If things keep up, we soon may be unable to fit all of Colorado's Republican candidates for U.S. Senate in a phone booth. (How long before the phone booth loses broad cultural recognition? Where does Clark Kent go to change his identity? But I digress....) Already in the race are Ryan Frazier, Ken Buck, and Cleve Tidwell. I received an email announcement today that Crested Butte attorney Luke Korkowski is officially on board. Senate Watch at Rocky Mountain Right reports that Tom Wiens is about to enter the race. And I'm hearing rumors that former Congressman Bob Beauprez soon may throw his hat into the ring. If it all develops, we may start needing some sort of official guide to keep track of who's who and what's what. Regardless, the … [Read more...]
Really Wanting to Know More About Why Mr. Curtis Left the Colorado GOP
Congratulations appear to be in order for Jeremy Pelzer, who has landed some sort of gig at the new online Rocky Mountain Independent. Jeremy's fairly long feature today is the latest Colorado GOP postmortem piece, with the standard news hook of a lifelong moderate Republican switching parties in disgust:The Colorado Republican Party has had few supporters more loyal than Brandon Curtis. The 32-year-old sales marketer from Denver had voted straight Republican in every election since he first cast a ballot in 1996. Last year, he was a delegate for John McCain in the Republican presidential caucus. But in the general election last November, Curtis voted Democratic for the first time in his life, picking Barack Obama and Mark Udall for … [Read more...]
New Gallup Poll Provides Clear Road Map for Republican Themes in 2010
Gallup yesterday posted the results of a very interesting poll that shows far more Americans self-identifying in a conservative direction than in a liberal direction. Brian Faughnan at Red State has it about right concerning the broad message of the poll:I think it’s a growing distrust of what they view as the liberal agenda of this Congress and this president. At the same time, when you break down the poll on an issue-by-issue basis, Rossputin makes a great case that on most issues Americans are tending to move in a libertarian direction. It's hard to say how much the broad shift against environmental policies that harm the economy and against restrictive immigration policies are the result of our current economic situation versus a … [Read more...]
New Peer-Reviewed Report: Oceans the Cause of Warming Since 1977
Marc Morano at Climate Depot brings our attention to a brand new peer-reviewed scientific study, another major piece of evidence blowing apart the man-made global warming scare:The research, by Chris de Freitas, a climate scientist at the University of Auckland in New Zealand, John McLean (Melbourne) and Bob Carter (James Cook University), finds that the El Niño-Southern Oscillation (ENSO) is a key indicator of global atmospheric temperatures seven months later. As an additional influence, intermittent volcanic activity injects cooling aerosols into the atmosphere and produces significant cooling. "The surge in global temperatures since 1977 can be attributed to a 1976 climate shift in the Pacific Ocean that made warming El Niño … [Read more...]
Marostica Resigns, Republicans Happy
The Denver Post reported yesterday that state representative Don Marostica, R-Loveland, resigned his seat to be appointed by Democrat Gov. Bill Ritter as the state's economic development director:Larry Carillo, chairman of the Larimer County Republican Party, said Marostica called him this morning to tell him he was resigning his seat. "He was excited," Carillo said. "He explained he thought it would be a good thing for economic development in Colorado and a good thing for the Republican Party." [emphasis added] A double-edged sword of a statement if ever there was one. And it's definitely good for Bill Ritter, who can beef up his "bipartisan" bona fides without having to sacrifice any of his agenda or program. … [Read more...]
Michael Bennet’s Silence on Health Care Tax Matches Record of Hollowness
In its latest release, the Ryan Frazier for U.S. Senate campaign effectively goes after a weak link in incumbent appointee Michael Bennet's political armor:GOP Senatorial candidate Ryan Frazier today asked why Senator Michael Bennet has not stood up to the Democratic Congressional Leadership in Washington to protect Colorado small businesses and jobs from being destroyed due to an expensive surtax being proposed to help pay for President Obama’s health care reform legislation. The Democratic Congressional leadership has proposed a 5.4 percent surtax on families making more than $350,000 a year, or individuals earning $280,000, to pay for health care reform. “A proposed surtax to pay for health care reform will place an enormous … [Read more...]
Survey Results: No Dominant GOP Choices Emerge; Frazier Tops Rivals
Update: As El Presidente points out: "Crosstabs and other analysis will follow in the next week." We didn't want political junkies to get their fix all at once. Besides, a little suspense never hurt anyone. Introducing the top-line results from our recent survey of Colorado's political temperature. More than 600 people participated in the project. Thanks to those of you who took the time to help out! There were some definite winners in the candidate races, but given the unsurprisingly large share of undecideds at this point in the race, no one approached 50 percent. You can read the release below for more details -- which also includes some information on the issue questions and demographics of those who took the survey: July 2009 … [Read more...]
Contact Your Congressman Today: Vote NO on HR 3200 Obama Care
Update 3: Also a good article about the rally in the Gazette. And guess who was out and about peeping near the State Capitol? Update 2: Slapstick Politics has the best visual coverage of the anti-Obamacare rally earlier today -- not that I could hope to generate for his site even a modest fraction of the traffic produced by an Instalanche. And, oh yeah, the Denver Post has a story, too. Update: Alex at Colorado Political News also has posted his letter to Perlmutter opposing the government health care takeover in HR 3200. Let's hear from some more Colorado bloggers! And if you want to shout, and not just write, don't forget about the rally at the Colorado State Capitol at 11:30 AM. Now is the time to write your Congressman and … [Read more...]
Dead Guvs’ Anti-TABOR Crusade Exposes Ignorance, Anti-South Bigotry
Talk about betraying your ignorance in service of political posturing. Looking for a way to cling to the idea that Colorado ranks 49th in something and bash the Taxpayer's Bill of Rights over the head, the Dead Guvs jumped on one particular set of rankings in the latest U.S. Census Bureau school funding data -- with an attempted one-two punch on supporters of government spending limitations and on the Southern states:We like to imagine that it's Mississippi, Alabama, or another stereotype Deep South state that saves Colorado every year from ranking dead-last in education spending as a percentage of income. Okay, Florida then. Close enough. The problem is threefold, and bears out when you look at the actual rankings (PDF). First, … [Read more...]
Initiative to Protect Secret Ballot Reminder of Michael Bennet’s Hall-of-Fame Indecision
In case you need a reminder of how much Big Labor bosses hate the secret ballot, Face The State brings a story today about a simple, newly proposed 2010 initiative and the union legal challenge facing it:Unions have challenged the language of a ballot initiative that would amend the Colorado Constitution to guarantee employees' right to a secret ballot in unionization elections. Meanwhile, legislation is pending before Congress that would remove that requirement from federal law. “The purpose for this amendment is to guarantee the fundamental right of an individual to vote by secret ballot,†said Patrick Davis, a Colorado Springs political consultant backing the measure.... The 39-word proposal reads, “The right of individuals … [Read more...]
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