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(D) Kamala Harris
(R) Donald Trump
80%
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CO-01 (Denver)
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(D) Diana DeGette*
(R) V. Archuleta
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CO-02 (Boulder-ish)
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(D) Joe Neguse*
(R) Marshall Dawson
95%
5%
CO-03 (West & Southern CO)
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(D) Adam Frisch
(R) Jeff Hurd
50%
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(D) Trisha Calvarese
90%
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(R) Jeff Crank
(D) River Gassen
80%
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CO-06 (Aurora)
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(D) Jason Crow*
(R) John Fabbricatore
90%
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CO-07 (Jefferson County)
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(D) B. Pettersen
(R) Sergei Matveyuk
90%
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(D) Yadira Caraveo
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30%
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October 12, 2010 06:53 PM UTC
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(rolling eyes thinking) “if I should say what I have been saying I will reveal just how draconian Crazed, radical, authoritarian and hateful I really am. There are cameras recording here.” – Ken buck
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I’m sick of playing by the rules. I’m about ready to turn conservative.
and how it’s more about the issues being discussed and debated rather than which party is still in control. That pendulum swung to the left, and a GOP takeover of Congress will NOT be a sign that it’s turning back to the right. That won’t happen because health care is a huge issue, and the ‘pubs are going to have to come up with an alternate plan to reform it if they don’t want to suffer their own 2010 in 2012. Just repealing the law won’t cut it.
The GOP silence about that aspect of health care is most remarkable. When they criticize “Obamacare,” it’s all about the costs but not about what plan might be better. Probably because there’s no way to address it without doing what’s anathema to the anarchistic nature of today’s GOP, which is raise taxes and intervene in the market. (Of course government is a huge player in capitalism and there’s never been such a thing as a “free market” as most of them describe it.)
I’m kind of hoping that the GOP does retake Congress and the White House by 2012. The old issues that dominated the political landscape from 1980 to 2006 are no longer what Americans are concerned about, but the GOP is now dominated by the minority of people who care about that stuff the most. Reality is going to bite them so hard that it will be hard to foresee a time when they’ll be able to recover.
let me say that I respect any candidate who is willing to say, “I don’t know”. To me it shows strength…not weakness.
Having said that, when it is on a major issue such as this, there is simply no excuse. Buck appeared as though he didn’t even know what “the donut hole” is…which demonstrates just how out of touch the man is with real issues that seniors are facing.
Not lost on seniors watching the debate, and who talk to other seniors. Who in their right mind is NOT in favor of closing the doughnut hole?
Beginning Jan. 1, the cost for brand Rx for seniors on Medicare who find themselves inside the doughnut hole will drop a whopping 50% under Obamacare.
Buck lost thousands of senior votes on this.
which is a great thing.
Or a type of contraception?
Or perhaps a kind of flat tax?
He’d be for it before he was against it.
be no risk of dissnonance at all – voters could just believe what they want.
I was expecting him to say – “I’ll have an R after my name on your ballot.”
why sweat the details?
There was another question about a bill where Bennet said “I don’t know” and admitted he knew nothing about it.
Was it about something that’s been a well-known national political issue since the passage of Medicare Part D, seven years ago? Something that politicians in both parties have complained about and said they were going to fix? For years?
You didn’t seem to think it was a big deal last night, since you didn’t say anything about it in your own thread (despite taking two comments out to talk about my “sexy penis,” so, um, thanks).
Because whatever it was the Bennet answered “I don’t know” to, if in fact that it happened (and since you have a record of saying false things like this, there’s absolutely no reason to give you a pass and trust you), it doubtless was not about a major policy issue.
It was a question whether he would support Coffman’s balanced budget caucus. Admittedly, a rather obscure question compared with the donut hole.
Independent verification provided, beej, and yes, it was about something much more obscure than the donut hole.
is neither a minor issue nor an obscure question. He couldn’t answer because he’s never really been focused on balancing the budget, despite his desperate claims to the contrary.
is an obscure thing. Bennet answered, reasonably, that he’d never heard of the thing so didn’t know whether he supported it.
Because Bennet has been campaigning against Coffman’s Coffee Club all this time, just like Buck has been campaigning against health care reform.
If this is all Beej has got, he’s…
When has he NOT been full of crap?
so it is legitimately Obscure.
I don’t know about it either.
And I doubt he knows now.
He actually said it a couple times. First on a question regarding Rep. Coffman’s bill as to whether non-essential federal workers should take furloughs and members of Congress pay cuts to help balance the budget and second, on a question regarding Rep. DeGette’s bill to require disclosure of chemicals used in fracking.
–Adam
Senator Bennet works on the other side of the building.
And yes, some House bills are on the radar of some Senators, they normally don’t get noticed until they’re nearing a floor vote.
And congrats on the good work.
A lot of election and candidate coverage this cycle has been…. not good.
You have been consistently good to great.
It’s interesting information, but the point of this post is Buck blanking on a subject central to his campaign. If he doesn’t understand a basic health care question like this, I really don’t care what he thinks about the rest of the issue.
of chemicals used in fracking but wasn’t aware enough of Degette’s bill to say whether he supported it or not.
There’s a difference between Bennet’s “I don’t know” and Buck’s. Bennet knew where he stood on the subject, Buck didn’t.
Medicare part D is a big deal.
Healthcare reform is a big deal.
Buck not knowing about the donut (Look ma! No ugh!) hole is a big deal.