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The Washington Post’s Chris Cillizza’s monthly weigh-in on Colorado’s open Senate race–still ranked #3 most likely to change parties in 2008: 3. Colorado (Currently R): We thought long and hard about swapping this race and New Mexico. But in the end, the state’s recent electoral history — Democrats have won the governorship, two House seats […]

( – promoted by Colorado Pols) As we discussed yesterday, and the Denver Post reports today: Colorado Democrats are putting the heat on GOP senatorial candidate Bob Schaffer in an effort to smoke out his positions on everything from drilling on the Roan Plateau to the State Children’s Health Insurance Program, known as SCHIP. But […]

A few weeks ago, GOP Senate candidate Bob Schaffer was asked about his position on the expansion of the Pinon Canyon Maneuver Site, a major issue in southeast Colorado and his own former Congressional district. To the howls of local ranchers and their supporters, he mumbled such a lame “no comment” that he planted doubt […]

As the Denver Post reports: Democrat Mark Udall financially outpaced Republican Bob Schaffer for the second reporting period in a row, while state Senate president Joan Fitz-Gerald edged past her Democratic primary opponents in the race for Congress, according to reports filed Monday. Udall, a five-term congressman seeking a U.S. Senate seat, raised $1.1 million […]

From a press release sent out by the Colorado Democratic Party: Today Governor Bill Ritter and Congressman Mark Udall called on all Congressional representatives in Washington, including Rep. Marilyn Musgrave, to vote to override the President Bush veto of SCHIP legislation that would renew the State Children’s Health Insurance Program (SCHIP), which currently provides health […]

Reporter Mike Saccone of the Grand Junction Sentinel offers a more balanced take on the recent Ciruli Associates poll of Colorado’s U.S. Senate race: Polling data issued Thursday shows five-term Congressman Mark Udall, D-Colo., and former three-term Congressman Bob Schaffer, R-Colo., are running neck and neck among Colorado voters for the state’s open U.S. Senate […]

( – promoted by Colorado Pols) Good news for Bob Schaffer today in the form of a poll by, former Colorado Democrat Chairman turned pollster, Floyd Ciruli. The Rocky Mountain News reports Udall leading Schaffer 36% to 35% with 9% still hoping someone else jumps in and 21% still undecided. The article goes on to […]

UPDATE: At the Board of Education meeting today, Progress Now presented the names of “Republican constituents from throughout the 4th Congressional District” who agree with their call for GOP Senate candidate Bob Schaffer to return the campaign donation in question “or resign his seat on the State Board.” Press release below the fold. Like a […]