Coyote Gulch congratulates Bob Beauprez, Bill Ritter, Fern O'Brien and Steve Ludwig for their state assembly wins yesterday.
Mt. Virtus: "Bob Beauprez and his campaign made a statement today, and Colorado's Republican delegates responded in force...Beauprez won the delegate vote 72.2 percent to 27.8 percent. [Denver Post columnist Dan Haley] also has reported that the Holtzman campaign has refused to sign off on the results."
Wash Park Prophet: "First, the results of the Colorado Democratic Party's two contested races today. Fern O'Brien is the Democratic nominee for attorney general and Steve Ludwig is the CU Board of Regents At Large candidate for the Democrats. There will be no primary elections in Colorado for Democrats at the state level...
"In answer to 'God, Gays and Guns' the Democrats at the state convention have answered with 'Hope, Opportunity and Tolerance.'
"The Republicans have helped by giving Coloradans low expectations. By simply averting fiscal crisis and improving funding for key programs from miserable to merely blow average by national standards, Democrats can come out looking like heros. When Democrats pass legislation like Clean Air Bills and bills to increase access to emergency contraception, and a Republican Governor vetos the bills, it is the Democrats who look like they are accomplishing something and the Republicans who look like obstructionists.
"Ideologically, the dominant theme in the Colorado Democratic party is compassionate communitarianism. As Bill Ritter put it, Democrats understand that we are all in this together. Our military and Horatio Alger candidates illustrate dramatically that if you don't give up on people, if you are there to offer a helping hand, to give someone a real chance, that people can succeed extraordinarily. We aren't a party of state ownership of enterprise. We are a party of investing in people instead of throwing them away.
"Now, we are rolling up our sleeves. In November, we'll see if the enthusiasm of May comes to fruition."
Denver Post: "GOP chair Bob Martinez said he is also considering asking Holtzman to step aside, but a spokesman for Holtzman said the candidate will push forward with plans to petition onto the ballot. Holtzman says he has enough signatures to secure a spot later this week."
Check out the coverage from Dan Haley's blog in the Denver Post.
Here's the coverage of the Republican assembly from the Rocky Mountain News. From the article, "The day started at 9 a.m. and both candidates for governor completed their 15-minute speeches before noon. And then the real fun began. Delegates waited hours to receive their ballots as the credential committee struggled to determine who was eligible to vote. Once the ballots were handed out, the lines to vote were so long that some delegates left before casting ballots. The party tried to move alternates into voting positions but that also seemed to take hours."
Here's the coverage of the Democratic Assembly from the Denver Post. They write, "Ritter stormed the stage to Born to Run' by Bruce Spring steen. His half-hour acceptance speech included a video of his personal story and a call for better teacher pay, health care for all Coloradans and punishment for employers of illegal immigrants. Ritter, a Catholic who personally opposes abortion, drew a silent protest by five people holding signs. One of the protesters, Jerri Hill, a Douglas County delegate, hoisted a placard that said 'Own your Body' on one side and 'Respect Women' on the other. She and another woman stood in the front row while Ritter gave his acceptance speech. 'I am old enough to remember when abortion was illegal,' Hill said while Ritter supporters swarmed around her with pro-Ritter placards. Undeterred, Ritter plowed through his prepared remarks and eventually addressed abortion rights issues by promising to restore state funding to Planned Parenthood that was cut by Gov. Bill Owens and to support access to the so-called morning-after pill. Before the assembly began, Dr. Warren Hern, director of the Boulder Abortion Clinic, challenged Ritter's willingness to protect abortion rights from a table in the back of the hall."
Here's the coverage of the Democratic assembly from the Rocky Mountain News. From the article, "But Ritter shrugged off any concerns that he may need to fire up support within his own party. Instead, he said he will continue to travel around the state to meet as many voters as he can. 'We are at the place where we have consolidated our base and that's good for us,' he said. Democrats also selected their picks in the contests for attorney general and University of Colorado Regent. Fern O'Brien received 94 percent of the votes to beat out Robert Johnson in the attorney general race. Stephen Ludwig received 79 percent of the votes for the party's pick for CU Regent. Milt Rogers will not be on the primary because he did not get the minimum 30 percent vote required. But he can still get on the ballot if he collect petition signatures."
Category: Denver November 2006 Election
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