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Rocky Poll Affirmed, New Poll Puts Ritter +16

By | 09.25.06 | 6:38 pm

A new Rasmussen Reports poll puts Democrat Bill Ritter up 16 points over Republican Bob Beauprez, as reported by To The Right and Real Clear Politics.
The poll shows Beauprez at 34% and Ritter at 50%.…

Beauprez Allows Bush Out in Public

By | 09.24.06 | 12:52 pm

It wasn’t long ago that being chummy with President Bush was a boon for Republican candidates. When the president came to town to raise money for GOP hopefuls, he was also counted on to rally support among voters. Now, it’s…

Beauprez: We Must Have Laws That We Already Have

By | 09.20.06 | 3:23 pm

Immigration is on the minds of many Colorado voters, says a not-so-shocking Rocky Mountain News/CBS4 poll released Monday. And, a majority of people who list immigration as their top priority say Bob Beauprez is their man. That’s a little…

“Beaumentum”

By | 09.18.06 | 5:39 pm

Bob Beauprez’s campaign to be Governor has competence problems.  For example, consider a letter, dated August 25, 2006, that recently arrived in my law office colleague Anne McGihon’s mailbox.  McGihon is a Democrat who represents House District 3 in Colorado’s…

Ritter Opens Up 17-Point Lead on Beauprez

By | 09.14.06 | 11:19 pm


A new Rocky Mountain News/CBS4 poll shows Democrat Bill Ritter with a ridiculous 17-point lead over Republican Bob Beauprez.

Fifty percent of voters surveyed said they were likely to vote for Ritter, versus 33 percent for Beauprez. Eleven percent

Math is Hard for Lawyers Too

By | 09.07.06 | 11:21 am

Gubernatorial candidate and CD-7 Congressman Bob Beauprez touched off a firestorm of controversy last week when he stated “as high as 70 percent, maybe even more” of pregnancies among African-American women end in abortion. As reported by

Does Beauprez Need Another Clean Sweep?

By | 09.06.06 | 11:41 pm

Maybe all the rumors spreading around the Colorado political blogs this past week about Bob Beauprez dropping out of the governor’s race may have something more to do with his campaign manager, John Marshall.

Daily Sentinel Publisher Throws Beauprez and Penry Into a Blender

By | 09.03.06 | 3:56 pm

The guys in charge of the editorial department at the Grand Junction Daily Sentinel may believe Western Slope Democrats and moderate Republicans have more in common than moderate West Slope Republicans and ultra-conservative Republicans.

Editorial Pages Unkind to Beauprez

By | 08.30.06 | 9:00 am

Republican gubernatorial candidate Bob Beauprez has been taking a beating in the press in the past several weeks, and much of it has been his own fault. He continually sticks his foot in his mouth by contradicting prior positions…

Governors Turning Blue Nationwide

By | 08.28.06 | 4:02 pm

The latest Wall St. Journal/Zogby polling on gubernatorial races around the country is out, and there’s encouraging news for Democrats.

There are 19 states facing elections for governor in 2006, and in 12 of those states there is currently…