Wednesday Open Thread

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1. Interesting:

   Fairshake spokesman Josh Vlasto commented: “We are seeing a broad bipartisan consensus behind ‘crypto and blockchain as a critical component of the future economy. More than 52 million Americans own crypto with the sector responsible for tens of thousands of jobs across the country. We will continue to deploy our resources in support of leaders on both sides of the aisle and in both houses who are committed to getting things done and working with the industry to pass responsible regulation that drives innovation, creates jobs, and sustains America’s global leadership.”

   Pro-#crypto Super PAC Fairshake has just announced it will spend $25M on TV ad campaigns to support 18 House candidates from both parties listed below…. Colorado's sole recipient … CO-08: Yadira Caraveo (D)

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2. RFK Jr. managed to get himself DQ'd from the NY state ballot.  His campaign will appeal, but it failed politics 101–get on the ballot. 

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3. Funny quote from the Trump campaign regarding their Colorado efforts in today's Denver Post:

   Trump’s campaign did not respond Monday to a request for information about its Colorado staffing plans. Earlier this year, it named former state Rep. Justin Everett as state director, but his duties were later shifted to help with the planning of last month’s Republican National Convention.

   A Trump spokesperson told Colorado Politics in June that the campaign would combine forces with the Republican National Committee to defeat Democrats this November, but “we do not feel obligated … to discuss the specifics of our strategy, timing and tactics with members of the News Media.”
    

   I guess when you know you're going to lose by double digits with only Dave Williams and his team of bozos to work with, there's no need to be even slightly polite to the press.

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   1. If I were running a campaign, I would stay very very quiet about my plans.

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      1. The context of the article was the Harris/Walz Colorado campaign beefing up their staff with several seasoned Colorado politicos.  Since the only indication from the Trump campaign concerned the reassignment of their so-called state director to other duties is essentially an admission that they got nuthin'

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