BREAKING NEWS: Gov. Bill Ritter (D) of CO
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Billy the Great Khan
Uwaa OmO
We're getting a new gov ourselves, hopefully. Mike Cox for MI gov!
sometimes, people just get sick of shit 
Hickenlooper is popular... in Denver. I'm wondering who will run, seriously. Just a week ago Ritter was revving up for the campaign on talk radio, this is VERY sudden and leaves them in a weaker position. Ritter was likely going to lose a close race, now it may not even be close...
Right....sometimes, people just get sick of shit
This one is just about as sudden as Palin's resignation was. And it makes about as much sense.
Minister of Truth
Practically Perfect
Now Ritter and Palin are positioned to run against each other for President!!
Minister of Truth
Practically Perfect
Naw, just State.
Cancel 2016.2
The Almighty
the reason is he knew he couldn't win
Once again, I think SF is correct on this one:
"Like many Democrats nationwide these days, Colorado Governor Bill Ritter who was easily elected in 2006 finds himself trailing his chief Republican opponent in a potential 2010 match-up.
A new Rasmussen Reports telephone survey in the state shows former GOP Congressman Scott McInnis ahead of Ritter 48% to 40%. Four percent (4%) like some other candidate, and seven percent (7%) are undecided."
More at link: http://www.rasmussenreports.com/pub...lorado/election_2010_colorado_governor_s_race
"Like many Democrats nationwide these days, Colorado Governor Bill Ritter who was easily elected in 2006 finds himself trailing his chief Republican opponent in a potential 2010 match-up.
A new Rasmussen Reports telephone survey in the state shows former GOP Congressman Scott McInnis ahead of Ritter 48% to 40%. Four percent (4%) like some other candidate, and seven percent (7%) are undecided."
More at link: http://www.rasmussenreports.com/pub...lorado/election_2010_colorado_governor_s_race
PostmodernProphet
fully immersed in faith..
the lead Democratic candidate (Lt. Gov Cherry) has dropped out of the race citing failure to get campaign contributions......interesting that a Democrat can't get funds in Michigan to run for governor....
http://hubpages.com/hub/Michigan-Governors-Race-2010
also heard today that Dodd is retiring.....
Yeah, he should have just used the failed terror attack as a fund-raising tool like some other Michigan politician running for governor that shall remain nameless.
I can't see that. Polls were showing he was down by single digits in the polls, that certainly isn't insurmountable. Something is up, and we'll likely never find out what it is.
I'm thinking it might have to do with the Federal investigation into the whole Voorhis issue.
After watching the news conference after the official announcement, I suspect that he was having an affair with Villafuerte as well as having problems with the investigation into the Voorhis issue and her subsequent withdrawal from consideration for US Attorney.
But I am basing this off of watching his wife Jeanie react to questions into the Voorhis issue and the fact that the only staffer not present at the conference was Stephanie. He was cheerful and comfortable answering questions about the poll numbers, he became visibly different when the one question about Voorhis was asked, he gave a monosyllabic answer, his wife looked fit to kill, and then he avoided any unfriendly press thereafter.
Mott the Hoople
Sweet Jane
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The Almighty
LOL... that figures.
We just might... in fact it is a veritable probability now that Tancredo is in the race with Maes and Hick.
I guess you'll be laughing.
FUCK THE POLICE
911 EVERY DAY
I think support is going to solidify around one candidate or the other as the election approaches. Tancredo has definitely complicated things, though. Even if he just gets 5%, that's still going to work heavily in Hickenlooper's favor.
It seems the Republicans are having a lot of problems with their heavily radicalized base, who are beginning to go so off-kilter that they refuse to vote for anyone electable by the majority. Democrats are generally happy with their candidates and STFU and accept it if they're not. Republicans don't take shit. Much like how in many countries the presence of strong Communist parties meant the left could never govern.
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