Supreme Court shows strong support for U.S. Constitution in gun rights ruling

by Donald E. L. Johnson | 10:53 am, June 28, 2010

This may be stretching things a bit, but my gut tells me that Colorado Attorney General John Suthers and other state attorney generals who are challenging ObamaCare because it gives Congress the power to tell consumers what to buy may have a stronger case than previously thought in light of the Supreme Court’s interpretation of the Constitution in the 2nd Amendment guns rights decision today. Thoughts?

Why Scott McInnis has a 28-point lead over Dan Maes

by Donald E. L. Johnson | 6:57 pm, June 21, 2010

Why does former U.S. Rep. Scott McInnis have a 28-point lead over Dan Maes for the GOP gubernatorial nomination, according to  a Survey USA poll published in the Denver Post? Does that mean he’ll be the GOP nominee in the fall? With the nomination virtually locked up, will he have more money to take on Obama Democrat Denver Mayor John Hickenlooper? Is McInnis just plain lucky, or what? Can you believe the results of the poll, which was done by the third most accurate political poster, according to fellow RMA blogger, Ben DeGrow?
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Poll: Coloradans say jobs are nation’s primary concern. Survey USA in Denver Post.
 

Jane Norton demands Michael Bennet disclose all he knows about W.H. job offer to Andrew Romanoff

by Donald E. L. Johnson | 1:01 pm, June 3, 2010

Republican U.S. Senate candidate, Jane Norton, is calling the White House’s job discussions with Democrat Andrew Romanoff a job offer and bribe, and she is demanding that the would be beneficiary of the bribe, appointed Senator Michael Bennet, disclose all he knows about the job offers. In a press release republished below, the Norton campaign tries to hang the back room deal making on Bennet. As usual, the coverup attempts seem to be a bigger problem for Romanoff, Bennet and Obama than the supposed crime of playing politics as usual.

Republicans have slim chance to take over Colorado House

by Donald E. L. Johnson | 8:25 pm, May 18, 2010

Ben DeGrow says Republicans have a slim chance to take over Colorado’s House, but, he warns, a lot can change between now and the election.

Moderating comments

by Donald E. L. Johnson | 9:08 pm, May 6, 2010

To prevent spam, I’m moderating comments. Sorry for the inconvenience.

Limited posting while on vacation

by Donald E. L. Johnson | 2:41 pm, May 6, 2010

Due to slow internet service and other activities, posting will be limited for a couple of weeks.

Colorado’s Steve Schreiner running for National Rifle Assn. board

by Donald E. L. Johnson | 4:23 pm, April 17, 2010

Steve Schreiner, a volunteer lobbyist for the National Rifle Assn., and a long-time fighter for the 2nd Amendment of the U.S. Constitution, is running for the board of the NRA. And he’s picked up an important endorsement. A Vietnam War veteran and a winner of the Silver and Bronz stars, Schreiner has a strong following among Colorado NRA members. Members must cast their votes by April 25.

Kathleen Conti will challenge Rep. Joe Rice in Colorado house district 38; Rick Gillit drops out

by Donald E. L. Johnson | 8:23 pm, March 9, 2010

Littleton Republican Kathleen Conti will challenge Democrat Rep. Joe Rice in state house district 38. Rick Gillit, a member of of the Englewood city council, has dropped out of the race for the GOP’s nomination to challenge Rice. Conti owns a small business.
Tom Munds reports,
Conti has an extensive business background. She built two successful businesses over the past two decades and now is a principal associate for SMM Foods. She and her husband operate their office out of her home while the manufacturing facility is in Golden.
The Republican challenger and her husband Ralph have lived in the Denver metro area for years and moved to Littleton in 2007. They have two sons, Andrew, 20, and David, 18. 
Conti said she has been active in grassroots movements more than in the regular Republican Party events. She also has been active in the community. Her activities include a trip as a volunteer to help the Haitian earthquake victims.

Why aren’t Scott McInnis, Dan Maes and John Hickenlooper coming up with creative solutions?

by Donald E. L. Johnson | 8:03 pm, March 7, 2010

This morning’s Denver Post editorial complains, Candidates for governor are short on answers. That’s for sure.
I’ve been following this gubernatorial campaign and the debate over what to do about taxes, spending and the budget deficit pretty closely.
What amazes me is not only that Scott McInnis and John Hickenlooper are refusing to take the risk of offending contributors to their campaigns and other special interests by offering real solutions for the state, but the deeply underfunded GOP candidate, Dan Maes, is basically following the same strategy.
From three guys who are promising to lead the state, we’re seeing no creativity, no risk taking and no straight talk. McInnis and Hick are waiting for each other to make the first move. They’re playing chicken. Each wants to attack the other. Negative ads work.
Maes is appealing to Tea Partiers, etc., but I can’t figure out why they would pick him over the other two, because he agrees with McInnis on virtually all issues and promises to do things that probably are politically impossible because they require cooperation from the General Assembly.
McInnis is counting on out working Maes and HIck. He apparently thinks the anti-Obama Democrats tide will carry him to victory in November regardless of what he doesn’t say.
Hick is counting on strong support from the hard left base. He apparently thinks he can charm independents into putting a tax and spend Democrat in the Governor’s mansion despite the fact that he’s an Obama-Bennet-Romanoff and DeGette Democrat.
Maes is hoping that the Texas election, which gave 19% of its primary vote to an underfunded Tea Party Republican candidate for governor last week, will be replicated in Colorado and will allow him to win more than the 30% of the state convention votes he needs to get on the August 10 primary ballot. He apparently thinks that if he does well at the convention, the campaign contributions that so far are not going his way suddenly will. He ought to talk to Mike Miles, an underfunded Democrat who did well at his party’s state convention and was crushed by Ken Salazar in the August primary.
Bottom line. None of these guys knows what the economy will do, what kind of tax revenues to expect next year or how to fix the state’s budget without raising taxes and cutting spending. Like most Americans, they’re frozen in place and silenced by their uncertainty and fears of the unknown.
The question is, could Maes, McInnis or Hickenlooper win next November without telling voters what  he will try to do to fix the state’s budget? Is hiding your plans from voters a winning strategy?

Obama opens health summit with same old speech

by Donald E. L. Johnson | 9:13 am, February 25, 2010

President Obama is opening the health summit with his same old speech. Everyone will be repeating their talking points. Boring, I think. It’s snowing at Keystone and I’m going skiing for a few hours.

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