CO Sen. Poll - Romanoff the More Electable Candidate

[liskddksil]

Jane Norton(R) 51%
Michael Bennet(D) 37%

Jane Norton(R) 45%
Andrew Romanoff(D) 38%

http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/elections2/election_2010/election_2010_senate_elections/colorado/election_2010_colorado_senate

[WI_DEM]

1. Who is Romanoff?

[liskddksil]

5. Former Speaker of the Colorado State House

who is running a primary challenge against Michael Bennett.

[WI_DEM]

11. Hopefully he'll win the primary.

[CanonRay]

7. He's the guy who should have got the job

when Gov. Ritter gave it to the unknown Bennett. We were all pissed. Andrew is a terrific person.

[ellenfl]

2. after doing a little research on scott rasmussen,

i don't trust his polls. he seems to be a died-in-the-wool rightie and, imo, is not impartial. also, he's a columnist at worldnetdaily and the wsj. what does nate silver say?

ellen fl

[grantcart]

3. also he uses robo calls exclusively

[MisterP]

4. don't be silly, "electable" doesn't mean "has better chances of winning," but "is more conservative"

because the conservadems have redefined the word in accordance with their theories
just as "democratic country" means "agrees with the CIA," not "the party with more votes gets into power" (see: Ukraine, Palestine, Chile)

[liskddksil]

6. Well Andrew Romanoff is definately not a conservadem

He is running, without taking corporate PAC money. Michael Bennett, however, did joing Evan Bayh's gang of conservadems back in February. He also voted against the "cram-down" aspect of the housing legislation.

[MisterP]

9. that's why I donate Romanoff (even though I'm underemployed and focusing on House races)

just commenting on the conservadems' Orwellian perspective (how they say that anyone against the war or for Medicare for All is "a third of a third," or "lunatic fringe")

[liskddksil]

10. Agree

[cali]

8. Norton is awful

Political positions

According to her website, Norton's stances on several political issues are as follows:<6>
Economy

* Opposes President Obama's stimulus package
* Opposes earmarks
* Supports government that includes lower taxes, a balanced budget, reduced national debt and regulatory reform

Health care

* Oppose government-run health care
* Supports tort reform

Climate change

* Opposes cap and trade
* Supports alternative energy

Social issues

* Supports U.S. Supreme Court justice nominees who are strict constructionists
* Supports pro-life causes
* Against same sex marriage
* Against gun control
* Against amnesty for illegal immigrants

[Krashkopf]

12. Obama and "Big Money" Dems should STAY THE HECK OUT of our Primary!!!

Romanoff is very popular in Colorado, and he would beat Bennet handily in fair primary election. But Bennet, a corporatist (he made millions working as an aide for gazillionaire Phil Anschutz), who was appointed by Gov. Ridder to fill Ken Salazar's seat, has now been "annointed" by the Democratic estabishment to be the Democratic candidate in the fall.

Bennet, has raised over $3 million (in mostly Corporate, out-of-state, contributions) compared to Romanoff, who refuses to take Corporate contributions, and who has raised about $750,000 mostly from individual Coloradoans.

I sent an e-mail to Pat Waak, our State Democratic Chair, and told her to tell President Obama . . . I JUST GOT A BENNET ROBO CALL AS I WAS TYPING THIS! . . . and the rest of the "big money" to stay out of our primary and to let US decide who we want to represent us in the fall!