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Governor
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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
40%
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Sec. of State
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(D) A. Gonzalez
(D) George Stern
(R) Sheri Davis
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State Treasurer
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(D) Brianna Titone
(R) Kevin Grantham
(D) Jerry DiTullio
60%
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CO-01 (Denver)
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(D) Diana DeGette*
(R) Somebody
90%
2%
CO-02 (Boulder-ish)
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(D) Joe Neguse*
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90%
2%
CO-03 (West & Southern CO)
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(R) Jeff Hurd*
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80%
40%
CO-04 (Northeast-ish Colorado)
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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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80%
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CO-06 (Aurora)
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(D) Jason Crow*
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90%
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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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(D) Yadira Caraveo
(D) Joe Salazar
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Here’s my take on the results of the Colorado Springs election which wrapped up yesterday. 1A and 1D were the most interesting.
1A, My Summary: Extend an expiring property tax and use the money to help businesses and promote new jobs.
Other: Only sign I saw on the issue was on the north end of town, the heart of wingnutsville. Something like, “Fight 1A, prevent corporate welfare.”
Outcome: Overwhelming defeat as expected. 38% yes, 62% no
Translation: Classic mindless El Paso County lemmings, er I mean Republicans. “You want MY money? Not just no but h*** no. It doesn’t matter if we have bridges, schools, or jobs so long as you don’t tax me… ever.” Let the bathtub drowning continue!
1D, My Summary: Do we change the definition of a city “enterprise” so we can take federal grants (other peoples’ money) without the money counting toward a revenue cap… and thus allow us to essentially raid all the (other peoples’) money we gain from federal funds and use the money we save for our city’s general budget? (Not that the author’s summary of this issue is at all biased but feel free to do your own research.)
Other: I watched the first six minutes or so of debate on this issue. It makes me sick to the stomach to actually agree with Doug Bruce who opposed this issue in that the total intent of changing the word “enterprise” was so that we could effectively raid federal funds for general city services. To me, council member Larry Small looked like a complete snake in claiming that these federal funds wouldn’t be used to backfill the city’s general fund. It should be noted that nowhere in the the portion of video I watched did I see Doug Bruce kick either of the people sitting next to him in the knee.
Homework Project: Go to http://www.google.com and type “define: fungible” It’s one of Doug’s favorite words, but rightly so.
Outcome: Passed overwhemingly. 67% yes, 33% no
Translation: Classic mindless El Paso County Republicans. See 1A. “You want to tax me? H*** no. But should we take other peoples’ money to benefit us? H*** yes!”
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couldn’t make heads or tails of it.
That’s a clear explanation, Jason.
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Iowa’s Senate Majority Leader Mike Gronstal blocks an attempt to amend the state constitution to ban gay marriage…
HT to Slog.
Chet said the court ruling involved only civil marriage, and that churches and other religious institutions do not have to perform them.
Now get back to work…like Tim Geithner, prompt taxpayer and Secretary of the U.S. Treasury.
Gronstal is a great speaker !
The christian conservatives might want to re-think their unwavering support for the Party of the Elephant.
Of the five states to legalize same sex marriage to date (I include CA because it was legal there for at least six months), four of the five had Republican governors at the time.
The theocrats are getting a really good return on their investment!
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what happened to Ah-nuld ?
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..her and the state employees unions
Nuff’ said.
I haven’t seen something that eloquent and compelling in a while. Never seen the guy prior to today.
Hails from a nominally-Democratic district, hasn’t seemed to harbor ambitions above the statehouse, and does a great job.
Bad. Ass. I’d marry him 😛
very compelling article from HuffPo
He then gooes on to catalog how they kept pretending that the world has not change. And after laying out in detail that litany of mistakes and where they presently find themselves, logically concludes with…
What’s interesting is he makes a compelling argument that an existing newspaper now finds itself at a disadvantage with a start-up that is going to take a more effective approach to news delivery.
If I was at the Post I would either take early retirement (paging Mr. Ewegen) or start looking for a job outside of traditional newspapers.
yes.
Not only is the Post website a nightmare to navigate, I’m not sure what if anything useful is in the Post that I don’t find out somewhere else faster, with less pain and usually with better writing.
Cobble together a grubstake and start your own.
The Post provides you free web access to their content, I recommend they single out your types and block your access unless you provide a monthly direct deposit from your bank account.
Or am I wrong and they owe you free and uber fast access to all their media including every single photo they take or mic’d recording they make?
though I don’t see what anyone else in your family has to do with it.
The Post owes me nothing personal.
I’d argue they owe something to the community at large including me- truth and the 4th estate and all that.
They could start charging access fees tomorrow- and I suspect very few would pay. And I think they believe this too or they would start charging.
And the whole point is I don’t need to start my own news paper- though if I thought I could see a way to do profitably I might. I have more news than I ever had.
Why exactly do I need the Post?
Oh- that’s right, in depth coverage of the soon to be 5-11 Broncos.
