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2010

April

• Jane Norton 46% v. Michael Bennet 41%; Norton 49% v. Andrew Romanoff 39%; Ken Buck 44% v. Bennet 40%

• Did Scott McInnis misspeak on Denver Democrats’ dominance in Colorado government?

• Dan Maes’ position on citizenship for illegals ‘evolves’

• Which state and county elected officials are under paid and over paid?

• Jane Norton raised $816,000 in first quarter

• Ali Hasan launches 2 TV ads for his campaign for state Treasurer

• No iPad for me‚Äîyet

• Sen. Michael Bennet will petition on ballot regardless of votes he gets at state assembly

• Colorado Secretary of State Bernie Buescher: unions, corporations can make political contributions

• John Dingell worked 50 years to nationalize health care and ‘control the people’

• People who are smart about money won’t buy health insurance until they become sick

• Diana DeGette only Colorado member of House not supporting bill (HR 1207) requiring new audit of Fed

• Ryan Frazier, Cory Gardner fail to make the cut with House Conservatives Fund

• ObamaCare’s probably unconstitutional

March

• Dan Maes will report he raised about $50,000 from about 500 contributors in first quarter

• Even libertarians should support more regulation of food suppliers; fraud widespread

• Dan Maes ended ‘09 with $5.48, not $4,374 in the red; raised $10,000 in 4th quarter, not $5,695

• Why are Ken Buck’s, Mark Hurlbert’s budgets up so much?

• GOP Senate primary: Jane Norton vs. Ken Buck and Tom Wiens

• Questions I’d like to ask Ken Buck

• Denver councilmen join President Obama in trying to micromanage mortgage lenders

• Ken Buck’s Taxpayers for Liberty isn’t returning phone calls

• Will Jane Norton, Ken Buck be specific about sections of health deform bill they want to fix?

• Health reconciliation bill HR 4872 summarized

• Anti-worker Democrats continue to Californiate Colorado with tax increases, anti-business bills

• Ken Buck still hasn’t disowned Taxpayers for Liberty’s misleading attack on Jane Norton

• Will Doug Bruce’s endorsement help Ali Hasan become Colorado’s Treasurer?

• Watch health insurance premiums soar

• Dan Maes says big contributors haven’t stepped up yet; he has 500 new contributors

• John Hickenlooper raised fees in Denver by $5 million for 2010

• Liberal Denver Mayor John Hickenlooper is making dash for the middle; Scott McInnis appeals to base

• Scott McInnis, John Hickenlooper speak out against ObamaCare

• John Hickenlooper promises to end Democrats’ ‘crazy’ anti-business branding of Colorado

• Ken Buck beats Jane Norton by 181 votes, 38.17% to 37.46%

• Scott McInnis’ margin of victory over Dan Maes still landslide at 59.2% to 40%

• Colorado caucus preference polls show Tea Party, 9.12 group voters don’t vote “straight tickets”

• Who will win Ken Buck versus Jane Norton primary?

• Tom Wiens looks like big loser in Republican Senate primary; he only got 35% of Douglas County votes

• Obama’s Colorado machine needs to recall its Michael Bennet model

• Jane Norton barely leads Ken Buck in Colorado GOP Senate race

• Scott McInnis easy winner over Dan Maes in GOP caucus preference poll, 60.7% to 38.6%

• Ken Buck, Andrew Romanoff look strong in tonight’s caucuses, but so what?

• Channel 9News gives Jane Norton’s ad its ‘Truth Test’

• Will Ken Buck, Tea Partiers denounce ‘Taxpayers for Liberty’?

• What Colorado Tea Party, 9.12 groups want to do at the caucuses

• Pelosi’s betting she can pass ObamaCare; if she can’t, she wants to be done with it

• Do you work for a small business in Colorado?

