Aug

21

Colorado Dems Lose Battle for Oil, Go after McCain on Water

August 21, 2008 | 1 Comment

Desperate for something after recent losses, Dems put words in McCain’s mouth.
According to an article at the Denver Post, Republican Presidential candidate, Senator John McCain (R-AZ) suggested that the Colorado River Water Compact should be renegotiated. Colorado Democrat Governor Bill Ritter and Senator Ken Salazar (D-CO) seized on this word used by McCain and [...]

Aug

9

Matt Fries for Colorado State Senate (CO-14)

August 9, 2008 | 1 Comment

Matt Fries is running as the Republican challenger for the Colorado State Senate seat in District 14 against incumbent Bob Bacon. Fries previously ran for a seat on the Fort Collins City Council where he was narrowly defeated by progressive Lisa Poppaw.
Matt Fries is a grew up in Fort Collins, is a graduate of [...]

Aug

2

Defenders of Wildlife Action Fund Blame Musgrave for $4/gal Gasoline

August 2, 2008 | Leave a Comment

It looks like the liberal activists are going to try to use $4/gal. gasoline against conservatives. Marilyn Musgrave (U.S. House CO-4) is their current target. This is another vulnerable seat that the Democrats want to pick up. Musgrave has had a tough fight for her seat the last two rounds. According [...]

Aug

2

Re-Elect Marilyn Musgrave (CO-4)

August 2, 2008 | Leave a Comment

Marilyn Musgrave is the incumbent congresswoman in the United States House of Representatives from Colorado’s 4th District. She is nearing completion of her third, two-year term in office, and during this time has been a consistent and reliable conservative while faithfully representing the people in Northern and Eastern Colorado. From her re-election [...]

Jul

31

Ken Salazar Wants You To Pay Over $10/gal for Gasoline

July 31, 2008 | Leave a Comment

You heard me right. On the Senate floor today, Mitch McConnell brought a unanimous consent proposal to the floor requesting that the Senate immediately consider a resolution to allow drilling in the outer continental shelf if the price of gasoline reached $4.50/gal. Our own Senator, Ken Salazar, objected each time it was brought [...]

Jun

15

When Life Interrupts Interests

June 15, 2008 | Leave a Comment

I’m sure many of you are wondering why it’s been so long since my last blog entry. Work has been especially busy of late, and I’m finishing up two classes at my University after completing another one a week ago. Between these two activities, I haven’t had any time to do the necessary [...]

Jun

8

CO-6 Wil Armstrong for Congress

June 8, 2008 | 4 Comments

The Republican primary race for U.S. House, District 6 from Colorado is to replace Tom Tancredo who is not running for reelection. There are four candidates running for this seat, two of which are Mike Coffman and Wil Armstrong. This seat is safely in Republican hands, so whoever wins the Primary will be [...]

Jun

1

Colorado Republican Convention

June 1, 2008 | 2 Comments

I had a good time covering the Republican Convention in Broomfield, Colorado. Bloggers were given press credentials this time, so I was there with other Rocky Mountain Alliance v2.0 bloggers, Ben from Mount Virtus and El Presidente from Slapstick Politics. We live-blogged part of the festivites at The Minority Report. Video of [...]

May

29

Colorado GOP Convention

May 29, 2008 | Leave a Comment

From the press box at the Broomfield Convention Center
Bob Schaffer has accepted the nomination for the open U.S. Senate seat from Colorado.
Don’t forget to visit TMR for the live blog.
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I’ve received press credentials, as have others in the Rocky Mountain Alliance v2.0 (RMA) and will be at the Convention this Saturday beginning at 9:30am MDT. [...]

May

23

Tornadoes Hit Northern Colorado

May 23, 2008 | 1 Comment

Northern Colorado was devastated by tornadoes yesterday. One of the hardest hit areas was the town of Windsor, which is only five miles southeast of where I work in Fort Collins.
Tornadoes are not that common in this area, but they do happen. A very good friend of my wife and former co-worker of [...]

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