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Opinion: Do Women Unfairly Judge Female Candidates?
By not in system - AOL News(Nov. 2) -- It's been a particularly harsh season for women running for office, with dirtier mud than ever being slung. A misogynistic mud sampler: "whore" (Jerry Brown staffer on California gubernatorial candidate Meg Whitman), "little girl" (Carl Paladino on New York Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand), more fit to serve because "I don't wear high heels" (Ken Buck on himself, versus then-candidate for Colorado Senate Jane Norton). Before we frantically get the National Organization for Women on the phone (who jumped on the Jerry Brown whore bandwagon anyway, so lots of help they would be), let's be ...
Tea Party Candidate Ken Buck Backtracks on Abortion
By Matt Lewis - Politics DailyColorado's GOP nominee for U.S. Senate, Ken Buck, appears to be backing away from pro-life positions he took during the primary campaign. According to the Denver Post, No longer would Buck introduce a constitutional amendment to ban abortion -- though he says he would still support one -- and he now says he would be willing to vote to confirm even pro-choice judicial nominees. Earlier this year, Buck answered another survey saying he would never confirm "pro-abortion" candidates for any government job, including judgeships. But last week, he drew a distinction between pro-choice and ...
Colorado GOP Makes Last Push to Get Dan Maes Out of Gov's Race
By Sandra Fish - Politics DailyThe heat is on Colorado Republican Dan Maes to drop out of the race for governor, with several prominent supporters, including some Tea Party members, withdrawing their support this week. But Maes, who beat former congressman Scott McInnis in the primary, showed up Thursday for a three-way debate with Democratic candidate and Denver Mayor John Hickenlooper and American Constitution Party hopeful and former congressman Tom Tancredo. Arriving at the debate, Maes told the Colorado Independent he would stay in the race. Thursday morning, Maes tweeted, "Do not waiver! Never quit!" In a longer ...
Tuesday Primaries: McMahon, Bennet Win
By not in system - AOL News(Aug. 11) -- Democrats came off in Tuesday night's primaries as the staid party, not overly eager to rebel against the establishment. Republicans, meanwhile, continued their propensity to take flyers. In Colorado, Sen. Michael Bennet struck a blow for establishment candidates on the line this year by surviving a stiff Democratic primary challenge from former state House speaker Andrew Romanoff. Denver Mayor John Hickenlooper ran unopposed for the Democratic gubernatorial nomination. And in Connecticut, attorney general Richard Blumenthal ran unopposed for the Democratic Senate nomination. ...
Ken Buck, GOP Senate Nominee, Rocks the Colorado Tea Party
By Sandra Fish - Politics DailyLOVELAND, Colo. -- Pat Bellamy, a Loveland Republican, wore a T-shirt to Ken Buck's victory celebration Tuesday night that read "November is Coming." She's a member of the local Glenn Beck-inspired 9/12 Project, and said illegal immigration is a big issue for her. "He took a stand on illegal immigration," she said of the new GOP Senate nominee. "That really spoke to a lot of us, that somebody would stand up and rule by the Constitution." Buck echoed Bellamy's concern -- and her T-shirt -- in his victory speech. "We asked Republicans and Democrats, please protect our border," he said. "The ...
Tea Party Pick Ken Buck Wins Colorado Republican Senate Primary
By Jill Lawrence - Politics DailyWeld County district attorney Ken Buck rode outsider sentiment and Tea Party energy to an upset win over Lt. Gov. Jane Norton in the Republican Senate primary in Colorado. He'll face appointed Sen. Michael Bennet in the fall. Norton, the establishment pick, appeared headed for a smooth primary season until Buck caught conservative imaginations and started to surge. His highest profile ally in Washington was Sen. Jim DeMint, the South Carolina firebrand who is backing Tea Party-favored candidates across the country. Norton was not aided by her many Washington ties, which included fundraising ...
Colorado Primaries: Toss-Ups for Senate and GOP Governor's Races
By Sandra Fish - Politics DailyBOULDER, Colorado -- The primary suspense in Colorado should (we hope) end this week with Tuesday's election. It's clear that the two contests for U.S. Senate and the GOP race for governor (flawed as it is) will be close. A Public Policy Polling survey released Monday indicated the two GOP races are in statistical ties, while Democratic Sen. Michael Bennet leads by 49 percent to 43 percent, with 9 percent undecided. And, as predicted, it has been an expensive and nasty campaign season -- even before the general election. The primary question is this: Will the outsiders -- the GOP's Ken Buck ...
Colorado's Tuesday Primary: Governor and Senate Races Are All Close
By Bruce Drake - Politics DailyBusinessman Dan Maes has picked up a remarkable 34 points since May in his race against former Rep. Scott McInnis for the GOP gubernatorial nod in Colorado and is now in a statistical tie with the onetime frontrunner, according to a Public Policy Polling survey conducted Aug. 7-8. Both the Republican and Democratic senate contests are going down to the wire in Tuesday's primary election. McInnis, who has been accused of plagiarism for a series of public policy papers he did, has a bare 41 percent to 40 percent lead over Maes with 19 percent undecided. The margin of error is 3.5 points. A ...
2010 Midterms Round-Up: Races to Watch in Tuesday's Elections
By Bruce Drake - Politics DailyLooking ahead at the primaries and runoff on Tuesday and the latest from the election battles in Kentucky, Texas and Michigan: Nomination Battles to Be Decided by Voters Tuesday in Four States Voters go to the polls Tuesday in Connecticut, Colorado, Georgia and Minnesota for contested governor and Senate nomination races. In Connecticut, former Republican Rep. Rob Simmons has surprised everyone by re-launching his dormant campaign for the GOP Senate nomination against Linda McMahon, the former chief executive of World Wrestling Entertainment. Colorado features battles in both parties: ...
Races in Michigan and Kansas Launch a Busy Primary Season
By Bruce Drake - Politics DailyThe August primary season begins in earnest Tuesday with the focus on Republican voters in Michigan, who will choose their candidate for governor, and in Kansas, where two long-serving congressmen are competing for the seat of GOP Sen. Sam Brownback, long a leading conservative. Both the crowded Michigan race and the Kansas contest between Reps. Todd Tiahrt and Jerry Moran, are close, according to the latest polls. It is also primary day in Missouri, but there isn't much question that the namesakes of two of the state's longstanding political families -- Democrat Robin Carnahan and ...
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