Can Ken Salazar seriously win in a red leaning Colorado?

[PROGRESSIVE1]

It looks good right now but things do change.

On edit: Repugs fight dirty and in red states, that seems to ruin Democrats easily.

[Eric J in MN]

1. Here is my blog article on the race

http://www.moveleft.com/moveleft_essay_2004_09_30_democrats_may_gain_a_us_senate_seat_from_colorado.asp

[eleanor]

12. Please add ---

Or someone get word to the Salazar campaign (I'm a little busy w/ Kerry and Matsunaka this month!!) --

Anyway, they've made hay w/ Coors' asinine statement that he "didn't know what a common man was" -- well, check out his asinine comments from this past week where he said he wasn't really as up on or informed on things as he should be and that's why he hires people around him to take care of all those details. Remind you of anyone else? Kinda Bushy doncha think?

[coloradodem2005]

13. I will pass that along.

Thank you. :hi:

[DenverDem]

2. Ken WILL WIN.

coors' repulsively negative ads are causing even more blowback on his weak assed candidacy.

We have got to GOTV of the Hispanic vote, and the massive new voter registration numbers are unquestionably there to vote against busholini and his evil cohorts.

[tridim]

3. Salazar is destroying Coors in his campaign ads

I can only speak for Denver, Coors is going to get his ass kicked here. The Salazar-Coors sign ratio is about 50 to 1, just like the Kerry-Bush sign ratio.

[coloradodem2005]

4. It's been done before.

Up until 1994, we had at least one Dem senator. We also had a Democratic governor for 24 years. Dick Lamm for 12 and Roy Romer for 12. I am seeing more moderate to liberal elements in the state come out of the woodwork in places where I wouldn't think to see them. In my area, I see more Kerry Edwards stickers and signs. As well as Salazar signs. There is also a decent contingent of hispanics going for him. Republicans have been going for him. THere is a group called "Republicans for Salazar". I don't think Coors has any Democratic support to speak of. Salazar won his last statewide election by a huge margin in a year that was bad for Democrats. He has also earned a lot of trust statewide and is very well respected on both sides of the fence. If he can't win this race, nobody can.

[PROGRESSIVE1]

6. Good to hear this!

:kick:

[coloradodem2005]

7. Furthermore....

...in 1998, Owens was barely elected over the Democratic opponent. He probably wasn't even 1% higher than her.

[WI_DEM]

5. well didn't dems win governorships in Oklahoma and Wyoming

in 2002--a pretty good year for the GOP? Colorado isn't nearly as red as those states.

[movonne]

9. I am not so sure of winning by repugs, I have a feeling that a lot

of the 2002 elections were rigged... just my thoughts.

[LibDemAlways]

8. If Salazar wins will

Kerry benefit? Will voters cross party lines, voting for Chimp and then for Salazar? Or will a Salazar victory likely mean an electoral win for Kerry?

[politicat]

10. The neo-con takeover of Colorado is recent.

Colorado was a solidly Progressive and Populist state until the mid-late 70s and moderate until the 80's. I hate to make a generalization, but the influx of California Orange County conservatives did damage the progressive model that the state had done so well with. (Considering TABOR and other legal travesties are based on CA law from the same organizations, the parallel is not without merit.)

Here's a list of governors: http://www.colorado.gov/dpa/doit/archives/offic/gov.html; notice that Ds and Ps (Populist) are pretty strong from statehood on.

Also, remember that latter 19th C. Republicans were far more like us than like the current neo-cons. They were the anti-slavery party and the party that supported universal suffrage. (Oh, how they have fallen into error and decrepitude...)

Similar patterns show up in the senate history... http://www.senate.gov/pagelayout/senators/one_item_and_teasers/colorado.htm

I think the metro areas are mobilized and far more Kerry leaning as a whole; the rural areas in the east and west are hopefully voting their economic best interests since * has been so bad for them on fuel prices, crop supports and other ag issues (instead of voting for "The BAAAAY-bies...." ick...) ... so the worries are really the small towns and the suburbs. Let's hope that the walmartization of those areas has hurt enough people and they've connected the dots.

Pcat

[coloradodem2005]

11. You would be surprised at how many Kerry/Edwards and Salazar signs...

...I have seen in my suburban area. More than I ever could have dreamed. Though they are still cause for concern.

[denverbill]

14. Personally I don't know how anyone could vote for Coors.

His 'big idea' is to lower the drinking age to 18, which would result in more teenage drunk driving deaths and crime, but would net him more money. Although I personally wouldn't mind having the age lowered, I think it's pretty crass for a multi-millionaire self-professed family values type to request it, especially when he stands to personally profit from it.

I'm also not quite sure how Jebus feels about boffing twins. But I guess as long as the twins don't touch each other, it's not incest or lesbianism, although it would appear to be either bigamy, adultery, or fornication. But if family values Pete can make a buck by promoting sex with twins, family values can take a back seat.

[Jeff1965]

15. Salazar is pretty moderate

And a known quantity, I know a couple Republicans who will switch party lines and vote for him.

I think he will win, Coors is too far right.