Over at Free Colorado, Ari Armstrong highlights the prominent role played by members of a local Liberty on the Rocks chapter in today's NPR Morning Edition story (complete with audio). Three LOTR members in particular responded to Obama's speech last night on health care reform to a joint session of Congress. Quotes below... … [Read more...]
Another Case of Jane Norton Deja Vu?
Yesterday the official news finally rolled out that Jane Norton is getting into the U.S. Senate race. Today one case of deja vu follows another. Norton of course is most well-known for running on the 2002 Bill Owens statewide ticket and serving as lieutenant governor during his second term. So (thanks to an astute reader who brought it to my attention) I guess this similarity is more than just a mere coincidence: … [Read more...]
Anatomy of a Dick Wadhams Rumor: Nevada’s Chuck Muth Gets Last Word
Last Friday, the Dump Reid PAC out of Nevada sent out an email update that included the following note about Colorado's Republican Party chairman and a leading Republican contender to take on Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid in 2010:Sources confirm that Dick Wadhams was in Las Vegas recently to meet with [Sue] Lowden and is prepared to join the campaign if/when it becomes official. Awakening from the long Labor Day weekend, the Dead Governors opined on Tuesday morning: "Dick Wadhams is reportedly considering a move to Nevada." Some time later that same day, fellow Right-leaning Colorado blogger Joshua Sharf reported on a memo from Wadhams that all but definitively indicated he had no plans to head to the Silver State. The Associated … [Read more...]
How to Enjoy Watching Obama’s Health Care Speech to Congress Tonight
Tonight is President Obama's latest in a long line of big speech about why he's finally clear on just what exactly he intends to do about how government health care will magically improve lives through competition (and other assorted sweet-talking nonsense).... The address to Congress is scheduled to start at 8 PM Eastern, or 6 PM local time. If you're in a serious mood and want to follow along with the speech online, I suggest you head over to Cato at Liberty for live-blogging analysis by two of the nation's foremost experts on health care policy. If you're in a lighter mood, you can play Obama health care bingo -- compliments of Americans for Tax Reform. … [Read more...]
Help Reveal Colorado’s Political Temperature: It’s Survey Time Again!
We're back at it again. After the results and analysis from the July 2009 survey in which we are grateful that more than 600 of you participated, we're at it again. Yes, El Presidente and I have commissioned and fashioned another survey that we hope you will take 10 minutes or so to complete -- especially if you're from Colorado. These aren't your run-of-the-mill quick-hit polls. Once again we've gone a little more in-depth. Some of the questions are the same. Some are new. One interesting added follow-up is asking what the most important factor is for you in choosing to support a Republican primary candidate for governor and U.S. Senate. Click here to take the September 2009 Colorado online political survey Your opinion … [Read more...]
The Right Answers to the “Party of No” Accusation Against Republicans
Is the Republican Party these days just the "Party of No"? While many of us wish the erstwhile GOP majorities in Congress had lived by the equivalent of a fiscal and regulatory chastity pledge and just said NO in its spending heyday, that's not quite what I'm getting at. I'm referring to the knee-jerk retort one gets these days from certain quarters whenever justly denouncing the radical, government-expanding proposals coming from the Obama administration and Democratic leaders in Congress. It goes something like:Well, yeah? Where's your solution? You just want things the way they are. The Republicans are just the party of NO. Next time you encounter that knee-jerk response, I have an article for you to bookmark to throw back in their … [Read more...]
Interview with Tom Wiens, Colorado Republican Candidate for U.S. Senate
Last week former state senator Tom Wiens announced the opening of an exploratory committee to join Colorado's large and growing Republican primary field for the 2010 U.S. Senate race. On Friday I had the opportunity to interview Wiens by phone. Below are some highlights of our conversation (please note that the quotes are transcribed and may be slightly paraphrased in places): … [Read more...]
Bizarre Absences: What is Going on with the Scott McInnis Campaign?
Update, 9/8: Sources tell me that there have been other recent noteworthy Scott McInnis absences from events attended by his rivals Josh Penry and Dan Maes. The McInnis absences include the Fountain Labor Day Parade, and an event hosted by a grassroots group called ROAR America. I understand there may be more, but these are the ones I have been able to confirm so far. What in the world is going on with the Scott McInnis for governor campaign? First, there was the series of strange interviews. (For a nice contrast, check out Josh Penry's recent one-on-one with the Colorado Statesman.) Then the insecure trumpeting of obvious poll results. Next came the evasion of the state party straw poll. But like the strange interviews, it turns out … [Read more...]
Obama Speaks to School Children: Sharing My Thoughts with the Post
The Denver Post this morning has up a story by Jeremy Meyer filled with local reaction to the news of Obama speaking to school children next Tuesday. Meyeer quotes several people in the story, but my remarks to him yesterday didn't make the cut. Here's more or less what I said:This has all the signs of the Obama cult of personality. Parents who don't want to subject their children to the organized hero-worship of a controversial political figure certainly can't be blamed for wanting to pull them out. The decision should be made at the local school level, but in any case the parents at least should have the opportunity to opt out. That's perfectly appropriate. … [Read more...]
Reality vs. Obama’s Reality on Competing Health Care Debate Ideas
Healthcare Horserace has obtained possession of the talking points memo the Obama White House is sending out to Congressional Democrats in preview of his big speech next Wednesday. As Ellen Carmichael correctly assesses:Critics of President Obama’s health care reform agenda argue that the White House will again prove during next week’s press conference that they are relying upon vague platitudes instead of concrete proposals. But there's also one specific talking point that demonstrates to me that the President is either willfully, stubbornly ignorant, or just so arrogant as to believe that most of America isn't paying attention to the debate. The White House memo says:· After this speech, opponents of health reform will need to … [Read more...]
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