President (To Win Colorado)
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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
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CO-03 (West & Southern CO)
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(D) Adam Frisch
(R) Jeff Hurd
50%
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(R) Lauren Boebert
(D) Trisha Calvarese
90%
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CO-05 (Colorado Springs)
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(R) Jeff Crank
(D) River Gassen
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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
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30%
State Senate Majority
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May 19, 2009 06:57 PM UTC
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…that “reigning in the abuses” won’t include setting a cap on interest rates.
“Bennet supports the bill” indeed! I can see the campaign ad now: “And I supported credit card reform! To protect the Common Man!” [Organ music swells…]
By the same token, can you imagine the interest rates Citi, BofA, et al. would be paying if the shoe(s) were on the other foot/feet?
Proposal 1: Interest rates on TARP funds should be set at the highest rates charged to credit card customers.
Proposal 2: Michael Bennet offers a list of all donors to his campaign, amount, and business affiliation (including spouse’s business affiliation by marriage).
Proposal 3: Michael Bennet reveal the balances on all his credit cards and the interest rate he is paying on those balances.
Proposal 4: Colorado Democrats look around for a Democrat to nominate for the U.S. Senate in 2010.
I grow tiresome, I know. Some tunes one just can’t get out of one’s head.
Your message gives me no clue.
I know that you don’t like Bennet, but he’s solidly behind credit card reform. I’ve spoken to his staff at length about it.
…says he supports the Common Man–Absolutely, Always, and With Great Passion, just ask him!–just so long as it doesn’t include limits on credit card interest rates (which would raise interest rates, you see; he said it, I didn’t). As for supporting rate caps, I must be imagining those 12 “Democrats” who voted down the Durbin amendment on this very topic a week or so ago.
What’s a Democrat? Why, anyone who puts a (D) after his name. It’s a free country, you know. Arlen, Joe, Ben–Democrats every one. Imagination runs wild. Plays such tricks! Conjures up things that never happened, erases those that actually took place. Visions of silver spoons, a succession of appointments, a list of achievements you can write on the back of a business card dance in the head!
The Durbin amendment had nothing to do with credit card rates, and that was a totally different bill, not “this very topic.”
The Bernie Sanders amendment did, and both Bennet and Udall voted for it.
http://senate.gov/legislative/…
I don’t know what you’re imagining. Maybe there’s a hotline that can help you.
The Durbin amendment was intended to let bankruptcy judges adjust mortgage balances as part of bankruptcy proceedings. That was what Bennet voted against…in a vote that mattered.
He did vote for the Sanders amendment.
Much appreciate your Wiki-psychology, btw. Very insightful, telling, valuable.
The vote tally was 45-51 with 60 required for passage. How exactly did the vote matter?
Hate him all you want, but not for that.
The time for a candidate to step up and run a serious campaign has all but passed.
Too late, do nothing.
Too late, do nothing.
Too late, do nothing.
Hillary’s got it sewn up. Give up.
No he can’t.
No he can’t.
All but passed.
All but passed.
Inevitable, inevitable, inevitable.
Too late, do nothing.
Too late, do nothing.
By Jove, I think I’ve got it!
I’m just saying that you can beg and plead and be snarky as much as you want, but unless a real candidate decides to run (Romanoff, Hickenlooper, etc) then Bennet is going to be the nominee.
There can be a movement for someone to run, but unless there’s a real, solid candidate, then there’s not really much anyone CAN do.
I merely take exception to repeating the notion that’s it’s too late. Growing late, yes. Too late, possibly not.
The audacity of the banks to ask for untold billions to make sure they didn’t collapse last year, is trumped only by their willingness to stick it to the consumers and taxpayers who provided their bailout.
The fact that they are getting away with this is sickening. This bill is good, but the power that the banking industry wields is vast enough that this likely won’t matter.
What’s telling is cram-down and an interest rate cap were both defeated. The banks are screaming bloody murder over some minor changes while seeing no significant changes.
They’re like a spoiled child.