Colorado Democrats Finally Outregister GOP

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Denver Post columnist Fred Brown writes:

Despite their president's many problems, despite the angry town hall meetings, the poisonous partisanship in Congress, the Tea Party movement and the "birther" billboards, Democrats continue to gain numbers in Colorado.

Since August, in fact - the month of those town hall near-riots - Colorado Democrats have managed to gain slightly each month. There are currently about 10,000 more of them than Republicans.

That's not much of an edge, only a fraction of a percentage point. In raw numbers, Colorado remains incredibly evenly divided. Each of the two major parties has slightly more than 1 million registered voters, and there are about the same number of unaffiliated voters.

In such an evenly split political environment, candidates are wise to avoid the "wedge" issues. Strong positions on abortion, immigration, guns and gay marriage might fire up the fervid bases, right and left, but they turn off the moderate middle.

The GOP's leading gubernatorial candidate, Scott McInnis, has disappointed some of the fringier Republicans by already shying away from those divisive issues, but he's smart to do so...

http://www.coloradopols.com/diary/11045/colorado-democrats-finally-outregister-gop

[27inCali]

1. remove the word "despite" at the beginning

and replace with the words "because of"

haha

[Kdillard]

2. excellent news.

[otohara]

3. Yeah But ... Latest Polls on Senate Seat 2010

show Jane Norton beating both Bennett and Romanoff