The question was is it too late for the Post to alter their business model to survive in what appear to be perilous times for the print media. I answered the question – you chose to belittle me without answering the question.
from Bloomberg
Why is it that in this country that is the number 1 advocate of free enterprise we take the exact opposite approach with these large institutions? You know the world is turned upside down when a Harvard professor is the one advocating for the free market approach and wall street is screaming for government subsidies.
Do we really need a Maxine Water’s style Congressional panel, who’s function is to oversee porkulus handouts and maximize generational theft, advocate for government confiscation when the U.S. Bankruptcy Court is available just for that purpose?
Tim Geithner, prompt taxpayer and U.S. Treasury Secretary
At least since I’ve been paying attention ten years ago, when they first suggested investing all that Social Security money in the market to keep those who were already in afloat.
As for Harvard professors… Remember, Larry Summers is a Harvard professor too.
two other names that will leave the Senate early: Groff and Isgar. Isgar is finishing his last term but is likely to get a Region 8 Dept. of Ag job – could actually come before this session is over.
Obviously Ritter won’t have any part of Jimbo in his administration due to his energy problems, job destruction and all the other western slope conflict the Guv has created for himself.
I keep hearing that Groff is Administration bound, the question would be D.C. or a regional job.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30…
Hijacking a cargo ship with emergency relief supplies for Kenya.
Apparently the crew of the US flagged ship that was hijacked earlier today have regained control of their vessel.
Good job !
Now I hear the pirates have the captain hostage.
Had heard about Isgar but Groff rumors are new…Do tell?
Daniel Kagan went to the mic recently on behalf of Kefalas’ (yet another) study on single payer health care. Not sure that Kefalas’ bill is the way to go. But it brought out passion in Kagan. However, he is very formal in delivery and it is a style not typical of a Colorado General Assembly speech. It is not because of his accent, but his manner is a more formal speechmaking style. Nonetheless, I was appalled to later see Republican legislators in the lobby, very loudly making fun of him. Grow up boys! You are an embarassment to the state. Your maturity matches that of a middle schooler.
Don’t leave us hanging there like an oil firm waiting on new drilling regs …. out with it.
Has anyone else heard that Senate Head Peter Groff may be stepping down even before the session is completed?
back in December and January when wags discussed whether Carroll would be willing to give up his speaker’s chair to take the appointment. It’s still the rumor.
Just hoping the fact that they read this and see that others view their behavior negatively as a wake up call to stop diminishing the integrity of the institution with their antics.
http://coloradoindependent.com…
He hasn’t committed to supporting it yet, pending the shape it’s in if it comes to a vote. And with Lincoln and Specter voting against cloture, supporters still might be shy the 60 votes needed to bring it to the floor.
and if it gets to a vote the 50 votes need to pass it are there.
That’s what the “conservadems” have decided. Everything will be filibustered. We can’t use reconciliation or any other parliamentary maneuvers on our side to counter the parliamentary maneuvers the other side has.
As Democrats, apparently we just think it’s unfair for us to have a majority.
for this one, they’re obviously not speaking with one voice on this.
but it seems like one voice with respect to the reconciliation tactic. I don’t know if Bayh’s group all signed that letter saying Republicans should be able to filibuster the climate change bill, but I’m sure most did.
Insofar as they speak with one voice on anything, that’s what they seem to be saying.
is that they believe they should follow the rules of the Senate. And I agree with them on that. If you’re going to play games with the rules then you might as well just toss the rules out as they exist only when you want them to.
As I recall, I asked you what the difference was between a parliamentary maneuver like the filibuster and a parliamentary maneuver like reconciliation.
And as I recall you never even attempted to answer this question.
filibuster
reconciliation
Wikipedia works both ways.
It’s not just for budget bills, it’s for any spending bill.
Want to try again?
The safe vote for a moderate is to vote for cloture because you want to discuss it and then decide if you will vote for it – get the union support.
It fails to gain 60 votes and so, wink-wink, business is fine with your vote.
The safe vote for a moderate is not to vote at all (to paraphrase the War Games computer). That is, you tell Harry Reid that you would vote against cloture if he proposes it, and six of your dear Senate friends have promised the same thing, so he shouldn’t even bring it up for a vote because it would just be embarrassing.
That seems to be how they’ve done this in the past. Reid’s sat on a number of bills because he knew he didn’t have the votes in advance.
just a thought….
because we eat our own, and there’s nothing Democrats hate more than having Democrats in charge.
Most of our conservadems think it’s tragically unfair that Dems have 58 senators, and think it’d be fairer if had 48 or 49 or so.
Remember to eat plenty of fruit compote to counteract the kosher for Passover diet.
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in Colorado Springs celebrating Birkat HaChamah. Who’d a thunk it ?
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Fox News’ “tea party.” Revolution as a marketing tool, complete with a corporate sponsor.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/…
Nothing like using the corporate machine to incite protests to drum up ratings, and to cover their complete lack of anything resembling journalistic integrity. Fair and Balanced. That must be some killer weed they’re smoking.