DEMOCRATS
REPUBLICANS
95%
5%
(D) J. Hickenlooper*
(R) Somebody
80%
20%
(D) M. Dougherty
(D) Jena Griswold
(D) Brian Mason
60%↑
30%↑
20%↓
(D) Brianna Titone
(R) Kevin Grantham
(D) Jerry DiTullio
60%↑
30%
20%↓
(D) Diana DeGette*
(R) Somebody
90%
2%
(D) Joe Neguse*
(R) Somebody
90%
2%
(R) Jeff Hurd*
(D) Somebody
80%
40%
(R) Lauren Boebert*
(D) Somebody
90%
10%
(R) Jeff Crank*
(D) Somebody
80%
20%
(D) Jason Crow*
(R) Somebody
90%
10%
(D) B. Pettersen*
(R) Somebody
90%
10%
(R) Gabe Evans*
(D) Manny Rutinel
(D) Yadira Caraveo
45%↓
40%↑
30%
DEMOCRATS
REPUBLICANS
80%
20%
DEMOCRATS
REPUBLICANS
95%
5%
(D) J. Hickenlooper*
(R) Somebody
80%
20%
(D) M. Dougherty
(D) Jena Griswold
(D) Brian Mason
60%↑
30%↑
20%↓
(D) Brianna Titone
(R) Kevin Grantham
(D) Jerry DiTullio
60%↑
30%
20%↓
(D) Diana DeGette*
(R) Somebody
90%
2%
(D) Joe Neguse*
(R) Somebody
90%
2%
(R) Jeff Hurd*
(D) Somebody
80%
40%
(R) Lauren Boebert*
(D) Somebody
90%
10%
(R) Jeff Crank*
(D) Somebody
80%
20%
(D) Jason Crow*
(R) Somebody
90%
10%
(D) B. Pettersen*
(R) Somebody
90%
10%
(R) Gabe Evans*
(D) Manny Rutinel
(D) Yadira Caraveo
45%↓
40%↑
30%
DEMOCRATS
REPUBLICANS
80%
20%
DEMOCRATS
REPUBLICANS
95%
5%
(Run, McPlagiarist, run! – Promoted by Colorado Pols)
Former Congressman Scott McInnis told KNUS radio host Craig Silverman Saturday that he’s taking Spanish lessons and hasn’t ruled out a run for statewide office, despite the spectacular crash of his 2010 gubernatorial campaign after his “musings on water” articles proved to be plagiarized.
But he doesn’t see an opening for himself in the current Republican primary race to take on Democrat Michael Bennet, as he said the “alignment” isn’t right today.
McInnis, who’s now a Mesa County Commissioner, isn’t excited about any of the current GOP Senate candidates, saying he’dlike to see Rep. Scott Tipton run. And he said failed 2008 Senate candidate Bob Schaffer, also a former Congressman, would “win that race.”
McInnis gave no indication that his plagiarism scandal, which torpedoed his 2010 campaign, would hurt him in future statewide campaigns.
McInnis: As you know, following that BS, and that’s exactly what it was, I was caught totally off guard by those allegations. And to be straight with you, before I ran for governor, we spent about $50,000 doing opposition research, and the opposition research was on me. And I wanted to know every hiccup somebody would bring up. Every vote we looked at. We looked at every possible thing. This never came up, because we never know about this. Well, after this broke, we didn’t have time to get ahead of it, Craig. ..those allegations that there was, not perjury, but–
Silverman: Plagiarism.
McInnis: Plagiarism. That shows you how much I was involved. But it worked. It was very effective. It destroyed our opportunity. …We suspected Hickenlooper would be their candidate and we ran consistently 12 points ahead of him.
He said the plagiarism accusation was based “false information,” pointing to his “complete exoneration” by the state’s Office of Attorney Regulation Counsel. He was cleared of dishonest lawyer behavior but not slimy political behavior, including throwing his elderly research assistant under the bus. That’s what cost him.
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And, the moral of that story is: if you're campaign's gonna' toss out $50big on self-oppo, you might want to hire someone a little more objective about your wonderfulness than your wife??!??
Oppo is a job for an ex-wife.
But, she already got half!!!
God that pic is funny…
Poor Scooter. He's a county commish now, which means he has to do actual work. The county dog pound building, built at great expense, has cracks in the floors and walls. Commish have to actually balance budgets, so no congressional tricks. Washington must look attractive to him again.
I looked at polls prior to the plagiarism scandal going back to March 2010 up until after the story broke in July. Mostly pretty small polls with highish margin of error. I found a double digit lead for Hick over McInnis in March, McInnis later catching up and one poll showing McCinnis with a brief 6 point lead. It was officially considered a toss up but few insiders thought Hick was really ever in trouble. If there are any polls out there showing a 12 point lead for McCinnis prior to the July melt down I can't find them. Maybe internals conducted by his self-oppo guy/wife?
McInnis was CLEARED of plagiarism and won another election. Maybe he should sue you for slander?
Then why did he repay the money Ali's parents paid to him for his "original" scholarship? Unless of course you're differentiating by Scooter's decision to outsource the plagiarism to that guy who worked for him and did the actual copying of Justice Hobbs' article.
As for him bringing a slander suit, as a public figure, he'd have to establish actual malice meaning knowingly false or with reckless disregard for the truth. Finally, the GOP primary voters in Colorado issued a verdict on the issue of plagiarism when they selected Dan Maes, a wack job even by the loose standards in your party, as their gubernatorial nominee over Scooter.
Yeah, he was cleared of plagiarism.
Not exactly
http://www.denverpost.com/ci_18125524
No clear and convincing evidence is a far cry from cleared. People don’t usually agree to pay back 30 K if they don’t suspect they might lose a suit brought which would require a preponderance of evidence and have to pay a lot more. Now get lost.
McInnis was not cleared of plagiarism. I use Scott McInnis as the poster boy for my students: "Think you can get away with plagiarism? Talk with Governor Scott McInnis."
Not being disciplined is not the same as being cleared.
From 7 News, 7/13/2010
Bah, Trey Gowdy would have gotten him to CONFESS!
Hands down the best Moldy reply of the month.