• Amazon Tax will put mom and pop e-commerce shops out of business, enrich union leaders

• Republicans blast Democrats for anti-small business Amazon tax

• Kathleen Conti will challenge Rep. Joe Rice in Colorado house district 38; Rick Gillit drops out

• Arapahoe County commissioner: Jim Dyer won’t seek re-election, Nancy Sharpe, Lauri Clapp want job

• Colorado Attorney General John Suthers endorses Jane Norton for U.S. Senate

• Rasmsussen Poll: Scott McInnis 48%, John Hickenlooper 42%; independents like Mcinnis 50% to 35%

• Amazon’s fired Colo. affilliates see how Democrats’ Internet taxes hurt small e-commerce businesses

• Jimmy Lakey drops out of Colorado CD-7 race

• Will anti-taxpayer majority on Colorado Supreme Court continue to ignore TABOR on tax increases?

• Why aren’t Scott McInnis, Dan Maes and John Hickenlooper coming up with creative solutions?

• Tea Parties are influencing but not winning Republican primaries; bad news for Dan Maes, Ken Buck

• U.S. government has $107 billion in contracts with multi national companies doing business with Iran

• Jane Norton 44%, Andrew Romanoff 42%; Norton 48%, Michael Bennet 39%

• Where are Jane Norton, Scott McInnis, Ryan Frazier, other GOP candidtes on ObamaCare?

• Diana DeGette is pretending she doesn’t like ObamaCare, which would expand Feds’ funding of abortion

• Why do Michael Bennet, Ed Perlmutter, Betsy Markey let Obama lie about $2.3 trillion health bill?

• When will Markey, Salazar, Perlmutter and Udall return contributions to disgraced Charlie Rangel?

• Ali Hasan calls bankers crooks and supports their anti-mark-to market accounting games

• Why aren’t Ed Perlmutter, Betsy Markey, John Salazar and Jared Polis ready to dump Charlie Rangel?

• GOP candidates for Colorado Treasurer mix it up

• Will Betsy Markey, John Salazar, Michael Bennet vote for pro-abortion ObamaCare?

February

• What does defensive medicine cost? It depends on your agenda

• Will Colorado become a NY, CA, IL, OH , NJ, WI‚Äîblue states dominated by unions, deep in the re

• Andrew Romanoff answers questions in Frisco

• Conservative establishment targets extremists; Tom Tancredo an extremist?

• American Future Fund launches ad attacking ObamaCare

• Obama uses his time to show his arrogance, bad manners, win-at-any-cost mindset; he was the prop

• Tom Wiens hypocritically voted for Ref. C-type bills before he voted against Ref. C; ads backfire

• Obama opens health summit with same old speech

• Jimmy Lakey endorsed by talk show host, candidate forums

• Interview: Walker Stapleton would make fixing PERA top priority as Colorado Treasurer

• Interview: Lang Sias says Republicans need to support real health reforms

• J.J. Ament backed by 3 U.S Senators, Bill Owens, 50 current, former Colorado legislators

• Dan Maes opens metro campaign office in Englewood

• Health insurers’ stocks jump on news Obama will try to force ObamaCare on Americans

• Mitt Romney is going on the campaign trail

• Colorado appeals court enforces Taxpayer Bill of Rights (TABOR)

• Obama wants to nationalize private health insurance companies with new regulations, price controls

• Obama wants to impose price controls on health insurance; price controls won’t work

• Medical specialists save lives; politicians want to deny access to people who can save your lives

• Is Scott McInnis in this much trouble?

• Taxpayer Bill of Rights (TABOR) will survive constitutional challenge

• Jane Norton promotes petition demanding Obama balance the budget; signs Mount Vernon Statement

• The Mount Vernon Statement about Constitutional conservatism for 21st Century

• Jane Norton spends her money on great attack ad aimed at Obama

• Sen. Michael Bennet calls on Harry Reid to save the public option in health bill

• Obama and left are sicking NYT, mainstream media on Tea Party, 9.12 activists

• Ken Buck talks illegal immigration, hate crime laws, government spending

• Online poll finds conservatives think Jane Norton is stronger candidate 41.5% to 35%; they like Buck

• Liberal Sen. Evan Bayh retires, sends message to viciously partisan Obama, Colorado Democrats;

• Movement to clear the Colorado Supreme Court of 4 justices gains attention and momentum

• Republicans should not publish health plan; make Obama sell them on his health deform bill

• Dan Maes launches Valentine’s Day moneybomb

• Cleve Tidwell warns against dictatorship, Marxism, loss of liberty

• Suit against TABOR’s constitutionality would be an attack on all voter initiatives and referenda

• Colorado Republicans should think twice about bringing in Sarah Palin; 37% favorable, 55% not

• Are conservative bloggers trying to re-elect Michael Bennet?

