1 Second First? You WILL blow me!

2

Hickenpooper will be the next gov.  It's a three way race.  Tancedo "the ego" got in.

Both GOP candidates are damaged goods as well.

 

3 Can Karen win Handelly?  I think so.

4

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5 Our tiny rural county in GA had good turn-out for the runoff. I'm glad folks are staying interested/focused. I really didn't have a strong preference btwn gov candidates, except that Palin endorsed one and Huckaby (ew!) endorsed the other. Deal better not be a squish.

6 Can I count on the Dave In Texas endorsement, then?

7 Are any of these races such that voters would cross over to the other party to mess with the opposition?

8 Huckabee put his "seal of approval" on Deal. 

We have just enough libtards (actually more than enough) to elect Roy Barnes again.  He came in after Zell Miller left office and flatlined.  Just what we need again.

I hope Karen Handel can pull this off.

9 So the GOP isn't sweeping anything?

10
We call him the Looper.

11 Okay, so Jane D'oh spells better than me. What kind of a name is "Huckabee" anyway...

12 During the primaries, for the first time in Georgia history, more Republicans than Democrats turned out to the polls.  By something like 225,000.

So even if Deal beats Handel, I don't think Roy "please, please, give me one more chance not to fuck things up" Barnes can win.  And Barnes treated Barky last week like he was radioactive.  Heh.

13 You can watch all of them on Politico....

http://tinyurl.com/ye9tfa3

14 Posted by: Dan at August 10, 2010 09:09 PM

'Cuse me Mr. Mitt Romney-spammer, but we are already discussing it right here.

(This guy spams HotAir frequently trying to siphon off traffic to his Romneybot site.  Oddly enough, I do not recall C4Palin ever doing this.)

15 I doubt that happens enough to tip elections. Most voters are barely aware of of their own parties race, never mind screwing up the other parties race.

16 It looks like Deal.  Three-quarters of the precincts are in and he's held a pretty steady 10,000 vote margin for a while now.

17 'Cuse me Mr. Mitt Romney-spammer, but we are already discussing it right here.

(This guy spams HotAir frequently trying to siphon off traffic to his Romneybot site.  Oddly enough, I do not recall C4Palin ever doing this.)

Posted by: Revolutionary Vanguard at August 10, 2010 09:19 PM (eNW2O)

May I present you with an alternative?

18 *clears throat and begins intoning in an insufferable pedantic manner* 

Historically, when there was major crossover voting in off-year primary elections, it was generally the result of a machine boss from one city trading favors with a machine boss from another, e.g. the Democrat boss of Jersey City trading horses with the Republican boss of Atlantic City.

19

Hickenpooper will be the next gov.  It's a three way race.  Tancedo "the ego" got in.

Both GOP candidates are damaged goods as well.

 Posted by: Delta Smelt at August 10, 2010 09:07 PM (IRwVS)

The Colorado governor election exemplifies what is meant by a political class, imo.  GOP dirtbags and a Dem idiot ideologue who will turn Colorado into Mexico North.  The CO GOP could have nominated a cat and won against Hickenlooper.  Tancredo will be blamed for causing losing the election but the truth is the GOP didn't have a viable candidate.

20

May I present you with an alternative?

Posted by: TPAWFANBOYZ.COM at August 10, 2010 09:21 PM (IRwVS)

Friends, you all know who you REALLY want.

21

Minnesota: Dayton leading big against the other two Dems in the Governor field. Any one of them can beat Horner.

Horner is the third-party clown.  Tom Emmer is the Republican.

22 The CO GOP could have nominated a cat and won against Hickenlooper.  Tancredo will be blamed for causing losing the election but the truth is the GOP didn't have a viable candidate.

Posted by: Hussein the Plumber at August 10, 2010 09:24 PM (r1h5M)

Josh Penry shouldn't have dropped out for the sake of uniting the party around the plagiarist.

