via SoapBlox Colorad: Bill Winter will be on the Majority Report next week.
The CD-6 candidate (You know, the guy running against Mad Tom Tancredo?) will be on the Air America program the Majority Report, in an interview hosted by Markos Moulitsas of Daily Kos, as part of the “Fighting Dems” segment.
The segment is about veterans running as Democrats for congress, and Winter, having served in the Navy and Marine Reserves, should be a perfect fit.
The exact time listed for the interview is 7:34 p.m (EST) on Air America radio, this Tuesday. The best bet would probably be AAR’s live internet stream, because I’m not sure AM 760 will carry the show on time.
AM760 carries the Majority Report on a tape delay, so you will need to listen to the Majority Report either on XM or via their internet stream if you want to listen live.
Here is an example of why it’s not a good idea to keep telling people, “look out for anything suspicious while you are flying.”:
A Frontier Airlines passenger on a flight from Denver who had a notebook that contained the words “suicide bomber” was taken into custody Wednesday and questioned for several hours before being released to his family, police said.
The suspect, identified only as a 36-year-old male residing in Santa Cruz County, got the attention of a fellow passenger after writing in a journal that had the words “suicide bomber” handwritten on the front, authorities from the San Jose Police Department and the FBI said. He was also clutching a backpack in what the fellow passenger regarded as a suspicious manner.
The entire concept of reporting suspicious behavior is making people paranoid. Now, if you are eccentric, you have a good chance of having to explain to law enforcement why you aren’t a terrorist. Does anyone think this is a good thing?
ColoradoPols had the info first, and the Rocky Mountain News picked it up not long after: Colorado Representative Andrew Romanoff will not run for Governor:
In what was the worst-kept secret of 2006, The Rocky Mountain News reported today what Colorado Pols readers have known for several days: Speaker of the House Andrew Romanoff will not run for governor. From the News:
“Andrew Romanoff, Colorado’s soft-spoken but strong-willed Speaker of the House, is going to keep his day job. Romanoff said Wednesday he will not be a Democratic candidate for governor, endorsing instead former Denver District Attorney Bill Ritter.”
This actually shouldn’t be a surprise at all. Romanoff has been very consistent at saying that he will not run. Any of us who listen to the Jay Marvin show on a regular basis have heard Romanoff state multiple times that he wasn’t going to throw his hat in the ring. And even Romanoff’s teaser - that he hadn’t made a final decision - was delivered in a manner that strongly hinted that he wasn’t going to run.
This has to be a big boon to Bill Ritter. Romanoff leaving the race makes the primary a little easier, of course. But even bigger is Romanoff’s endorsement. Romanoff demands a lot of respect by state Democratic voters, and has proven with Referendum C that he can mobilize and motivate voters. All of a sudden, Ritter looks to be a much, much stronger candidate.
Now he just needs Mayor Hickenlooper to follow Romanoff’s lead.
It looks like the Colorado state Republican party is starting to split due to pressure fromthe party’s ultra-conservative members:
…On Dec. 21, Larson abruptly withdrew from the 6th District state Senate race against incumbent Jim Isgar, D-Hesperus. Fallout from Larson’s departure has rippled through Colorado political circles. A Larson victory was widely considered the party’s best chance of reversing the Democrats’ 18-17 margin in the state Senate.
Again Wednesday, Larson accused hard-line right wingers of purging party moderates, even if it means losing races. Another La Plata County Republican, former U.S. Sen. Ben Nighthorse Campbell of Ignacio, echoed Larson’s criticism. On Tuesday, he flatly ruled out a run for governor on the GOP ticket, citing the “absolute obedience” demanded by powerful conservatives.
ColoradoPols.com has more articles following the story and showing the larger picture of the chasm growing in the Republican party. It isn’t going to take much for moderates to be completely disenfranchised from the Republican party. And that can only mean good things for the Democrats.
