Primary questions (with answers helpfully included)
Why didn't I blog the primary results as they came in last night?
I knew I couldn't keep up with the mainstream media or Colorado Confidential last night. So I made no attempt to live-blog election results. This morning, I saw that more than 400 different people visited Coloradolib yesterday, up from my daily average of 306. Whoops.
Is Ken Salazar in danger of getting Liebermanned?
Not yet. Because despite what you hear in the media, Lamont's victory last night wasn't about the rage of a few frothing anti-Bush activists. It was about a sitting Senator who had made a political decision to ignore his constituents. Yes, Salazar is too conservative for me. But the fact is, Colorado isn't Connecticut. Salazar represents the people who voted for him. Lieberman stopped doing that years ago.
Have Republicans turned against Both Ways Bob Beauprez?
The conservative blog To The Right points out that large numbers of Republican primary voters refused to check the Beauprez box, even as they went on to vote in downticket uncontested primaries. Are these people grumpy Holtzmanites or wary moderates? Only time will tell. But the Beauprez camp must be pretty worried right about now. Who's your runningmate, Bob?
Has the GOP lost its mind?
It looks that way. The Colorado Democratic Party has gone to great lengths to find moderate statewide candidates like Bill Ritter and Ken Salazar, and Fighting Dem congressional candidates like Bill Winter and Jay Fawcett. The Colorado GOP has responded by purging sensible incumbents like Kiki Traylor and nominating candidates from the religious fringes of the party. Somebody call a shrink.
Did the same sharks with lasers on their heads who hacked Joe Lieberman's site yesterday also hack the voting machines in Denver?
Yes. Stupid sharks. They ruin everything.
I knew I couldn't keep up with the mainstream media or Colorado Confidential last night. So I made no attempt to live-blog election results. This morning, I saw that more than 400 different people visited Coloradolib yesterday, up from my daily average of 306. Whoops.
Is Ken Salazar in danger of getting Liebermanned?
Not yet. Because despite what you hear in the media, Lamont's victory last night wasn't about the rage of a few frothing anti-Bush activists. It was about a sitting Senator who had made a political decision to ignore his constituents. Yes, Salazar is too conservative for me. But the fact is, Colorado isn't Connecticut. Salazar represents the people who voted for him. Lieberman stopped doing that years ago.
Have Republicans turned against Both Ways Bob Beauprez?
The conservative blog To The Right points out that large numbers of Republican primary voters refused to check the Beauprez box, even as they went on to vote in downticket uncontested primaries. Are these people grumpy Holtzmanites or wary moderates? Only time will tell. But the Beauprez camp must be pretty worried right about now. Who's your runningmate, Bob?
Has the GOP lost its mind?
It looks that way. The Colorado Democratic Party has gone to great lengths to find moderate statewide candidates like Bill Ritter and Ken Salazar, and Fighting Dem congressional candidates like Bill Winter and Jay Fawcett. The Colorado GOP has responded by purging sensible incumbents like Kiki Traylor and nominating candidates from the religious fringes of the party. Somebody call a shrink.
Did the same sharks with lasers on their heads who hacked Joe Lieberman's site yesterday also hack the voting machines in Denver?
Yes. Stupid sharks. They ruin everything.
1 Comments:
I actually agree with you about Salazar. I don't like a number of stands he has taken. But this is Colorado, not Connecticut, and I don't expect to have my every liberal dream fulfilled in a purple state. I let him know what I think and prefer from him, but I'm not too surprised when I don't get it. As long as he stays a loyal Democrat, I will continue to support him.
Overall he's a good Senator for Colorado as a whole. I do hope he doesn't follow Lieberman down the rat hole though.
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