The Denver Post reports: GOP gubernatorial candidate Scott McInnis has largely cleared the field of Republican competitors - for now - but supporters of a former rival say he must prove his fiscal and social conservatism to win them over. Following state Sen. Josh Penry's pullout, McInnis' reception as the likely GOP nominee was frosty in some circles. State Republican Party chairman Dick Wadhams and...
History Is Written For The Losers, When They're Wingnuts by tristero Here's the online version of the Times article about Democrat Bill Owens' stunning victory over the handpicked candidate of the fascist right. It differs from the printed version of the article. The online version has two paragraphs inserted -the third and the fourth-that provide merely token interest in the winner of this race....
Respected Denver Post columnist Fred Brown published a, we love him but we have to be honest, exasperatingly Pollyannish op-ed about the state of Colorado Republican Party politics today: The Republican Party, at least in Colorado, may finally be turning away from the wedge issues that have divided it in the past and may have cost it more than a few elections. At a forum last weekend in Colorado Springs,...
DOWNLOADS: (125) PLAYS: (296) Rachel Maddow talks to Steve Benen about the Republican infighting going on in the New York 23rd District's special election. As Steve noted yesterday : Conservative Party candidate Doug Hoffman in New York's 23rd continues to pick up endorsements from leading right-wing figures. Yesterday, Sen. Jim DeMint (R-S.C.) bucked his party and threw his support to Hoffman. Reps....
NY Times: From a command center inside the Days Inn here, conservatives from around the country are fighting to preserve what they see as the integrity of the Republican Party . Urged on by leaders like former Gov. Sarah Palin of Alaska and Dick Armey , the former House majority leader from Texas, they have come to defeat Dede Scozzafava, the Republican candidate for Congress in the 23rd District,...
Chris Simcox Moderator Eric Johnson Presented a strong defense of capitalism, rooted in the Bible and in empirical evidence. Sam Paredes Presented a challenge and plan to go on the offense against our political enemies. Congresswoman Marilyn Musgrave Talked about how the left is fearful of real feminism, i.e. the feminism of Sarah Palin, of herself, Marilyn Musgrave, and Michelle Bachman. She talk...
Chris Cillizza of the Washington Post, whose "The Fix" blog is popular reading for political junkies, ranks Betsy Markey's House seat at No. 9 on his list of seats most likely to change party hands in 2010. Colorado's 4th Congressional District wasn't on Cillizza's radar in July, when he last rated House races across the country, but it is now. I think Cillizza is a good barometer of how...
It's not surprising that Betsy Markey is among 11 House Democrats on the "Election Target List" put out this weekend by the Family Research Council. (H/T to Dave Weigel of the Washington Independent.) The media buzz, such as it was, out of the FRC's Values Voter Summit in D.C. focused on Mike Huckabee winning the presidential straw poll (with 170 votes). But the group also distributed a ballot...
Western Tradition Partnership, a Montana-based 501(c)4 that was active in Garfield County in 2008, announced today that it was sending out mailers targeting Betsy Markey for her cap and trade vote. Details at my Coloradoan blog: http://bit.ly/616oo To the best of my knowledge, this is the first 501(c)4 activity targeting Markey, who benefited greatly by anti-Musgrave (c)4s in 2008. Some of you Polsters...
The anti-equality group Stand for Marriage Maine has unveiled its first dud of an ad featuring a legal expert who donated heavily to Marilyn Musgrave and Sam Brownback, and submitted testimony in favor of the Federal Marriage Amendment, according to...
The Independence Institute has video of Michele Bachmann's speech and questions and answers . Her quotes about slitting wrists to stop the health care plan start at around 6:30 in the Q & A. Her comments about Marilyn Musgrave occur towards the end of the Q & A.
"Votes Have Consequences," a campaign initiative led by former Rep. Marilyn Musgrave, announced Wednesday that it will be targeting 12 Democrats in Congress in 2010, including Sen. Michael Bennet of Colorado. Rep. Betsy Markey, who defeated Musgrave in 2008, is not on the list put out by the Susan B. Anthony List, a leading anti-abortion group. The SBA List announced the creation of the fund...
Colorado Independent : In a fiery speech that had her conservative Colorado audience cheering, U.S. Rep. Michele Bachmann railed against the dangers of health care reform and other Democratic initiatives, warning the proposals “have the strength to destroy this country forever.” “This cannot pass,” the Minnesota Republican told a crowd at a Denver gathering sponsored by the...
Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-MN), always a dependable source of loony rants, really uncorked a winner today as she told a wildly cheering audience that she wanted them to slit their wrists . “This cannot pass,” the Minnesota Republican told a crowd at a Denver gathering sponsored by the Independence Institute. “What we have to do today is make a covenant, to slit our wrists, be blood...
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