"Favorability ratings for President Barack Obama and Sen. Mark Udall in Colorado have fallen beneath 50 percent in a new poll out this morning.

A survey from Raleigh, N.C.-based Public Policy Polling found 49 percent of Colorado voters approved of Obama's performance, compared to 41 percent who dissented. Udall found support from 41 percent of respondents, with 46 percent disapproving of his first three months in the U.S. Senate."

"Colorado’s two Democratic U.S. senators, Mark Udall and Michael Bennet, have joined a new club comprised of the new moderates.

The Moderate Dems Working Group hopes to figure prominently in negotiations over the government’s role in stimulating the economy, but it has already become a target of the Democratic Party’s left wing. Rachel Maddow, the popular MSNBC television host, has dubbed Udall and Bennet part of the “conservadems” movement. But Udall and Bennet say they are trying to be brokers for Obama by getting Republican support."

"Does Senator Mark Udall read The American Contrarian?

One almost might think so, judging from the way the freshman senator is hurriedly distancing himself from the practice of earmarking, in the wake of this blog's connecting of dots between him and the next big lobbying scandal brewing in Washington, focused on the currently-under-investigation PMA Group. The firm has strong ties to Democrats, especially Pennsylvania Rep. John Murtha -- one of the House's most prodigious porkers -- but it spread money around to Republicans as well (including local Rep. Doug Lamborn)."

"...So, in the interest of fairness (and because it’s so rare), I want to take this opportunity to thank and congratulate Senator Udall for co-sponsoring, with Senator Claire McCaskill (D-MO), Senate Resolution 63..."

"The latest focus of investigators trying to untangle the pay-for-pork racket on Capitol Hill, and determine if any criminality is involved, is the lobbying shop PMA Group, which has strong ties to notorious Pennsylvania porker John Murtha but also spread around a lot of money to a bipartisan list of other members of Congress, including local Rep. Doug Lamborn and now-senator Mark Udall."

"In case you were looking for the first vote that split U.S. Sens. Mark Udall, D-Colo., and Michael Bennet, D-Colo., it occurred late Friday night.

According to GovTrack, Udall and Bennet split over an amendment that would have temporarily raised the personal capital loss tax dedication.

Bennet voted against the provision. Udall voted for it."

"Previously I have been impressed with Mark Udall, now Senator for Colorado. As Congressman, he voted against the earlier bailout. Now that the Democrats are in charge, he's all for the new bailout. Apparently he's more interested in playing the role of Partisan Puke than in defending the rights of his Colorado constituents."

"Dear Senators Udall and Bennett,

I am contacting you to urge you in the strongest possible way to oppose the current "stimulus" bill or anything vaguely resembling it.

The bill will not stimulate the economy. It will saddle my 3-year old daughter and 1-year old son with an even higher mountain of debt for the rest of their lives"...read the rest on Rossputin.com

"Forty-four-year-old Michael Bennet is the youngest member of the U.S. Senate. Coupled with Colorado’s other new senator, Mark Udall, “you might say, the state of Colorado has two junior senators,” writes The Caucus, a New York Times blog."

"By imposing a willing seller requirement on the Army, Mark Udall and company have made the land priceless. My guess is that the Army will end up paying $3,000 an acre for land they should have been able to get for one tenth that amount.

Care to bet that the GAO won’t be so picky about the trillion dollar giveaway this year?

But, our new anti-war Senator doesn't want the Army to have the land until they explain to his satisfaction why they need it."

"He’s now officially Senator Mark Udall. The Democrat, who was often labeled “Boulder liberal” during his campaign, was greeted by an old friend yesterday in D.C., Republican Senator John McCain from Arizona, who knew Udall’s dad, Morris K. Udall, when he was a congressman in that state. That’s according to the Rocky Mountain News, which noted the changing of the political guard yesterday on Capitol Hill."

"For the most part, Colorado Public Radio's recent conversation with Wayne Allard doesn't exactly qualify as scintillating: big surprise. But Mike Saccone of Grand Junction's Daily Sentinel, whose "Political Notebook" feature qualifies as one of the better political blogs in the state, zeroed in on some of his more telling comments. At one point, Allard said that he wound up on a 2006 Time list of the nation's worst legislators because he tends not to make a big deal about his victories.

Jay Marvin blasted Senator-elect Mark Udall in a blog post dated December 6th, 2008. Less than 36 hours later, the blog post was removed. Here's the text.

"Even before the election I dropped hints on the air I wasn’t happy with Congressman, now Senator elect Mark Udall.

So what’s the beef?

When I first got to AM760 most progressive pols ignored my show. The only two who would give of their time were Mark Udall and Bill Ritter, who later went on to be Governor."