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« on: November 03, 2010, 11:04:53 AM »
This guy deserves massive props. He got a lousy opponent thanks to the Tea Party but was still clearly in danger especially being appointed and mostly a no-name prior to that. My hat is off to him.
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« Reply #1 on: November 03, 2010, 12:04:42 PM »
Easily one of the better members of the Senate.
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« Reply #2 on: November 03, 2010, 04:12:14 PM »
FF, and hats off to Colorado - it continues to surprise on the good side.  Absent angst-wave it seems to be trending Dem strongly.
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« Reply #3 on: November 03, 2010, 04:13:29 PM »
Quote from: opebo on November 03, 2010, 04:12:14 PM
FF, and hats off to Colorado - it continues to surprise on the good side.  Absent angst-wave it seems to be trending Dem strongly.

That is the perfect term for what happened last night. Thank you so much for giving me a term I can latch on to. Tongue
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« Reply #4 on: November 03, 2010, 04:22:50 PM »
Quote from: Vice P. Marokai Blue on November 03, 2010, 04:13:29 PM
Quote from: opebo on November 03, 2010, 04:12:14 PM
FF, and hats off to Colorado - it continues to surprise on the good side.  Absent angst-wave it seems to be trending Dem strongly.

That is the perfect term for what happened last night. Thank you so much for giving me a term I can latch on to. Tongue

Haha, yes, that one really seemed a natural to me.  Think of a whole country rising up and vomiting from sheer fear.  Unfortunately it vomited a lot of Republican chunks all over itself, poor dear.
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« Reply #5 on: November 03, 2010, 06:55:37 PM »
He seems to be a great senator. On another note, Bennet and Gillibrand are appointees winning election. Isn't that pretty rare?
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« Reply #6 on: November 03, 2010, 06:57:31 PM »
HP. He votes like a leftist, but talks like a moderate hero. He basically says a version of this all the time, "Look at how moderate and reasonable I am!"
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« Reply #7 on: November 03, 2010, 07:13:32 PM »
Quote from: Senator-elect Extremist (R-Everywhere) on November 03, 2010, 06:55:37 PM
On another note, Bennet and Gillibrand are appointees winning election. Isn't that pretty rare?

In the current Senate, Akaka, Murkowski, Menendez, Barrasso and Wicker were all appointees who went on to win elections in their own right.  But it's more common for appointees to keep the seat warm without ever intending to run for it (e.g. Paul Kirk, Kaufman, LeMieux, Goodwin).
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« Reply #8 on: November 03, 2010, 07:56:15 PM »
Slimy POS.  I like how Boulder County reported last when it was close.
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« Reply #9 on: November 03, 2010, 08:33:19 PM »
Beat Ken Buck. FF.
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« Reply #10 on: November 03, 2010, 08:35:57 PM »
Quote from: wormyguy on November 03, 2010, 07:56:15 PM
Slimy POS.  I like how Boulder County reported last when it was close.

Yup, they totally stole it, obv.
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« Reply #11 on: November 03, 2010, 09:15:18 PM »
He's got guts and pulled out a win, total FF.
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« Reply #12 on: November 03, 2010, 09:49:54 PM »
For a rather liberal but not flame throwing Dem, I like Bennet, a lot, particularly since I suspect the odds are pretty good that he is a distant relative. Smiley

He is a reasonable and serious person, not a sound byte type. I like that.
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« Reply #13 on: November 03, 2010, 11:50:37 PM »
« Edited: November 03, 2010, 11:57:05 PM by Eraserhead »
Colorado is definitely Democratic leaning territory these days, at least at the statewide level. Who'd have thought that could be 10 years ago? If Dems can win a Governorship and a Senate seat in this kind of environment, even with... err... less than stellar opponents, what can't they do?

Also, as a Senator, Bennet is much better than the man he replaced. FF.
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« Reply #14 on: November 03, 2010, 11:53:39 PM »
Ritter got a lot of flack for appointing him. I guess he deserves props. Of course he had a much bigger job than the detractors said, WalterMitty called him a "high school principal", when his job was managing the entire Denver public school system. Not a small task indeed.
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« Reply #15 on: November 04, 2010, 11:20:41 AM »
Another good thing about Colorado; it rejected an anti-Obamacare referendum: http://www.cnn.com/ELECTION/2010/results/individual/#COI02
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« Reply #16 on: November 04, 2010, 12:30:34 PM »
Probably one of the better Senators nowadays.
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« Reply #17 on: November 04, 2010, 02:27:14 PM »
I'm a big fan of his work on Senate procedural reform. Hopefully it goes somewhere.
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« Reply #18 on: November 04, 2010, 03:14:45 PM »
It's weird that a state that came perilously close to electing Tom Tancredo is apparently growing more Democratic.
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« Reply #19 on: November 04, 2010, 03:30:46 PM »
Quote from: Russ Feingold on November 04, 2010, 03:14:45 PM
It's weird that a state that came perilously close to electing Tom Tancredo is apparently growing more Democratic.

It only came close to doing so in the polls. Tancredo's support on Election Day was only 37%. Compared to how Brewer did running on the same issues...
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« Reply #20 on: November 05, 2010, 05:12:07 AM »
Quote from: wormyguy on November 03, 2010, 07:56:15 PM
Slimy POS.  I like how Boulder County reported last when it was close.
Slimy POS.
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« Reply #21 on: November 05, 2010, 06:12:12 AM »
Quote from: Torie on November 03, 2010, 09:49:54 PM
For a rather liberal but not flame throwing Dem, I like Bennet, a lot, particularly since I suspect the odds are pretty good that he is a distant relative. Smiley

He is a reasonable and serious person, not a sound byte type. I like that.

Yup, just like Torie.

Bennet's interest group ratihgs from Project Vote Smart:

Abortion Issues

2009  Senator Bennet supported the interests of NARAL Pro-Choice America 100 percent in 2009


Gun Issues
2010  In 2010 Gun Owners of America - Candidate Ratings gave Senator Bennet a grade of F--.

Liberal

2009  Senator Bennet supported the interests of Americans for Democratic Action 95 percent in 2009.
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« Reply #22 on: November 05, 2010, 09:08:45 AM »
Quote from: I voted for Lizard People. on November 03, 2010, 11:04:53 AM
This guy deserves massive props. He got a lousy opponent thanks to the Tea Party but was still clearly in danger especially being appointed and mostly a no-name prior to that. My hat is off to him.

I agree fully.
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« Reply #23 on: November 05, 2010, 09:13:58 AM »
Bennet 2016? Tongue
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« Reply #24 on: November 05, 2010, 09:38:51 AM »

It could happen, I mean, we could be seeing the next Gary Hart. (Hopefully without an extramarital affair pl0x:P)
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