Backbone Radio, August 1, 2010: All Colorado Politics, All the Time
by Rossputin | 10:40 am, July 30, 2010 | Comments Off
All Colorado Politics, All the Time
From Ross Kaminsky:
Backbone Radio listeners, being among the most politically astute people in Colorado, don’t need to be told what an interesting political season we’re having, especially on the Republican side of the primary ledger.
I hope to make it a little more interesting with an informative show this week, focused entirely (or at least almost entirely) on Colorado politics.
In our first hour, we’ll be joined by Republican candidate for the 7th Congressional District, Ryan Frazier. We’ll talk politics and policy and take questions from callers. After Ryan, going into the show’s second hour, we’ll be joined by Ryan’s Republican challenger, Lang Sias, with whom we’ll also have as wide-ranging a discussion we can have in half an hour.
Each candidate has submitted two questions to me to ask the other. Since Ryan is on first, he’ll get the questions from Lang. If he doesn’t answer one or both, then I won’t ask Lang the questions Ryan sent me for him.
Although the initial idea for having them on the radio was a debate, I’m pleased we’re doing it this way. I think a more substantive discussion with each will be possible without the usual back-and-forth sniping of a debate.
I want to discourage campaign operatives from calling and asking “gotcha” or other non-substantive questions. Serious questions by voters, especially 7th CD voters who may as yet be undecided, would be most welcome by phone, e-mail, or instant message.
At 6:30, we’ll be joined by Colorado GOP Chairman Dick Wadhams to talk about a range of Colorado Republican issues, most importantly the Governor’s race and the potential impact of Tom Tancredo, as well as the Senate race and some other races around the state which aren’t getting the attention they otherwise might because of the chaos and entertainment value surrounding plagiarism and high heels.
Again, I look forward to taking calls from you, our listeners.
We’ll spend the last hour discussing various races around the state, with a bit of a foray into other races around the country. I’ll also discuss my endorsement in the Colorado Republican primary, which I’ll release first on my web page at http://rossputin.com a day or two before the show.
Please join me by listening to (and calling in to) this week’s Backbone Radio program from 5 PM to 8 PM on 710 AM KNUS in Denver and 1460 AM KZNT in Colorado Springs.
If you’re not in range of the radio waves, you should be able to listen to the show online by clicking HERE.
I hope you’ll actively participate in the conversation with me: Call the studio at 303 696 1971, e-mail me at ross(at)710knus.com, or instant message from my site at http://rossputin.com or through AOL Instant messenger to screen name Rossputin.
