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Colorado Senate Race May Produce Another Tea Party Type Upset
By Bruce Drake - Politics DailyColorado may be going down the same path as Utah and Florida with an insurgent candidate backed by conservative activists making a strong run at an establishment Republican in the state's race for the GOP senate nomination. Weld County District Attorney Ken Buck, who is being backed by the Senate Conservatives Fund, is in striking distance of former Lt. Gov. Jane Norton who is supported by the National Republican Senatorial Committee and had been thought to be the runaway favorite for the GOP nod. Norton still leads the GOP field with 31 percent, but Buck is close behind at 26 percent among ...
Norton and Bennet Lead in Primary Races for Colorado Senate Seat
By Bruce Drake - Politics DailyU.S. Sen. Michael Bennet of Colorado has a modest lead over his Democratic primary challenger, former Speaker of the State House Andrew Romanoff, while on the Republican side, former Lt. Gov. Jane Norton is way ahead of the GOP field for that party's nomination, according to a Public Policy Polling survey conducted March 5-8. Bennet leads Romanoff, 40 percent to 34 percent, with 26 percent undecided. Norton leads her closest competitor, Weld County District Attorney Ken Buck, by 34 percent to 17 percent, with 32 percent undecided and all other candidates in single digits. A PPP poll ...
Democrats Trying To Revive Health Care 'Public Option'
By Patricia Murphy - Politics DailyTen Democratic senators, led by Colorado newcomer Michael Bennet, are asking Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid to include a government-run insurance plan, or public option, in the package that Reid is negotiating with House leaders and the White House to present at the bipartisan health care summit planned for next week. "Put simply, including a strong public option is one of the best, most fiscally responsible ways to reform our health insurance system," the senators wrote. In addition to Bennet, the letter was signed by Sens. Sherrod Brown of Ohio, Kirsten Gillibrand of New York, Jeff ...
Republican Hopefuls Running Neck-and-Neck With Democrat Bennet in Colorado
By Bruce Drake - Politics DailyEmbattled Democratic Sen. Michael Bennet finds himself running even or marginally ahead of three Republican contenders for his seat, according to a Research 2000/Daily Kos poll conducted Jan. 11-13. That's not great news for an incumbent but it is a better showing than a Rasmussen Reports poll released earlier this week that showed him trailing all three. Bennet was named to the seat last year when President Obama named Ken Salazar to be his Interior Secretary. Bennet leads former Lt. Gov. Jane Norton 40 percent to 39 percent with 21 percent undecided; he leads Weld County District Attorney ...
Bennet Trailing GOP Contenders for his Colorado Senate Seat
By Bruce Drake - Politics DailyDemocratic Sen. Michael Bennet, appointed last year to fill the seat of Ken Salazar when he was named as President Obama's Interior Secretary, is running behind three Republican hopefuls for the job, according to a Rasmussen Reports poll conducted Jan. 13. ...
Republicans Threaten to Take Colorado Senate Seat from Democrats
By Bruce Drake - Politics DailyWhile former Lt. Gov. Jane Norton, a Republican, holds the biggest margin over two Democrats vying for their party's nomination, all the GOP hopefuls in the field would run competitively against incumbent Michael Bennet or his challenger, Andrew Romanoff, according to a Rasmussen Reports poll conducted Dec. 8. ...
For Lions, Rod Marinelli Might Be Gone but His Spirit Lives On
By Ryan Wilson - AOL News(photos courtesy of Getty Images) I don't know enough about Tom Lewand or Martin Mayhew to comment on whether Lions owner William Clay Ford was wise to promote from within the organization, but history suggests that no one would've complained if Ford blew up the whole operation and started over. The franchise has just 40 wins this decade, which is slightly more impressive when you consider that the total includes the recently completed 0-for-'08 run. (Not really; it works out to 5 wins a season versus 4.4 wins a season. In the salary-cap era, that blows.) Perhaps predictably, Clay decided to, ...
Cadillac Williams Officially Returns to Depleted Tampa Bay Backfield
By Adam Gretz - AOL NewsFor only the fifth time in Tampa Bay's past 28 games, Cadillac Williams will be in uniform and an active member of the Buccaneers offense, when they take on the winless Detroit Lions. Jon Gruden has been waiting for this moment for weeks, it seems, and it couldn't have come at a better time. Earlier this week, Tampa Bay learned that its leading rusher, Earnest Graham, is going to miss the remainder of the season. Combine that with the release of Michael Bennett a few weeks ago -- when Williams was removed from the PUP list -- and the Buccaneers were down to only 33-year old Warrick Dunn, the ...
Earnest Graham Likely Done for Season
By Adam Gretz - AOL NewsIf Tampa Bay Buccaneers head coach Jon Gruden thinks the return of Cadillac Williams is like an early Christmas gift, I have to imagine the news of Earnest Graham's season-ending ankle injury ranks somewhere between root canal and watching somebody kick his dog. According to Anwar S. Richardon of the Tampa Tribune, Gruden informed the media today that Graham is likely done for the season, after a Vikings defender landed on his ankle in the Buccaneers 19-13 win on Sunday. I suppose this means it's time to warm up the Cadillac. The injury comes the same week Tampa Bay released Michael Bennett so ...
It's Christmas In November for Jon Gruden: Cadillac Williams Is Back
By Adam Gretz - AOL NewsEarlier this week we told you about the possibility of the Buccaneers getting former first-round pick Cadillac Williams back into the mix for the team's stretch run. Coach Jon Gruden, naturally, was pumped up about the news as he said today, Wednesday, would be like Christmas. I don't know, if I woke up on Christmas morning and found a gift-wrapped package that featured a running back that has missed 23 of the past 27 games, and was averaging about three-and-a-half yards per carry when he was on the field, I'd be begging for a new package of socks. But, hey, to each his own. Anyway, the move ...
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