• Senators Bob Corker, Chuck Grassley, Judd Gregg show Republicans ready to deal; will Obama?

• Highly skilled lawyer, Herb Fenster, will try to kill TABOR in Federal court

• Senator Michael Bennet voted to confirm most anti-business, anti-worker nominee to NLRB

• Ken Buck backs balanced budget amendment

• Health insurers’ stocks have plunged since Senator Scott Brown’s election

• What the Republicans might propose at the health summit with President Obama

• Scott McInnis, Dan Maes call for replacing 4 justices on Colorado Supreme Court

• Why hasn’t Sen. Jim DeMint’s Senate Conservative Fund jumped into Colorado’s GOP senate primary?

• Polls: Hickenlooper 49%, McInnis 45%; independents disapprove Obama, 57%, approve 29%; 75% angry

• Obama and Palin two peas in a pod, living the American dream

• Colorado Political event calendar updated

• Interview part 2: J. J. Ament calls for changes in PERA board, investment assumptions

• Interview: J.J. Ament says he would de-politicize Treasurer’s office, eliminate losses, defend TABOR

• Obama’s ‘gangster government targets Toyota’

• Tea Party conventioneers want to take over Republican Party

• Some Tea Party folks weren’t impressed with Sarah Palin’s speech

• The President will seal Sen. Michael Bennet’s hard left, Obama Democrat identity

• Can Denver’s Democrats carry Andrew Romanoff to win over Michael Bennet?

• Ken Buck, Jane Norton, Scott McInnis, Dan Maes using Twitter, Facebook

• Sarah Palin earns cheers at Tea Party convention

• Fundraising: Tom Wiens’ game playing should end his run for U.S. Senate

• Joe Rice, Senate Democrats get GOP’s solution to Colorado’s budget crisis

• Hickentaxer wants higher taxes before he has to decide he won’t want them

• Is US bullying Toyota on recall?

• Dick Wadhams warns Republicans Scott McInnis can’t beat John Hickenlooper in a personality contest

• Tom Wiens loans his campaign $540,000, raises $188,418 in two months

• Republicans have a chance to win control of U.S. Senate

• Fundraising: Underfunded Dan Maes, Cleve Tidwell, Andrew Romanoff trying to make history

• John Hickenlooper has a big tax target on his back, and Scott McInnis is shooting at it

• Fundraising: Tom Wiens ‘raises’ $725,000 vs. Jane Norton’s $550,000, Andrew Romanoff’s $337,000

• Is Obama trying to help Government Motors by forcing Toyota to stop selling most of its cars?

• Conservatives trying to match hard left’s efforts to use bloggers, social networking to gain power

• The Business Word blog enters its 8th year

• Big fundraising news day: Look for reports by Ken Buck, Tom Wiens, Andrew Romanoff

January

• 29 events on Feb 1-7 Colorado Political Events Calendar

• John Hickenlooper names campaign staff, plans for losing gubernatorial race

• Dan Maes blames Scott McInnis, media for the presumption that McInnis will be GOP candidate

• John Hickenlooper backs 8 job killing tax increases that violate spirit of TABOR

• Scott McInnis notes all top Colorado Democrats live in Denver

• Correction: Nancy Hopper didn’t say Scott McInnis has met with dozen Tea Party groups

• Colorado Campaign for Liberty’s ad for Ken Buck is from Ron Paul’s group, Tom Tancredo confirms

