Tuesday, Aug. 12, 2008
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End Of The Rocky Road
After tomorrow, you won't be hearing from any of the CO CDs that hold competitive primaries today, as they're all very safe seats. But despite that, each race has some interesting sub-plots.
-- In CO-02, we said earlier this month that if ex-CO Board of Ed chair Jared Polis (D) and ex-state Sen. Joan Fitz-Gerald (D) started directing their attacks, which they'd saved for each other, at environmentalist Will Shafroth (D), it meant he was making a move. But that hasn't happened. Shafroth can't be counted out, but if the race is between Fitz-Gerald and Polis, Fitz-Gerald's labor and establishment support may be key in turning out the vote.
-- Rep. Doug Lamborn (R-CO 05), like Reps. Steve Cohen (D-TN 09) and David Davis (R-TN 01), earned his seat by garnering a small plurality in an '06 primary. But unlike Cohen, he hasn't been able to completely mend fences from '06. But he also hasn't disappeared like Davis. Will that be enough for him to survive? Many expect it is, simply because a 3-way race almost makes it impossible for him to lose.
-- But while CO-02, CO-05 and CO-06 may be nearing conclusions, today's vote also allows us to focus completely on the state's main event: the fight for Rep. Marilyn Musgrave's (R-CO 04) seat.
Going To Par-nell In A Handbasket
GOPer releases survey that refutes Dem poll that showed Rep. Young (R-AK AL) up. But it's still too close for comfort.
Tuesday, Aug. 12, 2008
Open Seats
ALABAMA 02 (R/MONTGOMERY -- EVERETT)
1. Farming Out Assignments Already?
Both Montgomery Mayor Bobby Bright (D) and state Rep. Jay Love (R) "have been told they will be appointed" to the "crucial" Armed Services and Ag Cmtes "if they win." Dem leaders "already had given" that commitment to Bright, and on 8/11, Min. Leader John Boehner (OH-08) promised those assignments to Love. Boehner: "Jay Love has my full support for a seat on both the House Agriculture and House Armed Services Committees."
Bright "did not give the details" of his discussions with party leadrs, but said he feels "confident" that if elected, he'll "be on whatever committees I need to be on." Bright: "That said, I hope that Congressman Boehner will support my appointment as well. I am running to be a congressman who will work with both sides of the aisle on every issue that is important to the voters of District 2" (Kitchen, Montgomery Advertiser, 8/12).
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