Voter enticement in Weld County

by Amy Oliver | 5:06 pm, October 29, 2010

Sources confirmed that the reported incident of voter enticement by someone representing the Democrat party did occur in Weld County.  The Weld County District Attorney’s office is reviewing the case to see if offering postage or falsely telling voters that it is their last day to vote is a violation of state statute.
The incident happened [...]

WC GOP suggests Dems enticing voters to turn in ballots

by Amy Oliver | 7:14 am, October 29, 2010

In an email to Clerk and Recorder Steve Moreno, Weld County GOP Chairwoman Karen Pelzer requested an investigation into possible voter enticement by Democrats. Democrat voter turnout is imperative for Congresswoman Betsy Markey to have any chance of winning re-election over GOP challenger Cory Gardner. Right now, Republicans in Weld County hold more than a [...]

The Economist says we matter

by Amy Oliver | 6:21 pm, October 28, 2010

Even my favorite international magazine The Economist knows how important Colorado and the Rocky Mountain West are to both the Republicans and the Democrats.  A recent article titled “Rockies: The mile-high battle” explains:
Democrats saw the purpling of bits of this once resolutely red region as particularly significant for presidential elections, since it gave them a [...]

Enthusiasm gap shows in early voting in 4th CD

by Amy Oliver | 4:17 pm, October 27, 2010

Colorado Republicans have a 40,000 vote advantage in early voting according to an article from Michael Sandoval of National Review.  Figures from the Secretary of State’s office show:
Democrats: 239950 (35.6%) vs. 10/25/10 159882 (36.0%)
Republicans: 280283 (41.5%) vs. 10/25/10 184982 (41.7%)
UAF: 150532 (22.3%) vs. 10/25/10 95926 (21.6%)
Total: 674864 (up from 443611)
The percentages are even better for the 4th Congressional District.
Larimer [...]

Bennet, Markey, Salazar: Do fish live in the sea?

by Amy Oliver | 7:56 am, September 10, 2010

The Denver Post reports that three Democrat members of Colorado’s congressional delegation oppose Barack Obama’s plan for a $50 billion second stimulus.  Those three members — Representatives Betsy Markey and John Salazar along with Senator Michael Bennet — are all involved in tough campaigns to keep their seats in Congress. Bennet’s opposition may be the [...]

Truth in voting: Markey not a fiscal conservative

by Amy Oliver | 6:30 am, September 9, 2010

Betsy Markey continues her assault on the truth about her voting record. In a post titled “More Bailout Baloney,” Fact Check claims that Markey and several of her democrat colleagues are misleading voters with TV ads claiming they voted against TARP:
What they did was vote for a resolution to block the Treasury Department from getting the [...]

They call her flipper, flipper…

by Amy Oliver | 1:28 pm, August 19, 2010

Update to ‘Both Ways Betsy’ where I criticized Congresswoman Betsy Markey for her latest TV ads.
Referring to the 2008 TARP bailout legislation,  Markey claims in her ad, “Maybe it’s my 20 years as a small-business owner, but these Wall Street bailouts really offend me… No one ever gave me a bailout.”
I reminded readers of the other bailouts [...]

‘Both Ways Betsy’

by Amy Oliver | 5:10 pm, August 16, 2010

That’s the nickname that my friends at Complete Colorado have hung on freshman Democrat Congresswoman Betsy Markey.  And it seems appropriate. An article from The Hill and featured on Complete Colorado describes Markey’s new ad campaign where she pretends to be offended with congressional approval of the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act, a.k.a. TARP.  In fact [...]

Squirrels get bridges; taxpayers get more taxes…

by Amy Oliver | 1:21 pm, July 12, 2010

In a video appearance before the Western States Transportation Alliance, Congresswoman Betsy Markey “spends the whole beginning of this greeting talking about potential taxes to pay for spending in a surface transportation bill” reports Who Said You Said, which posted the video.
Markey’s implication that taxpayers aren’t sending enough of their money to Washington begs a couple [...]

Parade watchers a tough crowd for politicians

by Amy Oliver | 2:05 pm, July 5, 2010

Every year I watch the Greeley Stampede Independence Day Parade. Usually, I am half of the broadcast team for 1310 KFKA. This year, Scooter McGee took my place so I could simply enjoy the parade from the comfort of the mobile studio. Because I didn’t have to broadcast, it afforded me the great luxury of observing [...]

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