Hickenlooper is a likeable guy and a good campaigner.  He will cruise unfortunately.

23 The CO GOP could have nominated a cat and won against Hickenlooper Ritter.

I'm nowhere near CO, but it looked to me as though the road to the governor's mansion got a lot tougher for the GOP the moment Ritter slipped out and Hickenlooper slipped in.

24 Linda McMahon outdistancing her opponents and will take on Vietnam Veteran Syd Blumenthal for the Senate seat vacated by Christopher Bankshot Dodds

So they'll have a 2nd Dem primary in November then?

25

Friends, you all know who you REALLY want.

Posted by: HUCKYOU2012.COM at August 10, 2010 09:25 PM (pAewD)

Miss me yet?

26
In CO I hope Michael Bennet (D) wins over Romanoff(D).  (left and lefter)

Bennet has been a rubber stamp for the Pelosi/Reid agenda.  He voted FOR tax-payer funded "heath care reform" and everything else.

Bennet is running a campaign on "cleaning up Washington"  Hilarious. Maybe the winner on the R side will be smart enough to point out the hypocrisy?

The bad news is that Bennet has all $orts of big-democrat machine money behind him.

27

Josh Penry shouldn't have dropped out for the sake of uniting the party around the plagiarist.

Hickenlooper is a likeable guy and a good campaigner.  He will cruise unfortunately.

-----

The republican party in CO has its collective head up its collective ass.  Josh Penry is the future.  Scott McInnis has no future.

28 I'm nowhere near CO, but it looked to me as though the road to the governor's mansion got a lot tougher for the GOP the moment Ritter slipped out and Hickenlooper slipped in.

Posted by: The War Between the Undead States at August 10, 2010 09:28 PM (pAewD)

This is true.  Ritter is a dullard and was toast.  Probably even would have lost straight up to the plagiarist.

I think Penry woulda coulda beat the Hick, he's a young up and comer.

The GOP in Colorado sucks and has a weak bench.  It's a shame because redistricting is coming up as we all know.

29 Scott McInnis has no future.

Posted by: Lemon Kitten at August 10, 2010 09:31 PM (0fzsA)

He's another flip flopping opportunist. I never liked him, even when he was in congress.

30 WooHooo Buck has a slight lead (1% 5600 votes) over McCain's gal Jane Norton. Looks like 25-30K folks joined me in skipping the Republican governor primary. Both Maes and McInnis are damaged. The Denver Post is reporting that the GOP may try to recruit the ReMax founder to enter the race. www. Denverpost.com / election2010 and I'm not going to tinyurl that.

31
oh - and I think the writing is on the wall with the looper.  Unless he stumbles, or unless the Republicans figure some sort of hail Mary pass that includes both Maes and McInnis dropping out (and Tancredo too) and Penry jumping in (or even Norton, if she loses the senate primary) then it's all over.

At least the Looper was a businessman at one point in his life.  Most democrats do not have any business experience.

32 I'm nowhere near CO, but it looked to me as though the road to the governor's mansion got a lot tougher for the GOP the moment Ritter slipped out and Hickenlooper slipped in.

Posted by: The War Between the Undead States at August 10, 2010 09:28 PM (pAewD)

Like Delta Smelt said, Hickenlooper is a likeable guy, kind of like that likeable slow kid you knew in grade school, but most people in CO recognize that he couldn't govern himself out of a wet sack. 

33
@21, the first sentence should have been italicized, but the comment box is fucked up (again).  I was quoting Dave.

34 The bad news is that Bennet has all $orts of big-democrat machine money behind him.

Eh, if Romanoff won all that support would just shift over to him.  But I'm happy to see that it looks like he won't.

35

Yep I'm pulling for Bennet as well.  Much easier to beat.  Romanoff is a bigger lib, but is another likable Dim.  The "stuff white people" like will turn out for him.

I think Buck will beat either, but has better material to run against Obama's rubber stamp.