• How bloggers, talk radio and Fox drove contributors to Scott Brown’s web site

• Ryan Frazier’s 4th quarter $217,202.51 beats Ed Perlmutter’s $215,201

• Ali Hasan’s knowledge of finance is challenged

• Colorado Democrats’ tax on direct mailers and small businesses would cost the state jobs, revenues

• Ken Buck: Senator Michael Bennet should not vote to confirm Ben Bernanke

• Obama wants to give community banks $30 billion and turn them into Fannie Maes

• Scott McInnis names Nancy Hopper as his new campaign manager

• Ali Hasan plans to run his radio commercial for at least a week

• How to volunteer in GOP’s county parties; become county assembly, state delegate

• Independence Caucus endorses Cleve Tidwell

• Colorado candidates are raising more money, and fundraising is tougher and more competitive

• President Barack Obama’s first State of the Union speech

• Ali Hasan advertises his candidacy for Colorado state treasurer on KOA 850 Mike Rosen show

• Josh Penry endorses Jane Norton for U.S. Senate

• Jane Norton mocks Senator Michael Bennet’s first year

• Ken Buck had “dismal” 4th quarter fundraising; $350,000 on the way from Ron Paul?

• Jimmy Lakey says a conservative can beat liberal Ed Perlmutter in balanced CD 7

• 21 events on Jan. 25-31 Colorado Political Events Calendar

• Obama team doesn’t get it; they’re not listening, and nobody trusts the president

• Republicans have a chance to retake Colorado Senate

• America Rising against Obama, Pelosi, Reid

• 70% chance Jane Norton or Ken Buck will unseat Senator Michael Bennet

• How to show Democrats the wisdom of the Supreme Court’s campaign finance decision

• Nuts and Creeps are learning independents watch what they do

• John Hickenlooper is against tax increases before he’s for them

• Scott Brown’s lesson: Focus on retail politics, common sense, moderation

• U.S. Supreme Court rules against McCain-Finegold, limitations on corporate contributions

• Dan Maes raised $5,695, spent nearly $12,000 in 4th quarter

• Mark Baisley new chair Douglas County Republicans; Pat Nohavec vice chair

• Scott Brown won over Tea Party, independent and moderate Democrat voters

• When will Colorado candidates start listening to independents?

• Scott Mcinnis says Scott Brown sends a message to John Hickenlooper

• Scott Brown wins 53% to 46%; 7 points

• Intrade futures traders: Scott Brown 85.5% chance, Martha Coakley 17.5%

• Andrew Romanoff schedules press conference to talk about his campaign for the Senate

• Denver Post reports John Suthers will vote no on 3 of 4 state supreme court justices

• Dan Maes raised less than $10,000; his campaign treasurer is missing in action

• Scott McInnis, John Hickenlooper seem to agree: No tax hikes

• Can Jane Norton join GOP rush to Senate majority?

• Dan Maes’ & Ken Buck’s supporters think they’ll lose to Scott McInnis & Jane Norton

• Dan Maes raised “about the same as last quarter” in 4th quarter; that would be about $12,000

• Walker Stapleton raised $65,000 in 4th quarter; $270,000 cash on hand for state Treasurer race

• Interview: Ali Hasan says that as state Treasurer, he’d invest in more Colorado-based companies

• Michael Bennet, Bill Ritter raise more than Jane Norton, Scott McInnis

• Denver Post’s parent files pre-packaged Chapter 11 bankruptcy

• Denver Maryor John Hickenlooper’s taxes made Frontier Airlines take headquarters and jobs to Indiana

• Why Colorado voters must vote no on 4 state supreme court justices

• Scott McInnis announces 4th quarter fundraising hit $487,000; over $1 million in 6 months

• Jane Norton widens lead over Michael Bennet to 49% to 37%, Rasmussen reports

• Scott McInnis scheduled to release 4th quarter fundraising results

• Senator Josh Penry responds to Bill Ritter’s state of the state message

• David Balmer, Greg Brophy show how General Assembly GOP will attack Dems’ $1 billion tax hikes

