Former Lt. Governor Jane Norton said she was spurred to try to win Colorado Democratic Michael Bennet's U.S. Senate seat by what she sees as the dramatic expansion of government in the Obama era. In stump speeches,' [...]
Former Lt. Governor Jane Norton said she was spurred to try to win Colorado Democratic Michael Bennet's U.S. Senate seat by what she sees as the dramatic expansion of government in the Obama era. In stump speeches,' [...]
The Washington Examiner’s Byron York interviews an anonymous Democratic political strategist to help answer some questions that have been nagging me, too:
To some observers, the Democrats’ race to pass national health care seems irrational — even suicidal. Don’t party leaders understand how much the public opposes the bills currently [...]
The Washington Examiner’s Byron York interviews an anonymous Democratic political strategist to help answer some questions that have been nagging me, too:
To some observers, the Democrats’ race to pass national health care seems irrational — even suicidal. Don’t party leaders understand how much the public opposes the bills [...]
As you’ve probably heard, Senate Majority Leader Harry Read likens those who oppose the Democrats’ so-called health care “reform” as those who opposed the end of slavery:
Melissa Clouthier points out the irony of this, as it is the Democrats’ plans that erode our freedom and [...]
Despite their president's many problems, despite the angry town hall meetings, the poisonous partisanship in Congress, the Tea Party movement and the "birther" billboards, Democrats continue to gain numbers in Colorado.
Since August, in fact - the month of those town hall near-riots - Colorado [...]
"I want to see Joe Lieberman back in the Senate because he is one of those'" [...]
From the Plum Line:
A new national poll finds that fully one third of Democratic voters say that they’re “less likely” to vote in 2010 if Congress doesn’t pass a public option, underscoring the possibility that dropping the provision seriously risks dampening the Dem base’s enthusiasm. [...]
The poll asks: [...]
In the midst of both parties looking at changing their rules for picking presidential candidates, here are two looks at the past and future.
First, a panel at UC Berkeley, "Choosing the Next President: Assessing Post-Reform System", and second, a paper written at Stanford, "Superdelegates in the 2008 Democratic" [...]
By now all of us pretty much know about how terroristfied the good Christians of Switzerland are about seeing the sight of 4 minuets in their Christian nation appear high above the clouds. They, democratic good folk that they are, held an election and outlawed such [...]
We are in Miami this weekend for the Winter meeting of the Association of State Democratic Chairs. This has definitely been a productive weekend, and there are plenty more meetings today before we conclude this afternoon.
Yesterday, we began with a general meeting of the ASDC, which is comprised of all [...]
Dear Thilly,
Three new polls confirm what those of us on the Western Slope have known for years: Andrew Romanoff is Colorado.
Andrew ranks as the most popular Democrat in recent surveys by Rassmussen Reports and by 760 AM, Colorado's Progressive Talk radio station. He tops the entire' [...]
Kurdistan. The Turkish top court just banned the largest pro-Kurdish party, the Democratic Worker’s Party, stripping the top level 35 members of the party including the chairman and vice chairman.
Banned them from politics for 5 years, and stripped the party of all its funds. This being a “model democracy” [...]
A Rasmussen Reports poll released Friday shows former Lieutenant Governor Jane Norton with a sizeable advantage over incumbent junior Senator Michael “Who?” Bennet and over Bennet’s Democratic primary challenger, former Speaker of the State House of Representatives, Andrew Romanoff. Norton leads Bennet by 9 points and Romanoff by 11.
The [...]
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I don’t frequently congratulate Democrat Senator Mark Udall, but his annoucement on Wednesday that he is “cosponsoring legislation to create a special commission to find ways to bring down the nation’s debt” as well as working to implement a presidential line-item veto are welcome news.
Udall also said he will not [...]
One of the biggest American government lies that the Democrats and Republicans alike traffic is that the US War Against Iraq is now over. In fact the US Peace Movement itself pushes this lie off on the American public, too, by simply now only talking about Afghanistan [...]
Colorado's two Democratic freshmen appear to be among those willing to support the compromise, which favors a plan where consumers purchase private plans through a federally managed menu, rather than a public option.
With the deal's exact language carefully guarded, there are plenty of "ifs" that [...]
Update, 9:50 AM: The Patient Power Now blog presents more explanation why the new Harry Reid “compromise” is a bad deal.
So the big news from Capitol Hill is that Democrat leaders in Congress have ditched the “public option” — which means we can claim some small victory, right? WRONG. [...]
Update, 9:50 AM: The Patient Power Now blog presents more explanation why the new Harry Reid “compromise” is a bad deal.
So the big news from Capitol Hill is that Democrat leaders in Congress have ditched the “public option” — which means we can claim some small victory, right? WRONG. [...]
“Weatherization!”
Via Hot Air:
The Daily Show With Jon Stewart Mon - Thurs 11p / 10c American Idle www.thedailyshow.com Daily ShowRomanoff's campaign is shaping up to be a far lower-profile -- and less damaging -- effort than Democrats anticipated. Three months after' [...]
Colorado's U.S. Sens. Mark Udall and Michael Bennet joined with nine other freshman senators to introduce a package of health care amendments Tuesday, even as the Senate continued its contentious debate on comprehensive health care reform legislation.
Udall and Bennet, both Democrats, authored pieces of the "freshman" [...]
The Concord Monitor has a great piece this morning looking at the thinking within both the Democratic and Republican Parties concerning the rules (RE: timing) for 2012 presidential delegate selection. The consensus seems to be that the Democratic Change Commission and Republican Temporary Delegate Selection Committee (meeting today) [...]
As promised, last week the state senate; this week the state house. Currently, the Democrats own the chamber by a 38-27 advantage. It’s a fairly safe bet that the Republicans will have more representatives than 27 come 2011. But winning back the majority will be a tough challenge, so [...]
As promised, last week the state senate; this week the state house. Currently, the Democrats own the chamber by a 38-27 advantage. It’s a fairly safe bet that the Republicans will have more representatives than 27 come 2011. But winning back the majority will be a tough challenge, so [...]
The Senate majority leader, Harry Reid of Nevada, said on Tuesday night that he had reached “a broad agreement” among a group of 10 Democrats who have been working to resolve the dispute over a proposed government-run insurance plan that has posed perhaps the biggest obstacle to major health care [...]
Massachusetts State Senator Scott Brown has won the Republican nomination, and Attorney General Martha Coakley has won the Democratic nomination.
On the side that will produce the next Senator from Massachusetts:
Coakley: 47%
Capuano: 28%
Khazei: 13%
Pagliuca: 12%
92% reporting
The general election will be held on [...]
In a sign of bad news for both political parties, a new Rasmussen Reports “generic ballot” poll shows “Democrats attracting 36% of the vote. The Tea Party...
[...]In a sign of bad news for both political parties, a new Rasmussen Reports “generic ballot” poll shows “Democrats attracting 36% of the vote. The Tea Party candidate picks up 23%, and Republicans finish third at 18%. Another 22% are undecided.”
At the same time, the generic ballot question without [...]