36 At least the Looper was a businessman at one point in his life.  Most democrats do not have any business experience.

Posted by: Lemon Kitten at August 10, 2010 09:34 PM (0fzsA)

True. The city of Denver has had far worse than the Hick.  Wellington Webb to name just one.

37

WooHooo Buck has a slight lead (1% 5600 votes) over McCain's gal Jane Norton.

Yeah, pulling for Buck as well.

38 The GOP in Colorado sucks and has a weak bench.  It's a shame because redistricting is coming up as we all know.

I'd be pessimistic about CO's long-term political prospects even if the GOP were to be controlling redistricting.  Even now, lefty Democrats like Markey and Mini-Salazar are able to hold onto seats they have no business being in.  (It's Mini-Salazar's continued survival that's really frustrating.)  The state is just changing too quickly.  A damned shame; it's a beautiful place.

39 36: Yeah, I like Hickenlooper AS Denver Mayor. Perhaps some of the Denver D's will choose to keep him as mayor by not voting for him in the governors race , but then that is expecting some thinking of a liberal. .

40

He's another flip flopping opportunist. I never liked him, even when he was in congress.

Posted by: Delta Smelt

Yep.  I wasn't paying that much attention to politics back when he was in.  I know that was back when CO was a solid red state.  Times have changed.  McInnis just isn't connecting with his own party. The old "I'm next in line" just Does not cut it with voters anymore.  We want fresh blood.  Penry is well spoken, young, articulate.   (Gosh - the democrats supported someone w/those qualities and they did really well, maybe we should try it?)  It will be interesting to see if McInnis even makes it through tonight.  I held my nose and voted for Maes.

41 Deal will be GA's next  governor.  He used to be my congressman till I moved out of the state.  His wife actually taught at the middle school I attended and he would by frequently to do civics talks.

Roy "All I am saying is give me another try.  I'll do better this go around" Barnes will not win barring Deal declaring Satan his Dark Master during the debates on GPTV.

42 May I just break in here and urge you all to try Restasis?  Restasis cures your chronic dry-eye by giving you CRAZY-EYE instead!  I use it twice a day, every day and just look at me!!!

43 Even now, lefty Democrats like Markey and Mini-Salazar are able to hold onto seats they have no business being in.  (It's Mini-Salazar's continued survival that's really frustrating.)  The state is just changing too quickly.  A damned shame; it's a beautiful place.

Posted by: The War Between the Undead States at August 10, 2010 09:40 PM (pAewD)

Yeah it certainly is trending blue.  In the short term Markey will get smoked and I'm hopin lil Sal gets caught up in the wave and goes down as well.

I held my nose and voted for Maes.

Posted by: Lemon Kitten at August 10, 2010 09:41 PM (0fzsA)

Same.

Yeah, I like Hickenlooper AS Denver Mayor. Perhaps some of the Denver D's will choose to keep him as mayor by not voting for him in the governors race , but then that is expecting some thinking of a liberal. .

Posted by: PaleRider at August 10, 2010 09:40 PM (dkExz)

Yup he was the best Denver could hope for.  Frederico Pena is another good example of someone worse.

44 I'm disappointed about Karen Handel.  I had the pleasure of meeting her, having some one-on-one time asking her questions, and came away thoroughly impressed.  And Deal's got some ethics problems.  Not good.

45 I will to my dying day wonder why Penry acquiesced.

That, combined with the party love for Norton, who's done nothing but attack Buck, just exemplifies why the GOP sucks.

46 Good ol' boy politics in Georgia, no matter which party, alive and well it seems.

47 I held my nose and voted for Maes.


Me too. Still have six Penry stickers in my pantry.

48 Deal is a big backer of the Fair Tax.  He also wants to copy AZ's immigration law. Fighting ObamaCare is a bolded bullet point on his platform page.  I figured he'd be more popular here. 

49 Denver Post has Buck and Romanoff up.

50 49: Nope they have Bennett up by 9% over Romanoff.

