Comments on: Freshmen In Tough Districts Getting A Boost With Bills?

By: Sandra Fish

Sandra Fish — Mon, 02 Apr 2007 17:43:31 +0000

oops! that should be Stella!

By: Sandra Fish

Sandra Fish — Mon, 02 Apr 2007 13:52:34 +0000

Thanks for that comment... If you look back to the first post on our methodology, we totally acknowledge that this is NOT taking into consideration the quality of bills - it's more about quantity and about the coalitions formed by individual lawmakers to get bills passed.

At the end of the session CoCo will be looking at measures of both quantity and quality in terms of legislative accomplishments.

And this particular conclusion - that freshman lawmakers from competitive seats on both sides of the aisle get tapped to carry some softballs - is a valid one. And it's a conclusion that leads one to ask why GOP leadership is basically hanging Sheila Garza Hicks out to dry - and why she's not trying to get something done on her own.

By: RalphT

RalphT — Mon, 02 Apr 2007 09:31:49 +0000

Valid Analysis - Valuable Commentary Based on my 24-years of experience dealing with the Colorado Legislature, one needs to seriously question what "What?" would consider valuable. The statistical formularly presented in this series is reasonable and defensible. It balances quite well with some of the more heinous data that GOP Radical Right WingNuts chose to use in the 2006 campaign (and will likely trumpet again in 2008).

In contrast to Rove-Wadhams fear-smear-exaggeration, this series of reports applies the same standard of analysis for all of the the legislators. What we can all do is decide for ourselves what consclusions we draw from what CC has posted on our behalf.

By: What?

What? — Sat, 31 Mar 2007 19:42:24 +0000

Get a Life This entire series speaks volumes about your total lack of understanding of the legislative process.

By: Sandra Fish

Sandra Fish — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

Thanks for that comment… If you look back to the first post on our methodology, we totally acknowledge that this is NOT taking into consideration the quality of bills – it’s more about quantity and about the coalitions formed by individual lawmakers to get bills passed.

At the end of the session CoCo will be looking at measures of both quantity and quality in terms of legislative accomplishments.

And this particular conclusion – that freshman lawmakers from competitive seats on both sides of the aisle get tapped to carry some softballs – is a valid one. And it’s a conclusion that leads one to ask why GOP leadership is basically hanging Sheila Garza Hicks out to dry – and why she’s not trying to get something done on her own.

By: Sandra Fish

Sandra Fish — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

oops! that should be Stella!

By: What?

What? — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

Get a Life This entire series speaks volumes about your total lack of understanding of the legislative process.

By: RalphT

RalphT — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

Valid Analysis – Valuable Commentary Based on my 24-years of experience dealing with the Colorado Legislature, one needs to seriously question what “What?” would consider valuable. The statistical formularly presented in this series is reasonable and defensible. It balances quite well with some of the more heinous data that GOP Radical Right WingNuts chose to use in the 2006 campaign (and will likely trumpet again in 2008).