One of the few things that most of us have agreed upon during this Presidential election cycle is the need to continue to improve Congress. We know that even if the best conservative candidate is elected he’ll need a solid conservative Congress to accomplish real reforms. And if we end up with a re-elected Obama, we’ll still need a solid conservative Congress to thwart his | Read More »
Now that the dust has finally settled on the 2010 political campaign in Colorado, it’s time to assess the results and find the way forward. Unless we learn the lessons from this and past elections, we’re doomed to continue along the same path. Although this diary is about Colorado, it could apply to many other states. There are probably many that won’t agree with my | Read More »
Colorado didn’t fare as well on election day as much of the nation. There are several reasons why this is so. Trying to pin key losses on one or two reasons oversimplifies what really happened here. This diary isn’t going to have a bunch of links to past events. I’m sure there are going to be people out there that disagree with my analysis here, | Read More »
Ross Kaminsky at the People’s Press Collective brings humor to what has become the Colorado Governor’s race. The only people left that don’t know it’s over for Maes are him, his family, and supporters who’ve gone so far down the road there’s no turning back. Here’s a recap for those of you that haven’t been following this race. 1. Dan Maes can’t raise money. 2. | Read More »
Promoted to the front by Erick because Dan Maes must drop out for the good of the people of Colorado and of the party he purportedly would lead. Almost two weeks ago I wrote this. I truly believed it was in the best interests of Coloradans, especially in the long term, to continue to support Dan Maes in the Governor race. That all changed for | Read More »
Erick Erickson just posted a front page diary saying it’s time for Dan Maes to go. The time for Maes to drop out was about a month ago. If he didn’t do it then, he’s certainly not going to do it now. Even if he did, his name would remain on the ballots that have already gone out. The only candidate that has any sort | Read More »
From the diaries by Erick. Karen Crummy at the Denver Post reports that former CO Senate President John Andrews has withdrawn his endorsement of Republican gubernatorial candidate Dan Maes. Andrews met with Maes to encourage him to drop out of the race so the Party can choose another candidate with a chance to beat the democratic candidate John Hickenlooper in November. Andrews, who as late | Read More »
Like most registered voters in Colorado, I received my Primary Election ballot in the mail last week. Ballots are due by August 10th, but I’ve already made my decisions so I’ll be mailing it in tomorrow. There are only 4 competitive races on my primary ballot. I’ll start with the only Federal race, and move to State and Local races afterwards. Senate This race is | Read More »
Meet Ryan Frazier, candidate for United States House Congressional District CO-07. We’re sending Ed Perlmutter home in November.
Below is an actual letter sent out last week to the employees of a company doing business in Colorado. It is presented without comment. The names of the company and the individuals have been redacted. Staff: When people say elections don’t matter, that their vote doesn’t count, and that they cannot make a difference – they are wrong! In the past few weeks and months | Read More »
After reading this , this, and especially this by Erick Erickson at RedState, I felt it necessary to write a response. A little background would be helpful first, however. Over the past decade, Colorado conservatives have taken a beating. In 2000, we held the Governor’s Mansion, the state House and Senate chambers, both U.S. Senate seats, and 5 of 7 House seats. Even so, Colorado’s | Read More »
Colorado Democrats, unable to make up any ground in the polls, have found another way to perpetuate their existence. They have proposed legislation that would re-vamp the voter registration laws in Colorado. From the Denver Post’s Jessica Fender, Among the provisions in the still-under-construction legislation: allowing same-day voter registration; pre-registering 16-year-old Coloradans; requiring a mail ballot unless communities opt out; and allowing third parties to | Read More »
Peace Action West responded to Diggs Brown’s response to the a survey about foreign policy that I wrote a diary about last week. Their response is so full of logical fallacies that it would take a month to deconstruct. Most of it is an appeal to authority of a list of dubious foreign policy experts (really, Arnold Schwarzenegger?). Rebecca Griffin tries to play off of | Read More »
Have you ever wished a political candidate would dispense with the usual evasive answers and speaking, but never really saying anything? I found a candidate that has done just that. Diggs Brown was sent a survey by Peace Action West, a liberal peacenik group. Here are some partial excerpts from Brown’s response: Do you support negotiating with Russia for deep reductions down to 1,000 or | Read More »
Betsy Markey (D, CO-4) has been working hard lately to convince the voters in Colorado’s 4th Congressional District that she is a fiscal conservative. So hard, in fact, that she claimed to have voted against the TARP funding bill even before she took office (listen here for yourself). Umm, I voted against the TARP funding, umm, you know when, of course that was actually, uh, | Read More »
From the diaries by Erick. This is MASTERFUL. Update: I was interviewed by Amy Oliver at KFKA 1310, an AM Talk Radio station in Greeley, Colorado about this diary. You can listen to the archive here. I also plan to update the section on the Governor’s race in the near future now that Bill Ritter has announced he is no longer going to seek re-election. | Read More »
The Colorado Supreme Court has ruled today that authorities in Weld County violated the rights of illegal immigrants when they seized their tax records during an identity theft investigation. This is yet another example of liberals legislating from the Bench in Colorado. The Washington Times has more on the story, including some quotes from Congressman Tom Tancredo. This state supreme court is by far the | Read More »
If they’re going to complain about being YouTubed, you might as well have some fun with it, right? H/T WhoSaidYouSaid via Peoples Press Collective
Diggs Brown formally announced his candidacy for the Fourth Congressional District of Colorado at the Best Western Hotel in Loveland Colorado on Saturday, Nov. 16th. Many in the district have been waiting for Diggs to return from his tour in the Army and announce his candidacy. There was a good turnout at the event to welcome Diggs home and cheer him on into the race | Read More »
It’s Time for the November survey of Colorado’s Political Temperature. Ben Degrow and El Presidente have already completed two of these surveys, and they’ve just released another one. Click here to take the November 2009 Colorado online political survey One thing I noticed about the previous surveys is the rest of Colorado outside of the Denver Metro area was significantly under-represented. I strongly encourage everyone | Read More »
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