• John Hickenlooper, Michael Bennet face anti-Obama tide; 50% would not vote for the president

• Colorado’s Adams County Republicans rally support for Scott Brown’s campaign

• Americans shouldn’t trust Obama, Pelosi or scientists to use honest numbers

• ObamaCare (HR 3590) individual mandates are unconstitutional

• Scott McInnis promises to bring more energy and military jobs to Colorado

• Colo. AG John Suthers will vote no on justices Mary Mullarkey, Alex Martinez, Michael Bender

• Drug, medical device, bio tech and insurance companies buying 60th vote for ObamaCare (HR 3590)

• Political candidates need to rethink their radio advertising plans

• This won’t help John Hickenlooper: 26% strongly approve Obama, 40% strongly disapprove

• Scott McInnis comments on John Hickenlooper’s announcement

• John Hickenlooper’s first mission is jobs and creating jobs

• John Hickenlooper is 3rd string candidate, Republican Governors Assn. says

• Scott McInnis is ready for a fight

• Tea Party shuts press, bloggers out of presentations by Fox’s Sarah Palin

• Scott Rasmussen says Massachusetts is Democrats’ to lose; shows 3 polls’ common findings

• Leaks begin to flow: John Hickenlooper will run for governor of Colorado

• Kent Lambert increases transparency of Colorado Joint Budget Committee

• Colorado’s Governor Bill Ritter wants to tax online sales

• Colorado Republicans will fight job-killing tax and fee increases favored by Democrats

• Ed Perlmutter faces tough race, says Ryan Frazier

• Ryan Fraizer raised $215,000 in 4th quarter

• Ed Perlmutter won’t run for governor

• Scott Mcinnis, Dan Maes, John Suthers, Cleve Tidwell speak this week

• Should see Scott McInnis, Dan Maes, Jane Norton, Michael Bennet fundraising results soon

• Where’s John Hickenlooper?

• When Obama and candidates are afraid to answer questions and talk to reporters and bloggers

• Where is Tom Wiens?

• Ken Buck: GOP shouldn’t try full repeal of ObamaCare (HR 3590)

• Look for nasty and expensive Senate race between Jane Norton, Michael Bennet

• Ryan Frazier attacks Obama’s broken promises to put health negotiators on C-Span

• Coud John Hickenlooper be Palinized?

• John Hickenlooper will take his time to decide on governor’s race

• Political junkies: Share your views on 2010 elections

• Scott McInnis announces two appearances for today

• Ken Salazar won’t run for governor; John Hickenlooper gets next shot

• Don’t believe Gallup’s report that 40% of Americans are conservatives, 36% moderates, 21% liberals

• White House approves a gubernatorial run by Ken Salazar; John Hickenlooper on hold

• Arnold Schwarzenegger blasts “health care to nowhere” (HR 3590)

• Scott McInnis issues statement on Governor Bill Ritter’s decision to not seek re-election

• Could an Obama Democrat beat Scott McInnis?

• Bill Ritter’s fundraising probably is still trailing Bill Owens’ pace in 2001

• Sen. Chris Dodd joins Democrats’ rush for the exits

• Governor Bill Ritter won’t run for re-election? Lousy fundraising quarter?

• Bil Ritter’s politics costing Colorado its competitive edge

• Colorado Political event calendar FYI

• Jane Norton says her fundraising producing good results

• Poor economy, anger at Bill Ritter, Obama, should help Scott McInnis, Jane Norton win in 2010

• Some scholars think ObamaCare’s (HR 3590) individual mandate is constitutional

• None of 25 ‘politicians to watch’ are from Colorado

• 3 ways ObamaCare (HR 3590) is unconstitutional

• Colorado GOP faces tough fight for state senate

• 713 blog posts in 2009, 435 in 4th quarter

• Are Americans reacting to Christmas terrorist attack on Flight 253 like bunch of spoiled brats?

2009

December

• Josh Penry’s smart to not run for lieutenant governor or re-election

• Why waste money on ballot initiatives when it’s needed to beat Democrats?

