45 to 45. According to the stupid Colorado pols lines…Perlmutter should be up. Moreover, he’s supposedly got a nice registration edge. Guess what, if Crazy Ed is only tied…Rick will win going away. And nationally, Rasmussen has come out with a new poll noting how the generic congressional vote is closing between the GOP and Dems. Also, W is at 43% approval.
Face it, all Summer you’ve all been on cloud nine with all the doomsday stuff for Republicans. Look at Michigan where the blue state is setting up to vote for Republicans for gov. and sen. (their statehouse and senate are both GOP). Santorum is charging back and Maryland should go Republican. Ritter is looking good, but with all this gay stuff on the ballot expect Focus on the Family to rally the troops like never before. The lefty hate is not getting the Dems anywhere. The Republican majority is becoming all the more permanent, thank you very much!
I’d rather go the “Wrong Way” with Ritter than “Both Ways” with Bob. At least going the Wrong Way gets you somewhere whereas going Both Ways gets you nowhere.
Speaking of “Wrong Way;” this was sooooo original by John Marshall. No wonder the camp is far behind in the polls.
Let’s face it FFF, the only person who coud buy into John Marshall’s talking points as much as you do is some confused intern smoking weed and dropping acid at the Beauprez campaign HQ. Maybe you should take some time off from politics to “find yourself.”
Bush is at 43% approval?! Than means only a little less than half of the country doesn’t think he’s an incompetent boob!
This is indeed a great day for Republicans everywhere.
Face it, although Coloradopols might be a little generous to the dems in this state (that statement is debatable), the GOP is hurting bad because of incompetent leadership and extremism. And there are few states in the nation where this is more apparent than Colorado.
confirm that as a dem, the only thing I’m worried about this year is McCain heading the Republican ticket, except maybe Clinton heading the Dem ticket and motivating all those dispirated righties to turn out and vote.
http://www.pollingre…
If Bush is still around 40% come early November, the Dems will make big gains nationally.
With the Social Security albatross hanging around his neck, and Bush and Cheney coming out to give him love and kisses every month, I think you can top out ROD’s support at 45%. Perlmutter obviously has some work to do, though.
…and you are no artist. Wrong Way Ritter – it can’t help but come out Rong Ray Ritter. What a lame attempt to hang a label. Both Ways Bob – now THAT rolls off the tongue. Hang in there – they will surely find those WMD’s in Iraq, too…delusional – yep, that pretty much sums it up.
Jesus FFF, thanks for the update from crazyland. The word that comes to mind when I read your post is delusional.
Maybe I just don’t read the Denver papers enough, but to follow this blog it looks like Saint Ritter walks on media water, and Beauprez couldn’t buy good press with Seymore Holtman’s money. Am I missing something?
Mostly articles about his differences with D party activists on abortion issues, though.
Ritter hasn’t made too many missteps, and no-one’s come up with any relevant dirt that I know of. Unless you just make stuff up whole cloth, it’s not easy to run critical issues without actual tidbits.
with D’s doesn’t hurt Ritter. No D will vote for Beauprez so it is a non-issue. I find it odd that Ritter and his running mate have never uttered a dumb word in the press while Beauprez and Rowland seem to have a treasure trove of nuggets for the press to uncover. Either Ritter is the most politically astute politician of our day, or the press is only looking in one direction. Has anyone checked the African papers?:)
It’s kind of hard to beat up on a guy that voluntarily went to Africa for three years to help the starving, then came back and took on white-collar and abuse victims of crime.
Ritter really is a saint? Bad news for Beauprez, saints are hard to beat.
But why am I unable to see the big line anymore? I know this is sort of off topic, but seriously, how do I get the big line back?!