Some of you may have noticed a prominent change on the sidebar, in the way of candidate support. Here's the story... Bob Beauprez and his campaign made a statement today, and Colorado's Republican delegates responded in force. As reported by the Denver Post's Dan Haley, Beauprez won the delegate vote 72.2 percent to 27.8 percent. Haley also has reported that the Holtzman campaign has refused to sign off on the results. I'm not sure what the Holtzman team's specific complaint is, since as one who attended today's Assembly, I saw it as apparent that the State Party bent over backwards to accommodate their requests. It was also apparent from the reactions of the crowd that Holtzman would have a hard time reaching the crucial 30 … [Read more...]
Assembly Eve
As the Denver Post highlights this morning, tomorrow is the big "showdown" in Colorado Springs, also known as the State GOP Assembly. I along with several other center-right Colorado bloggers will be on hand for various official duties and will give you updates as possible. There are a couple salient points I wanted to bring forward about the Assembly, as raised in the article. First, both Republican gubernatorial candidates have focused an extraordinary amount of effort in seeking to persuade delegates from across the state to give their support. Neither candidate has been shortchanged in opportunities to control and direct their messages to this important audience, to make their best case for why their respective candidate should be … [Read more...]
My Friend Brant’s Ohio Nail-Biter
I don't normally write about state politics in Ohio, but I couldn't pass up this one. My good Hillsdale College buddy Brant Luther - former Stark County auditor, Alliance city councilman, and current attorney-at-law - is on pins and needles awaiting the final results of his May 2 Republican primary election for State Representative in Ohio's 61st District. In a rollercoaster of a vote count, Brant's opponent Randy Pope had a 25-vote lead going into the apparent last precinct on election night. Brant won that precinct by 35 votes to give him a lead of 10. When officials later realized they forgot to count a precinct, Pope edged ahead by 1. Then a second realization was made that a precinct had accidentally been double-counted, giving … [Read more...]
Haley is Coming Around
The Denver Post's Dan Haley is coming around to my view on the importance of the race in Colorado's House District 29. Go, Affie! … [Read more...]
The Daily Camera on Ahmadinejad and “Radical Right-Wing Christians”
Anyone who ever takes a glance at the editorials of the Boulder Daily Camera has come to expect a certain strong Leftward slant. Rather than your ordinary pristine example, however, today's editorial follows a common-sense trail before veering sharply into the abyss of fuzzy logic and inflammatory rhetoric. In the piece, the Daily Camera editors criticize their fellow "progressives" who have applauded the deranged rantings of anti-Western Islamofascist Iranian dictator Mahmoud Ahmadinejad as a valid criticism of President Bush. My initial response as I started reading was a general agreement with the editors for the sensible reproach of their indiscreet ideological allies. But then out of the deep bleachers in left field came a … [Read more...]
Ref C Grows State Government Payroll
Last fall Colorado Democrats supporting Referendum C poo-poohed the notion that they were attempting to grow the size of state government, just restore some pre-recession cuts. Yet as April Washington reports in today's Rocky Mountain News, with Democrats in charge in both houses at the State Capitol, state government payroll has added more than 1,000 jobs since the beginning of 2006. Both Republican candidates for governor have the right idea: hold Ref C supporters to their word and refund any additional revenue raised above the amount forecasted to be raised by the voter-approved mandate. For Marc Holtzman, it's the $3.1 billion figure originally released by the Legislative Council in 2005. For Bob Beauprez, it's the revised $3.7 … [Read more...]
Holtzman-Spradley Win Key Endorsement
They say you can't get them active in politics too young. Little Virtus gives the "thumbs up" (look closely) to Marc Holtzman and Lola Spradley to be Colorado's next governor and lieutenant governor - along with Mom, Dad, and "Winks" the Elephant All in good fun and good spirits. Thanks to Marc and Lola for so graciously taking a minute to pose for the camera with Mrs. Virtus, myself, and our three-month-old gem (the real star of the photo, according to her dad) this morning at the 7th Congressional District Republican Assembly. Only one week 'till the GOP state convention in Colorado Springs! … [Read more...]
GOP Majority Checklist: Cut the Taxes? Check.
It appears the Republican majorities in Congress may have turned the corner and started to figure out what it's going to take to accomplish the people's business in 2006 and earn continued majority status for 2007 and 2008. How are they doing? Win the war? (Ongoing) Confirm the judges? (Making progress ... Sen. Specter, don't let the obstructionists continue to hold up Brett Kavanaugh) Cut the taxes? Check. Control the spending? Not there yet. Secure the border? Not there yet. A few more moves like yesterday's tax-relief bill and the GOP majorities in Congress might just find an enthusiastic base of support out there eager to work for their re-elections. … [Read more...]
Kopel on Immigration
The Independence Institute's Dave Kopel took the major local media to task for their coverage of last week's immigration rallies in his Saturday column for the Rocky Mountain News. In one memorable passage, he specifically criticizes local media for their choice of terminology: Even more deceptive is the media phrase "undocumented worker." The term is inaccurate, because illegal aliens usually do have documents, albeit fraudulent ones. "Undocumented worker" is an euphemism used by those who want to avoid mentioning that the worker in question has entered and remained in the United States unlawfully and has procured a job unlawfully, often via criminally forged documents. If the newspapers are going to continue using "undocumented … [Read more...]
United 93
While living among the mundane trappings of relative peace and calm, days of punctuated horror and profound tragedy often seem dreamlike. Such is 9/11, and such is why every American should strongly consider seeing the movie United 93. Typically, when I watch a new film at the theater or on DVD, I can find some other movie with which to compare it. Be it the acting, the story line, the scenery, distinct or oblique references. United 93, however, is anything but a typical film. For a culture sometimes too fixated on everything from sporting events to celebrity relationships - and various other diversions from reality - United 93 is like a bucket of badly needed cold water. Or like a punch in the gut. That's what I felt for an hour … [Read more...]
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