• Colorado Auto Dealers Assn. fights onerous regulations that would slow the economy

• More Colorado registered Republicans are active than registered Democrats

• How to connect with Republicans and conservatives in Colorado

• Andrew Romanoff strong on ground, weak fundraiser

• Bill Ritter’s a Robert Redford Democrat?

• Republicans see opportunities to win at least 1 branch of Colorado government

• Almost 2,800 energy, climate and environmental lobbyists are writing checks for Congressmen

• Obama can’t blame airport security for Flight 253 Christmas attack

• Catholic hospitals, nuns split with bishops over Nelson’s abortion solution in HR 3590

• Scott McInnis blasts Bill Ritter for supporting big Medicaid budget increases in HR 3590

• Senators Michael Bennet, Mark Udall vote for health care deform (HR 3590) and against Colorado

• Inpermissible ratemaking in health insurance reform: Why Reid bill is unconstitutional

• Why buy insurers’ stocks when Obama health bill (HR 3590) would bankrupt them?

• Colorado only 21st happiest state

• ‘Udall, Bennet should say no’ to ObamaCare (HR 3590), Denver Post says

• Ben Nelson’s abortion plan unworkable, major stumbling block for HR 3590

• Does the Colorado GOP want to be like the Florida GOP?

• Michael Bennet big loser on health care bill (HR 3590); he got nothing for Colorado

• The Barack Obama Health Bribery Act of 2009 (HR 3590)

• Will House anti-abortionists, pro-choicers and Blue Dogs kill ObamaCare (HR 3590)?

• Summary, comments on 383-page amendment to ObamaCare (HR 3590)

• Senator Ben Nelson sells out to ObamaCare (HR 3590)

• Colorado’s recession is not over

• Colorado’s budget outlook is grim;  real spending cuts needed; Bill Ritter tries to be optimistic

• How will Colorado General Assembly deal with pot dispensaries?

• Poll finds health care, card check making Sen. Michael Bennet unpopular in Colorado

• Why are health insurers’ stocks falling?

• How to avoid injury on the ski slopes

• Check out Cleve Tidwell’s new blog

• 7 Colorado stocks look strong on their charts: MWE, PENX, Q, TWTC, TIE, WLL, XEC

• Primary will cost million, making it hard for Jane Norton to beat Michael Bennet

• Bill Ritter destroys Colorado jobs with ‘Buy American’ order

• Bill Ritter punts on Pinon Canyon dispute

• Jane Norton says Sen. Michael Bennet voted for Obama, Reid, not Coloradans

• Scott McInnis says all Colorado Congressmen will be Democrats if Bill Ritter is re-elected

• Colorado’s Tea Party candidates must run on their platforms, personalities

• Providers are trying to keep health insurance premiums high by protecting expensive mandates

• Wall Street Journal Poll shows waning support for health care deform (HR 3590)

• Jane Norton’s call to eliminate Dept. of Education draws fire

• Senators Michael Bennet, Mark Udall waiting for health bill (HR 3590) talking points

• Fed ‘corruption and cover-up’ in Cory Voorish case?

• Time names Ben Bernanke man of the year; Politico’s readers say Tea Party

• Poll: Democrats’ health care deform losing favor

• Senator Michael Bennet thinks Coloradans are too dumb to know about health care reform

• What does Roland Burris want for his vote on health bill (HR 3590)?

• 20 Senate races to watch; Colorado’s a ‘toss-up’

• Ed Perlmutter gets grilled on financial reform bill ‘loopholes’

• Bill Ritter, Josh Penry, Mike May discuss Colorado budget

• Exxon expanding Colorado natural gas holdings, buying XTO

• Why Colorado Supreme Court made right decision on illegal’s privacy rights

• Democrats drop public option, Medicare expansion; keep spending, tax increases in HR 3590

• Jane Norton announces more than 400 campaign leaders for all 64 Colorado counties

• Rasmussen: Scott McInnis 48%, Bill Ritter 40%

• Ryan Frazier wins support of 23 Hispanic leaders

• Scott McInnis hit for lack of specifics on budget; he has no position on tax initiatives

• Dan Maes, Tom Lucero attend a Loveland couple’s coffee

• Mike Coffman on health care reform (HR 3590, HR 3962)

• Making the ‘experience’ case for Tom Wiens

• Joe Lieberman, Ben Nelson say no to public option, expanding Medicare

• Dan Maes supports one tax cut initiative, considering the others; Scott McInnis still deciding?