51 And I am happy Bennett is leading -- He is easier to tie to the Pelosi/Reid/Obama fiasco of the last 18 months.

52 Look, I'm just an observer of politics in Colorado and Denver and a frequent visitor.  I remember when Denver spent a shitpot full of money revitalizing LoDo and downtown and did a pretty good job of it.  I also remember that even before the economy collapsed, businesses were complaining, and some leaving about and because of the neglect of downtown from Hickenlooper.  As an observer, I just don't believe he was that great of a mayor and that he tends to get a pass for being likeable.  JMIO.

53 51 And I am happy Bennett is leading -- He is easier to tie to the Pelosi/Reid/Obama fiasco of the last 18 months.

Posted by: PaleRider at August 10, 2010 09:59 PM (dkExz)

Agreed.  Plus he's every bit as likeable as either Pelosi or Reid.

54
H the Plumber - You're right --Hickenlooper does get a pass for being likable.  He's not ideal and we'd all prefer a strong fiscal conservative with is also likable.  Alas - Denver  votes for idiots like Dianna DeGette.

55 well lamont conceded...i don't have to find a new state to live in.

56
Breaking:  DENVER - A political analyst says incumbent Sen. Michael Bennet has defeated challenger Andrew Romanoff to secure the Democratic nomination for U.S. Senate.

57

I think the Looper is sleaze. He runs a sanctuary city and says he doesn't know anything about that. His restaurant hired illegals and he had no clue.

58
Me too. Still have six Penry stickers in my pantry.

Posted by: Hey.Wheres.Barry

I'll take one.
Yay Penry.  The future of the R-party in CO.  Pushed-out by that jackass loser McInnis.

59 Buck up over RINO Norton in Colo by 52 - 48.  about 55% reporting.

60 All of Nortons mailers were about bashing Buck. I didn't get a single one saying what she would like to do if she was elected. Just bash Buck. I hope she loses.

61 Bennet beat Romanoff, according to the Durango Herald.

62
Yeah - Norton may have miscalculated the reaction to her Buck bashing.  Everyone I talk to says it was a major turnoff.

63
with = who

64

Well, it looks like Deal is going to take the Georgia Governor Republican nomination in a squeeker with just over 2000 votes more than Handel.

At 11:33 the Ga. SOS has it at

Deal

290,580
Handel

288,091

The man stayed in congress to vote against Obamacare and for that I gave him my vote.

I expect Roy Barnes will go negative big time to try and depress Deal supporters in the general election but that won't do squat.  The donk base will be demoralized by Obama's continuing failure to produce hope and change.  Conversely, the Republicans and ravening hordes of Tea Partiers  are going to turn out big this November and vote against anything with a party affilation of 'D'.

Barring a dead girl / live boy scenario, or the more unlikely event that Obama gets his shit together (*snicker*), Deal is the next Governor of Georgia.

65
Frazier beats Sias.  I'm glad about that.  Sias may have been rino material.

Now permutter must be defeated.  He was another Pelosi health care voting stooge.

66

What happened, Mrs. Doh?

Hell, i voted for her. I sound like the MSM,

but nobody I know voted for Deal.

 

67 McMahon will get crushed in the general. She spent 18 million dollars to get 70000 votes and that isn't even 50%. Against 2 guys that didn't spend a dime on advertising. The Republicans endorsed basically whoever would self finance for the races here in Connecticut and it isn't going to play in the general. It killed Ned Lamont. The only real shots I would give the Rs come November is Dan Dibecella and Janet Peckinpaugh for the House and Dean for State AG. Everyone else is toast.

68 Romanoff concedes in the Dems' primary for Senate; Norton concedes in the Republican to Buck; 51 to 48 Buck over Norton.

