David Hill of Hill Research Consultants, a center-right public opinion research firm, had good news for Republican U.S. Senate candidate Bob Schaffer Friday as Hill released the results of his firm's latest poll showing Schaffer is gaining ground on Democrat rival Mark Udall.
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12/8: Jay Marvin lashes out at Mark Udall
Radio host Jay Marvin has some strong words for U.S. Senator-elect Mark Udall. Well, he did until he pulled them back.
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Slideshow: It's official, it's an Obama-nation
A Face the State Staff Report
November 5, 2008Democrats and their supporters gathered last night at Denver's downtown Sheraton Hotel to celebrate the turning of Colorado from a purple state into solid blue.
Slideshow: Romney in CO stumping for Schaffer
A Face the State Staff Report
November 3, 2008Former Mass. Gov. Mitt Romney was in Centennial Saturday to stump for Republican candidate for U.S. Senate Bob Schaffer. Face The State was there to capture the action in the final days before the 2008 general election.
Political cartoon for 10/31: Scary stuff, indeed
Face The State Humor
October 31, 2008Face The State cartoonist Milton knows what a scary Halloween costume really looks like.
FTS Humor: Time to change the channel
Face The State Humor
October 30, 2008By Andrew Ripemoff
It’s been an incredibly exciting campaign season, and today, we look back at all the hot button people and issues making news this election cycle. I’m talking about things like "Joe the Plumber," "Jeremiah Wright," and the $700 billion Wall Street bailout which, coincidentally, is the same amount Mark Udall has spent trying to tear down Bob Schaffer.
FTS Weekend Edition, 10/25
On this week's Face The State Weekend Edition: The week that was in Colorado news, with a focus on judicial retention elections and local government. The Independence Institute's Linda Gorman disagrees with CU's new push toward standardized testing, and Paul Jacob comes out against Referendum O. The Associated Press can't count, and Colorado's 4th CD is home to one of America's most hotly contested U.S. House races.
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Schaffer closes gap in U.S. Senate race
October 21, 2008Slideshow: Schaffer, Udall supporters rally before Channel 7 debate
A Face the State Staff Report
October 17, 2008
Republican and Democrats went toe-to-toe Thursday for pre-debate rally to show their support for U.S. Senate hopefuls Bob Schaffer and Mark Udall in front of the Channel 7 studios in downtown Denver. Both campaigns encouraged supporters to come downtown and wave signs at passersby before the two candidates debated in the KMGH studios on Speer Boulevard.
Bob Schaffer and the real CNMI story
FTS Opinion
October 6, 2008
By Ross Kaminsky
Kaminsky takes a closer look at a fact-finding trip U.S. Senate candidate Bob Schaffer took to the Northern Marianas Islands (“CNMI”) in 1999. He says Allen Stayman, a Democrat Senate staffer, tried to create a "media circus" around the trip to taint Schaffer's record on human rights.
FTS Humor: My Name is Mark Udall, and I'm an Elkaholic
Face The State Humor
October 5, 2008By Andrew Ripemoff
Let’s say you are an elk, (work with me here people), and not only are you an elk, but you’re a responsible, conscientious citizen elk, who is currently undecided about the U.S. Senate race and the various ballot issues upcoming here in your native state...
Latest Udall-Schaffer polling shows tight race
September 25, 2008
Three national polls released over the past week show that the contest to replace retiring U.S. Sen. Wayne Allard remains tight.
Udall's wife harbored animus to Animas-La Plata project
A Face the State Staff Report
September 24, 2008U.S. Senate candidate Mark Udall’s wife, Maggie Fox, fought long and hard as a prominent environmental attorney to block a multi-million dollar project to satisfy water rights in southwestern Colorado. It's the same project the candidate now says he supports.
Schaffer tells WSJ editorial board to drill, baby, drill
September 20, 2008
In a video interview with the Wall Street Journal this week, Republican U.S. Senate candidate Bob Schaffer did not shy away from the "Big Oil Bob" moniker ordained by his opposition. Instead, he advocated off-shore drilling to help achieve energy independence and to help American consumers at the pump.