• Jane Norton, Cleve Tidwell, Cory Gardner promise GOP victories in 2010

• Andrew Romanoff tours Colorado in bid to unseat Michael Bennet

• Interview: Dan Maes says he has problems with Scott McInnis’ Platform for Prosperity

• Dan Maes shows rally he can give a rousing speech; he’s against 3rd party run

• Ken Buck says he can win the general election against Michael Bennet

• Rassmussen: Jane Norton 46%, Michael Bennet 37%

• Business Roundtable: Make health bill (HR 3590) help big employers, not workers or patients

• Harry Reid’s win at any price health bill (HR 3590) still doesn’t reform health insurance markets

• Karl Rove: Jane Norton GOP Senate candidate; Andrew Romanoff still problem for Michael Bennet

• Scott McInnis appeals to El Paso County on Pinon Canyon; Bill Ritter defends land owners

• Ryan Fraizer says Ed Perlmutter’s hard left votes don’t represent his center-right district

• Michael Bennet, Ed Perlmutter should help Baby Boomers keep jobs, not put them on Medicare at 55

• Colorado GOP will have a tough time winning back the state House in 2010

• Cleve Tidwell mocks Obama’s jobs summit: ‘Government does not create real jobs’

• Will Bill Ritter throw good money after bad on costly wind turbine maker?

• Senate dumps public option: Wins for Michael Bennet, Joe Lieberman?

• Dan Maes rallies Denver Post behind his effort to win Tea Party activists’ support

• Is Governor Bill Ritter selling jobs in his administration?

• Bill Ritter, Michael Bennet and Congressional Democrats must renounce ProgressNow Colorado

• Dan Maes is trying to play the Tea Party card against Scott McInnis; will it work?

• Colorado GOP unlikely to take back state senate in 2010

• Business Roundtable, NFIB, Chamber finally see ObamaCare (HR 3590) will hurt economy

• Why electing Scott E. Gessler Colorado’s secretary of state is critical to honest elections

• Ken Buck say he’s using the Wayne Allard model in his campaign for U.S. Senate

• A Tea Party guy liked what he heard from Jane Norton

• Climategate: Do Senators Michael Bennet, Mark Udall support scientific fraud?

• Did Hillary Clinton dream of being Dean Rusk?

• John McCain: Sarah Palin’s ‘irrelevant, but they keep on attacking her;’ ‘I’m proud of her’

• Many tax-exempt organizations want higher taxes so people will contribute to ‘save’ on taxes

• Why does Michael Bennet support Max Baucus? Integrity? Common sense? Greed for power?

• Should your health insurance premiums be based on your lifestyle, habits and weight?

• Amendment to strengthen Medicare passes; Michael Bennet claims credit, votes for Medicare cuts

• Lang Sias, a former Democrat and a resident of CD-2, running for CD-7 GOP nomination

• Club for Growth: Doug Lamborn 2nd most conservative, Mike Coffman 39th

• Mitt Romney’s 10-point plan to create jobs, restore the economy

• Senate amendment shows how Congress would drive up health insurance premiums with mandates

• Democrats credit Sen. Michael Bennet with sponsoring Medicare bill co-sponsored by other Democrats

• Highly politicized government investments in “green jobs” are distorting energy markets

• Colorado’s Independent Teachers remind teachers about CEA refunds

• Dick Morris thinks passage of ObamaCare would help Jane Norton, GOP in 2010

• Jane Norton enthusiastically endorses Colorado GOP’s ‘Platform for Prosperity’

• Jane Norton supports effort to stabilize Afghanistan and Pakistan

• What do Jane Norton, Ken Buck, Tom Wiens think about Obama’s Afghanistan mission and strategy?

