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Top campaign story of the year? Ken Buck’s implosion

By | 12.29.10 | 8:51 am

Politics took on surreal tones in Colorado this year, with relative unknowns elected to major offices while other candidates rose from the ranks of the unknown only to fall back to near anonymity. Earlier this week. Today, we roll out out top two, the order of which could easily be switched.

All eyes on Bennet at Denver Dem HQ

By | 11.02.10 | 8:09 pm

DENVER– The media has crashed the downtown Marriott, which is headquarters for a clutch of top Democratic candidates tonight. U.S. Sen. Michael Bennet is the star attraction. Minutes after polls closed, cable news reported he was ahead in one of…

Rape victims deem Buck’s support of abortion ban ‘appalling’

By | 10.18.10 | 12:06 am

Amendment 62 and Republican Ken Buck’s campaign for the United States Senate seat held by Democrat Michael Bennet have come together to create the perfect storm for women’s rights advocates in Colorado.

Buck’s refusal to prosecute rape case seemed based on ‘stereotypes,’ victim says

By | 10.14.10 | 6:25 am

For the alleged victim in the 2005 rape case that Weld County District Attorney Ken Buck decided not to prosecute in 2006, his refusal seemed to reflect what she calls “stereotypes” based on her personal history and her behavior on the night of the alleged assault.

Schieffer lets Buck slide on Face the Nation

By | 09.28.10 | 7:03 am

Looks like CBS anchor Bob Schieffer did about two minutes worth of homework prior to his interview with Ken Buck Sunday on Face the Nation.

Had he or his producers prepped for maybe five or 10 minutes, he could…

Post column gets it wrong: Buck has been talking social issues

By | 09.27.10 | 7:22 am

Denver Post editorial page editor Dan Haley got a fact wrong in his column Sunday.

He wrote in reference to Colorado’s U.S. Senate race:

“No one in 2010 is talking about social issues except Bennet.”

Most likely, Ken Buck…

Question of the week: Would Buck have voted for Social Security?

By | 09.13.10 | 3:42 pm

Incumbent Democratic Sen. Michael Bennet’s recent TV ad claims that GOP challenger Ken Buck has “even questioned whether Social Security should exist at all.”

The ad then shows a clip of Buck stating, “I don’t know whether it’s constitutional or…

Buck not alone in opposing morning-after pill even in cases of rape and incest

By | 08.30.10 | 12:02 pm

The Denver Post on Sunday became the first major news outlet in Colorado, with the exception of the Associated Press, to report that Ken Buck opposes abortion even in the case of rape and incest. That’s weeks and…

Journalists implicity excuse extreme political positions by labeling them as ‘personal’

By | 08.25.10 | 1:34 pm

GOP Senate candidate Ken Buck is telling reporters that his support of a ban on abortion, even in the case of rape and incest, is a personal belief.

In response to this, a fair-minded journalist – even a commentator…

Romanoff: Supporting Bennet over Buck ‘an easy call’ for Democrats

By | 08.13.10 | 8:14 am

DENVER — Colorado Democratic leaders and national party officials united Thursday on the steps of the Colorado capitol to try to heal the wounds created in what many saw as a bloody Democratic primary race. Sen. Michael Bennet joined with primary challenger Andrew Romanoff to proclaim a united front in the siege on Bennet’s Senate seat – a seat Bennet said was in a precarious position without the help of those supporters who once filled the phone banks and campaign headquarters of the Romanoff camp.