Obama thinks Colorado is a priority
If he didn't already have my vote, he'd have it now. A huge frustration for voters here - especially those of a liberal bent - is our total disenfranchisement. By the time the primaries get to us, the leading candidates for both parties usually have enough votes to win. For that reason, the legislature opted to go back to caucuses a couple years ago - it didn't make sense to spend money on a primary when it meant nothing. We've moved the caucus to Super Tuesday, however, and we're seen as a swing state, hence the following from the Denver Post:
Plouffe said the decision to install Rivera here so soon was made because the campaign believed Obama was strong in Colorado. The campaign has raised more money here than any other Democratic candidate to date.
So far, the campaign has focused its on-the-ground effort in the first primary states of Iowa, New Hampshire, Nevada and South Carolina. Plouffe said the campaign also had installed a manager in California, and was beginning organizational meetings in the other key Feb. 5th states, such as New York.
With more than 20 primaries and caucuses set for Feb. 5, the day will be the closest thing to a national primary ever seen... .
Hillary is leading Obama in Colorado, but among Independents, Obama leads - and that would be significant should Obama win the nomination - we're a swing state because we have so many Independents. I like Hillary and I think she would make a very competent president, but she's a bit too conservative for me. I like Obama's energy, and I just don't think Hillary can win next November - there's just so much hate for her among Republicans (something I don't understand at all). Funny - Jasper Fflorde's latest book starts out with a stupidity surplus due to a government that has failed to do routine stupid things to offset it. It made me think of the Clinton administration - all he did was balance the budget, preside over a vigorous economy and limit our war-mongering to well-meaning if misguided humanitarian interventions. The stupidity surplus theory goes a long way toward explaining the Bush administration.
Plouffe said the decision to install Rivera here so soon was made because the campaign believed Obama was strong in Colorado. The campaign has raised more money here than any other Democratic candidate to date.
So far, the campaign has focused its on-the-ground effort in the first primary states of Iowa, New Hampshire, Nevada and South Carolina. Plouffe said the campaign also had installed a manager in California, and was beginning organizational meetings in the other key Feb. 5th states, such as New York.
With more than 20 primaries and caucuses set for Feb. 5, the day will be the closest thing to a national primary ever seen... .
Hillary is leading Obama in Colorado, but among Independents, Obama leads - and that would be significant should Obama win the nomination - we're a swing state because we have so many Independents. I like Hillary and I think she would make a very competent president, but she's a bit too conservative for me. I like Obama's energy, and I just don't think Hillary can win next November - there's just so much hate for her among Republicans (something I don't understand at all). Funny - Jasper Fflorde's latest book starts out with a stupidity surplus due to a government that has failed to do routine stupid things to offset it. It made me think of the Clinton administration - all he did was balance the budget, preside over a vigorous economy and limit our war-mongering to well-meaning if misguided humanitarian interventions. The stupidity surplus theory goes a long way toward explaining the Bush administration.