President: We hope Obama runs his White House as efficiently as he ran his campaign. Truly, he left no stone unturned, and his army of volunteers etc. was impressive and overwhelming. Still, we can’t help but feel the irony that the economy was what pushed him to victory, and yet we here at CompleteColorado.com are among those who believe that the underlying economic problem was Democrat created. Nevertheless, to a degree, Republicans (of which this author is among) had this coming.
Colorado’s Congressional Delegation: Few surprises here except for Markey upsetting Musgrave, and, like above, Republicans, especially Musgrave had this coming. I was shocked to see this TV ad.
Musgrave’s campaign had been extremely nasty. Markey, like other dems, was helped by the rising tide that lifted all boats.
The rising tide also helped Udall, but Schaffer’s campaign never seemed to get traction. In truth, it seemed as though Udall was running as an incumbent. During the summer, the NIST plutonium spill scandal broke loose, and Udall siezed the moment to look, well, Senatorial.
BALLOT INITIATIVES: Voters were in a “no” state-of-mind, which lends credibility to those Republicans/Conservatives/Libertarians who claim that this election was anti-Republican, and not necessarily a mandate for the Democrat’s agenda.
As of this publishing, Amendment 46 is still undecided, but would need a swell of votes to persevere. However, consider the opening lines to Obama’s acceptance speech last night…
If there is anyone out there who still doubts that America is a place where all things are possible, who still wonders if the dream of our founders is alive in our time, who still questions the power of our democracy, tonight is your answer.
Again, we’d find it slightly sad and somewhat ironic that on the same night the first black President of the United States can make a statement like this, it appears as though the people of Colorado have decided to continue on with Government-mandated preferences.
Perhaps the strangest and least-predicted result of the night was the loss of Amendments 58 and 59. With such a dramatic turnout, how did Ritter and Romanoff lose these two questions? Perhaps Coloradoans aren’t as crazy to “go green” as our Governor is, and also are more committed to the preservation of TABOR than Romanoff surmised. Also, how were the polls so wrong? For weeks leading up to the election, 58 was polling well, and 59 had one of the broadest coalitions possible! It just goes to prove the old maxim in ballot politics that you need to be polling 70% in your favor because the “undecided” vote will break hard for “no.” The defeat of these two amendments points to the liklihood of a gridlocked general assembly and a floundering Governor coming this January.
