Congresswoman Marilyn Musgrave

Suicide is painless A few weeks ago we talked about how, in 1963, Buddhist monk Thich Quang Duc captured the attention of Vietnam– and that of many in America– by killing himself, the method a very public self-immolation. I know Republican members of Congress, both those experiencing their last days at the public trough like Ric Keller and Robin Hayes, and those who have been left behind and feel the noose tightening– how many more fundraising days before November, 2010?– are down in the...Read Full Story

Denver Mayor John Hickenlooper is in the driver's seat for the governorship.  As everyone knows by now, a plagairism scandal knocked out the strongest challenger from the GOP, Scott McIniss.  Dan Maes wound up winning the GOP primary, whereupon perennial candidate, Tom Tancredo, jumped into the race on the American Constitution Party (ACP) ticket. Tancredo is polling in the mid-30's, Dan Maes in the high-teens.  Hickenlooper is in the mid-40's.  The only scenario whereby Hickenlooper might...Read Full Story

Hat tip to new Rocky Mountain Alliance Member Night Twister on this one.According to U.S. House Representative Marilyn Musgrave’s (CO-4) website, she plans to lead the fight to override President Bush’s veto of the the recent Farm Bill. The bill passed, but there appears to be a technical issue that will require a new vote by both the House and the Senate, then another override by both Chambers.Rep. Musgrave champions the provisions for food stamps and food banks.There will be many more...Read Full Story

An internal GOP memo has leaked listing the GOP candidates for House of Representatives that are likely to lose.  Promptly dubbed the "death list," it may be seen here.  Local Congresswoman Marilyn Musgrave appears headed for defeat, along with a few dozen others.  The list is so long you have to go full screen to get the names big enough to read. In one weird way, it reminds me of the leak of the Nixon "enemies list" of 35 years ago.  Many politicians have such a list, but they keep it in...Read Full Story

Former Congresswoman Marilyn Musgrave:  "It's certainly not easy to lose your seat in Congress. And harder still to be true to your values as I have been, but the radical homosexual lobby, abortionists, gun-grabbers and all the rest of the extremists finally spent enough money, spread enough lies and fooled enough voters to defeat me." I always thought that one good thing about losing an election is that, when the press asked for your reaction, you could say, "The people have spoken, the b...Read Full Story