• Will a few purists cost Scott McInnis, Jane Norton, Colorado Republicans winnable elections in 2010?

• WSJ: Scott McInnis, Colorado GOP ride tea-party wave

• Colorado Republican National Committeemen should oppose litmus test for candidates

November

• NY Times, Congressional Budget Office helping sell ObamaCare with misleading report on premium costs

• Climategate worsens for Gorean global warming alarmists

• Carbon dioxide critical for crop growth, saving water

• Don’t turn the Federal Reserve Board over to Barney Frank, Chuck Schumer, Barack Obama

• When will Michael Bennet, Bill Ritter, Diana DeGette, John Salazar speak out on Climategate?

• Mike Coffman doesn’t get Afghanistan

• Lynn Bartels interviews Josh Penry

• Colorado’s natural gas markets changed by new pipelines, competition

• Scott McInnis and Colorado‚Äôs Republicans must sell ‚ÄòPlatform for Prosperity‚Äô

• Scott McInnis, Governor Bill Ritter need to disappoint road contractors, Colorado’s vendors

• Envirofit, Fort Collins, sells low-soot cook stoves in India

• Colorado universities using grants to find ways to improve outcomes, student retention

• Dick Wadhams: Scott McInnis has to sell himself; Dan Maes needs to raise money

• Dan Maes on the top 5 issues in Colorado gubernatorial race

• Questions for Scott McInnis about ‘Platform for Prosperity’

• Waiting for a new poll: Jane Norton leads Ken Buck, Michael Bennet, Andrew Romanoff

• Dan Maes will run on his religious beliefs; he agrees with Scott McInnis on economic, social issues

• Dan Maes, Scott McInnis would overturn Bill Ritter’s job-killing oil and gas rules

• Colorado GOP’s Platform for Prosperitly

• Rasmussen: 38% of voters support health care reform

• Sen. Michael Bennet applies for martyrdom; hopes his health vote will get left off his back

• Republicans publishing ‘Contract for Colorado’; Tom Tancredo endorsing Scott McInnis

• Democrats worry a filibuster still could stop ObamaCare; Republicans doubt it

• Josh Penry endorses Scott McInnis in his run against Dan Maes and Bill Ritter

• Scott McInnis wins mini essay contest on cutting Colo. budget deficit; Dan Maes 2nd; Bill Ritter 3rd

• What did Sen. Michael Bennet get for Colorado to vote for ObamaCare (S 1796)?

• Senators Michael Bennet, Mark Udall vote against Colorado on S 1796; Joe Lieberman votes his career

• Brian Campbell drops out of CD-7 race

• Will Colorado ‘down ticket’ Republicans follow Scott McInnis?

• Ryan Frazier endorsed by Hank Brown, Bob Martinez, Phil Anschutz

• Diana DeGette likes watered down anti-abortion provisions in S 1796 health spend and tax bill

• How Ken Salazar is making U.S. more dependent on foreign oil; depressing Colorado natural gas jobs

• Ed Perlmutter’s radical re-regulation of financial markets voted down

• By 2019, health spend and tax bill S 1796 will increase taxes by $645 billion

• Scott McInnis, Tom Tancredo, Josh Penry may have a unity platform; sorry, Dan Maes

• Tom Wiens tweets for support with Senate Conservatives Fund

• Sen. Michael Bennet’s $612,804 haul from Wall Street is 5th highest

• Gov. Bill Ritter refuses to say how much ObamaCare (HR 3962, S 1796) would cost Colorado

• Tax and spend Denver Metro Chamber issues a call for more taxing and spending

• Call Sen. Michael Bennet and tell him to vote against the health tax and spend bill S 1796

• Bill Ritter, Democrats watching independents reject Obamaism

• Polls show how divided Americans are on health insurance bills (HR 3962, S 1796)