While a lot of our attention, as Americans, has been focused on health care and the economy, there is something pretty ugly going on relative to gays halfway around the world.
As an aside, if you're angry at the most recent Senate legislation, sign this petition, you'll feel better when [...]
Two quick updates from the Republican primary campaign trail in Colorado’s increasingly competitive 7th Congressional District. First, an unsurprising big-name endorsement for newcomer Lang Sias from U.S. Senator and 2008 GOP presidential nominee John McCain. I’m not sure how much that excites the Republican base locally.
Meanwhile, Ryan Frazier — [...]
Two quick updates from the Republican primary campaign trail in Colorado’s increasingly competitive 7th Congressional District. First, an unsurprising big-name endorsement for newcomer Lang Sias from U.S. Senator and 2008 GOP presidential nominee John McCain. I’m not sure how much that excites the Republican base locally.
Meanwhile, Ryan Frazier — [...]
Full text after the jump: writes McCain, "Lang understands, as I" [...]
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...
[...]An amendment is something that is supposed to be added to a bill which relates to a bill. Sometimes an amendment can aim to replace part of a bill, and unfortunately, sometimes an amendment can have virtually nothing to do with a bill, attached only to create problems.
The GOP has [...]
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 [...]
New Poll shows "Tea Party" more popular than Republican Party
A new Rasmussen poll finds that the tea party movement's popularity is growing, so much so that it garners more support than the Republican party on a generic Congressional ballot. The poll hints that the burgeoning discontent [...]
—– Original Message —–
From: Kathleen *****
To: Chairman@cologop.org
Sent: Friday, December 04, 2009 11:36 AM
Subject: Why the Tea Party is so upset about McInnis
Mr. Wadhams:
Martin Luther King, Jr. once said, “”In the End, we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends. [...]
I attended a meet and greet with Colorado Senate hopeful Jane Norton. There have been [...]
Apparently, Tea Party folks AREN’T settling for the GOP:
In a three-way Generic Ballot test, the latest Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey finds Democrats attracting 36% of the vote. The Tea Party candidate picks up 23%, and Republicans finish third at 18%. Another 22% are undecided.
Among voters not affiliated with [...]
After a busy weekend, all I have to offer are a few worthwhile reads for a Monday:
Last week Craig Steiner wrote an insightful piece titled “On GOP Unity in Colorado”, especially worthwhile for those who have followed the intense controversy around the “Platform for Prosperity” and misappropriated Tea [...]After a busy weekend, all I have to offer are a few worthwhile reads for a Monday:
Last week Craig Steiner wrote an insightful piece titled “On GOP Unity in Colorado”, especially worthwhile for those who have followed the intense controversy around the “Platform for Prosperity” and misappropriated Tea [...]Colorado State University may be closer to banning concealed weapons on campus after the school's board of governors this morning voted unanimously for a weapons policy.
However, the nine-person body is leaving the nuts-and-bolts of a weapons control policy up to the school's three campus presidents.
"We" [...]
ARVADA–Add one more to the list of Republican candidates for Colorado’s 7th Congressional District. This morning at DiCicco’s Restaurant in Old Town Arvada, U.S. Navy veteran and former McCain presidential senior staff member Lang Sias told a crowd of about 20 supporters that he was officially throwing his hat [...]
ARVADA–Add one more to the list of Republican candidates for Colorado’s 7th Congressional District. This morning at DiCicco’s Restaurant in Old Town Arvada, U.S. Navy veteran and former McCain presidential senior staff member Lang Sias told a crowd of about 20 supporters that he was officially throwing his hat [...]
Late in Gov. Ritter's 2006 campaign, when GOP candidate Bob Beauprez knew he was on the ropes, he took a' [...]
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From National Journal's Hotline:
Sen. John McCain's (R-AZ) voice will be piped in to voters' homes over the next several days in key states as GOPers pressure centrist Dems to oppose health care legislation.
The NRSC will pay [...]
Update, 12/2: More valuable insights from Joshua Sharf.
First, the Denver Post’s Dan Haley weighed in on the Republicans’ “Platform for Prosperity.” Today, the story went national with coverage from Wall Street Journal reporter Stephanie Simon, and a quote from from one of my favorite grassroots activists [...]
Update, 12/2: More valuable insights from Joshua Sharf.
First, the Denver Post’s Dan Haley weighed in on the Republicans’ “Platform for Prosperity.” Today, the story went national with coverage from Wall Street Journal reporter Stephanie Simon, and a quote from from one of my favorite grassroots activists [...]
That’s the story in today’s Wall Street Journal profile of the Colorado GOP’s attempt in recent weeks to unify its party behind a single gubernatorial candidate and craft some sort of “offering” palatable to Colorado’s Tea Party movement.
To say that initial reactions have been underwhelming . . . well [...]
Republicans and GOP-leaning independents are overwhelmingly negative about Obama and the Democratic Party more broadly, with nearly all dissatisfied with the administration's policies and almost half saying they are "angry" about them. About three-quarters have a more basic complaint, saying Obama does not stand for [...]
