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Just another web consultant whose boss is a complete slave driver. But I take my revenge by reading - a lot - when he's not looking. I believe in the role of government to help improve society, but I'm fully aware of the dangers of entrenched bureacracy and the how money corrupts. I'm not so much a liberal as I am appalled by what passes for modern conservatism. And as the pendulum swings back and the left finds its voice and strength again, I'm ready to damn its excesses. "To you, I'm an atheist. To God, I'm the loyal opposition."

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Udall, Markey on-track to win, says Post
Contributed by: Ralph Dosser   on 9/28/2008

Democratic Senate candidate Mark Udall and 4th District House Candidate Betsy Markey were bumped up in the Washington Post's "Line" of seats most likely to switch party control in the fall.

Udall's ranking jumped from 5th to 3rd, and Markey from 12th to 8th in the listing maintained by Post political analyst Chris Cillizza.

Udall, who is running for the seat currently held by retiring GOP nonentity Wayne Allard, has been consistently beating hapless opponent Bob Schaffer in the polls, and that has not changed, Cillizza said in his Friday update.

"The last two polls conducted in the race -- one by a Democratic firm, the other by a Republican outfit -- have Rep. Mark Udall (D) ahead of former Rep. Bob Schaffer (R) by 11 points and one point. Average them out and you get a six-point edge for Udall, which seems about right. The data from the presidential race shows Obama running surprisingly strong in the state -- strong evidence that the much-debated demographic trends towards Democrats are real," he reported.

On the house side, the Democrats may finally have found a candidate strong enough to unseat the perenially weak Musgrave, Cillizza reported.

"A quick look at Rep. Marilyn Musgrave's (R) career in Congress shows a candidate who vastly underperforms in a comfortably Republican seat. Democratic nominee Betsy Markey is the best candidate Musgrave has faced and, according to polling in the contest, leads the incumbent. Republicans believe an alleged conflict of interest on Markey's part is a silver bullet but we remain skeptical."

Musgrave has been running an increasingly desperate and dishonest campaign, accusing Markey of benefitting from questionable government contracts, but with no real facts to back up her claims.





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Submitted By: David Brown
posted on 9/28/2008 @ 1:29:36 PM
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DON'T TELL ANYBODY, but I secretly hope Markey wins. Of course I'll be voting for the Farm Bill Girl because the good guys need every seat they can get. But if she loses, no probs. We'll get it back in 2010 in the Republican surge that dumps Goobernor Glitter and his little buddy, Salazar. (I'm telling you guys, whoever wins this election, ultimately loses, probably through no fault of their own.)
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Submitted By: Doug Wray
posted on 9/28/2008 @ 10:45:30 AM
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Musgrave and Co. have been an ongoing embarrassment to Colorado, I'm hoping the majority of this state has finally had ENOUGH of rule-by-thug and will finally throw her and her band of crimminals OUT.
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