Maes/McInnis still too close to call- less than .6% separating the two- just over 2400 votes out of 345k cast.  VERY tight race; GOP is trying to entice REMAX owner/founder Dave Liniger to enter race for the GOP to counter Tancredo, who went from GOP to 3d party.  Trouble is, Maes would have to lose, and McInnis step aside for it to work.  Neither is likely.

Wolf- former campaign director for US Senate run...

69 "56
Breaking:  DENVER - A political analyst says incumbent Sen. Michael Bennet has defeated challenger Andrew Romanoff to secure the Democratic nomination for U.S. Senate.

Posted by: Lemon Kitten at August 10, 2010 10:14 PM (0fzsA)"

Was this the race where bill clinton backed one guy and BO backed the other?

If so who prevailed?

70 Rocks-

Never underestimate the ability of a state Attorney General running for or seated in another elective office to shoot himself in the foot.  See Coakley, Martha and Spitzer, Eliot.

Blumenthal is fully capable of imploding.  Likely?  No.  Possible?  Certainly.  McMahon is down 10 right now, according to Quinnipiac.

71

Detroit filter

Fleetguard filter

Perkins filter

Donaldson filter

Caterpillar filter

Volvo filter

Field equipment

and so on

72 O/T:  "Reagan insider: 'GOP destroyed U.S. economy'"
"Four Deformations of the Apocalypse"
"Stockman unlikely rescuer for Dems"

don't know if you guys have discussed this.  A lib/dem told me about it in the context of "the republicans destroyed the economy knowing a dem would win, BO, and they think people won't remember when BO is up for re election, but they will, you'll see, they will and you should read the Stockman Op Ed where he lets the secret out for everyone to see and know".

So marketwatch picked it up and tomorrow it will be the topic of discussion?

73 @ curious

The Democrats are having a predictable CYA moment as the Bush tax cuts expire. Funny, all this talk about an economic apocalypse while they raise taxes on the investors, demagogue Wall St., invoke class warfare and send Michelle Obama on a lavish, taxpayer funded vacation in Spain. Stockman blames Repuublicans for not matching tax cuts with spending cuts. So when have the Democrats? He turns a pretty phrase about vulgar Keynesianism,  but Republicans haven't been saying the stimulus would work  if only we spent more. "Former Federal Reserve Board vice chairman, Alan S. Blinder has called for ending the tax break for the top brackets for at least two years — a savings of $75 billion over two years — and using that money not to reduce the deficit but to pay for unemployment insurance and food stamp benefits." Reagan and both Bushes put together couldn't match the Obama deficits. $75 billion over  two years?!! That might sound nice if we weren't in the hole $1.34 trillion in 2011, plus now people will have to cough up some dough for mandatory healthcare. The economy cannot rebound  from that.  It's ridiculous to blame the GOP for destroying the economy when the housing market interference that caused the 2008 financial crisis was from Democrats, Wall  St.  overwhelmingly contributes to Democrats and the Democrats won all three branches of government  in 2008. Does this idiot think this was the  GOP's plan?

74 Stockman also called Paulson, Bernanke and Geithner Republicans, which is weird. Paulson was a Republican appointment, but that's not unusual for a lame duck president to appoint someone from the opposite party.

75
Breaking:  DENVER - A political analyst says incumbent Sen. Michael Bennet has defeated challenger Andrew Romanoff to secure the Democratic nomination for U.S. Senate.

Posted by: Lemon Kitten at August 10, 2010 10:14 PM (0fzsA)"

Was this the race where bill clinton backed one guy and BO backed the other?

If so who prevailed?

Posted by: curious

Bennet did win, and he was backed by Obama. 

76 I'm not sure Penry hasn't at least slightly damaged his rep with the way he ran the Norton campaign.  I'm hearing a LOT of "I'll never vote for Norton after the campaign she ran," I'm wondering how much of that will slop over on to Penry.

Just something to note - some of the same people are involved in McInnis's campaign that are involved in Buck's campaign.  I'm wondering if Penry didn't take the position with Norton's campaign because of that.

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