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%
June 17, 2009 03:22 AM UTC
5 Comments
If the NRCC wanted to win CD4, why don’t they find a candidate who can win and who is from the populated part of the district. They are so stupid, they can’t even recruit a candidate against a brand new unknown US Senator…what are these fools doing ?
…and doing what they always do. Never mind that the “Mountain West” has been trending solidly Blue in the last decade, that the DNC came to Denver to echo that point, and that the demographics of the region are now far more urban than they were a generation ago. In the ossified American popular culture of the 1950s the “West” is the last bastion of the sort of “frontier independence” the Republicans have peddled since putting their Blue Blood Wall Street brand to bed in the late 40s. After all, what else could explain the party’s interest in Palin?
It was a brand that worked for a while– –fueled on nostalgia for the 50s, Reagan epitomized it–but Republicans are ANYTHING but independent frontier thinkers anymore. Whether taking orders nationally from “dictators” like Limbaugh, or locally from petty-wannabes like Penry, Renfroe or Lundberg, Republicans are clinging to a brand with about as much currency in today’s market place of ideas as a Roy Rogers radio!
Remember the “Know-Nothing Republicans?” If you had a good history teacher in high school you’ll recall that they were anti-immigrant (Jews and Catholics in particular), preferred “secret societies” to government, and were down-right hateful in their professed ignorance of the world (that’s aimed at you, Newt). You’ll also recall that they were a flash in the pan, in part because they could not solve the issues facing the country, especially how to develop “the West.”
So, if you attend a local Republican organizer these days and hear talk about getting back to the party’s core ideological principles, remember that those who blindly adhere to traditions, are doomed to make history’s mistakes over, and over again.
has an uphill fight, and Betsy will have a never ending stream of money. His ultimate success will come in his fundraising. Betsy didn’t beat “Musty”…”Musty beat Musty”!
Out of the contenders on the R side for the 4th, Cory has the resume.
Ritter is clearly vulnerable. Money spent there has a decent chance assuming the GOP candidate doesn’t pull a Bob/Bob and shoot themselves in the foot.
Bennet can be beat. He’s hugging the middle of the road so tightly and blatently that he can be pinged for not standing for anything. If that sticks and the GOP has a strong alternative, it could happen. Less likely because Bennet isn’t trying to honk off every part of the base like Ritter, but still doable.
Markey – NFW. She’s handling her job perfectly. And she has the smartest campaign manager in the state on her side. Any money the GOP spends here they might as well flush down the toilet.
But, the only way Ritter is vulnerable is if McInnis wins the GOP primary. Then it would be a horse race.
You don’t like Bennet, but the Republicans don’t have anybody who can beat him.