9/19: Campaign 'reform' ushers in big money
Who’s really campaigning for your vote? The candidates on the ballot, or the shadowy groups bombarding your mailbox?
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Udall, Schaffer debate on YouTube
A Face the State Staff Report
September 11, 2008
In a forum only the information age could produce, U.S. Senate hopefuls Mark Udall and Bob Schaffer took questions submitted by the public and answered them via YouTube.
Bush aside, new poll numbers bode well for conservatives
August 21, 2008Voters Express Concern About Media Bias
On the eve of the Democratic National Convention coming to Denver, new national poll numbers show Republican candidates and conservative causes being met by a broad base of public support.
According to an August 13th Rasmussen Reports survey of 700 likely Colorado voters, presumed Republican presidential nominee John McCain edged Democrat Barack Obama 47 to 45 percent.
Yes, Virginia, there really is a $4 gas effect
August 19, 2008As Beltway politicos and Arlington aristocrats pack their bags for this month's Democratic National Convention in Denver, a shifting political tide will likely stand ready to great them upon arrival. And no, it has nothing to do with sham DNC-sold carbon credits.
Slideshow: Thursday's U.S. Senate debate
August 14, 2008Candidates for U.S. Senate met Thursday at the KBDI Channel 12 studios in Denver for a debate co-sponsored with CBS4 and the Rocky Mountain News.
As Jefferson County Votes (and union money pours in), so goes the state
August 5, 2008In an interesting front-page Denver Post feature today, reporter Michael Riley focuses on how Jefferson County, the state's second most populous county, decides elections right almost every time.
FTS on "Mornings with Keith & Gail": A busy week in Colorado politics
August 5, 2008FTS managing editor Brad Jones visits with 600 KCOL morning team Keith and Gail with an update on DNC carbon credits and the Wray wind turbine, Udall's broken campaign promise, and the influence of bloggers at this year's party conventions.
"The Buzz" on Newstalk 1310 KFKA, 8/4 - Mark Udall's day off
August 4, 2008Face The State managing editor Brad Jones talks with Newstalk 1310 KFKA's Amy Oliver about the left's "love palace" in downtown Denver, and U.S. Senate candidate Mark Udall's broken campaign pledge.
Udall-Schaffer Reps Duke It Out in Press Over Recess Vote
A Face the State Staff Report
August 4, 2008The James Carville of Colorado’s Republican Party is at it again. Dick Wadhams, spokesman for Republican Senate candidate Bob Schaffer, capitalized on a huge mistake by Democrat candidate Mark Udall last week. Now Udall's camp is fighting mad.
Political Cartoon for 8/1: Mark Udall's Day Off
Face The State Humor
August 1, 2008At a debate taped last Friday, Democrat candidate for U.S. Senate, Mark Udall, promised to vote against a motion to adjourn the U.S. House of Representatives until the that body passed a federal energy bill. Udall missed the vote. Perhaps he's been watching too many John Hughes films?
FTS Humor: A day at the pump
Face The State Humor
July 31, 2008By Andrew Ripemoff
"This pump here is what we call the oil shale pump. You see, we have 800 billion barrels of oil in Western Colorado that we could be using. But since Mark Udall blocks leases and development at the Naval Oil Shale Reserve near Rifle, oil companies can’t extract it. This raises the price of gas."
7/29: Lazy journalism
A recent newspaper report about Colorado’s U.S. Senate race is predicated on nothing more than, that’s right, some opinion posted on the Internet.
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The week in Colorado news: More trouble at RTD, Colorado gone "purple," and Ritter's record
Face The State's Kate Melvin joins FTS managing editor Brad Jones for a look at the week that was in Colorado news, including the trouble with RTD's FasTracks initiative, Colorado's changing political demographics, and Floyd Ciruli's take on Gov. Bill Ritter's first year and a half in office.
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