President (To Win Colorado)
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(D) Kamala Harris
(R) Donald Trump
80%
20%
CO-01 (Denver)
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(D) Diana DeGette*
(R) V. Archuleta
98%
2%
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%
50%
CO-04 (Northeast-ish Colorado)
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(R) Lauren Boebert
(D) Trisha Calvarese
90%
10%
CO-05 (Colorado Springs)
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(R) Jeff Crank
(D) River Gassen
80%
20%
CO-06 (Aurora)
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(D) Jason Crow*
(R) John Fabbricatore
90%
10%
CO-07 (Jefferson County)
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(D) B. Pettersen
(R) Sergei Matveyuk
90%
10%
CO-08 (Northern Colo.)
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(D) Yadira Caraveo
(R) Gabe Evans
70%↑
30%
State Senate Majority
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DEMOCRATS
REPUBLICANS
80%
20%
State House Majority
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DEMOCRATS
REPUBLICANS
95%
5%
November 23, 2011 07:37 PM UTC
22 Comments
So much for the message that brought the State House into GOP control. Proof you can raise fees/taxes and eliminate tax exemptions without destroying the economy.
But I’m sure we would have sooooo many more jobs had those exemptions not been eliminated, right?
If the news was really that much better.
Like the drop in unemployment in Alabama, where the right-wing is trumpeting the news as success in the new anti-immigration law, the true story with a 2/10ths drop in unemployment here in this state is that people simply aren’t looking any more. Their benefits are running out, they no longer have to report to the unemployment office on their job searching…
I think the appropriate sentiment can be summed up by a quote from The Princess Bride:
When the economy has been mostly dead for the past few years, it’s going to take more than a little head jiggle to make most people happy.
It’s nice to see even the liberal readers not buying this weak Pols spin. It’s going to take a long time to dig out from the hole Barack Obama has dug for our economy, and baby steps in the right direction are not going to get us there. The economy is adrift, business has no confidence, and we have to get serious about jobs. This isn’t about psychology, it’s about America competing in a global marketplace.
Our solutions will differ, but it’s good to see you are not deluded about the problem.
Let’s ban abortion!
“hole Barack Obama has dug for our economy” – yeah, right. The hole digging apparatus was set up and running full steam, courtesy of irresponsible Bush Administration policies – long before Obama got into office, and continued digging a nasty trench until the (GOP crippled) stimulus program slowed it down.
You’re right, though – baby steps in the right direction (i.e. nerfed stimulus bills) won’t get us out of this. We need to talk about jobs. Which probably means the GOP controlled House will spend the next few weeks talking about abortion limits.
A flatly false description — or “ironically factual,” the synonym for “lie” you invented when the lie is by a Republican. As a matter of simple temporal logic, it’s damn near impossible to blame Obama for the job losses:
– the recession was underway for a year under Bush, before Obama ever took office;
– roughly 8.7 million lost jobs were split between 2008 (under Bush) and 2009, and it’s hard to say job losses in the first few months of 2009 were the fault of the guy who took office in late January; and
– the economy gained almost a million jobs in 2010 and over a million already in 2011.
So please feel free to clarify how the hole the economy is in was dug by Obama. Or better yet, and far more likely, don’t respond at all, as per your M.O. when called out on your bullshit.
Nobody blames Obama for the original recession, except for being part of a profligate Democrat majority before his election who dramatically increased the deficit. Obama’s actions on the economy since his election have been haphazard at best, and his new regulations on business are choking the recovery. I’m glad we have small numbers of jobs being created, but it’s not even enough to keep up with population growth. We need better on the economy, and Obama can’t do it. He’s had four years, and all he’s done is magnified the challenges facing America.
Arap statement #1 (flip): We’re stuck in “the hole Barack Obama has dug for our economy.”
Arap statement #2 (flop): “Nobody blames Obama for the original recession.”
starting the war in Iraq, and not funding it. And getting Osama Bin Laden.
And the Bush tax cuts. And extending them and giving us new ones. Tax cuts work awesome, every time. all the time. Except when they don’t.
That nuance is lost on you. Solyndra got its money the same way! Solar panels schmolar panels, same same!
There has been zero impact on my company from new regulations. Not minimal, zero. And unlike you I speak from first-hand knowledge, not regurgitated talking points that someone made up.
He’s being ironic. It’s the new thing.
and his giant green plastic glasses! Next he’ll grow a handlebar mustache and tell me the bands I like are too well-known!
Which ones ?…and what do they do?
This talking point has been thoroughly debunked.
Happy Thanksgiving Duke!
As screwed up as things are, there is still much for which we can be thankful. I hope you and your family have a great time together.
I am so grateful for and to the OWS people, particularly the veterans, the unemployed and the students who are staring at a reality I never dreamed would face an American. Those of us who have been somewhat successful (but have been hanging on by a thread), should not forget these courageous citizens when it comes time to rebuild our economy and rehire a workforce.
The pubs have overreached so far this time even the low information voters are starting to get it. The neo-cons are doomed.
We can’t wait.
Not that I necessarily disagree … ;~)
So let’s celebrate with a song.