Bill Ritter

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• Poll Watch: Rasmussen Colorado Gubernatorial Survey

  
  race42008.com — Authority: 597
  Rasmussen Colorado Gubernatorial Survey Scott McInnis (R) 47% Ken Salazar (D) 41% Scott McInnis (R) 47% Andrew Romanoff (D) 37% Scott McInnis (R) 45% John Hickenlooper (D) 42% Favorable / Unfavorable {Net} Scott McInnis 60% {52%} (42%) / 26% {33%} (22%) {+34%} John Hickenlooper 57% / 32% ...
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• Are you sitting down? Good -- because Colorado Democrats have a deep bench

  
  The Latest Word — Authority: 597
  By now, the rest of the country knows that Colorado Democrats are either very tired or have fat butts. They must, because they keep talking about benches -- deep ones."The Colorado Democra...
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• Curry says drilling regs likely not a factor in Ritter’s decision not to run again

  
  Colorado Independent — Authority: 611
  State Rep. Kathleen Curry, who recently stunned political observers with her switch from Democrat to Independent, told the Grand Junction Daily Sentinel she doesn’t think Gov. Bill Ritter pushing through environmentally tougher oil and gas drilling regulations last spring led to his decision Wednesday not to seek ...
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• Salazar blasts oil industry while outlining new land-lease reforms

  
  Colorado Independent — Authority: 611
  Interior Secretary Ken Salazar Wednesday once again blasted the oil-and-gas industry for attacking his policies and for abuses committed under previous administrations. The comments came during a conference call in which the Secretary announced new federal leasing reforms for drilling on public lands. ...
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• Colorado Gov. Bill Ritter’s bizarre withdrawal (Something doesn’t smell right)

  
  Stupidica — Authority: 178
  Something doesn’t smell right. Democrat Gov. Bill Ritter gave his press conference yesterday announcing his withdrawal from his re-election bid. By his own admission, his fund-raising had been going swimmingly. The decision took his staff by complete surprise. And the idea that Interior Secretary Ken Salazar wanted ...
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• Wake-Up Call: Democratic Déjà vu all over again

  
  The Latest Word — Authority: 597
  In December 2008, would-be candidates -- a dozen of them, by casual count -- were all counting on Governor Bill Ritter appointing Denver mayor John Hickenlooper to the U.S. Senate seat vacat...
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• The Byron Dorgan Thunderclap (Guest Voice)

  
  The Moderate Voice — Authority: 662
  WASHINGTON — A politically shrewd Senate Democratic staff member chatting about the future of health care negotiations stopped in midsentence late Tuesday afternoon as news flashed across his computer screen. “My God,” he said. “Byron Dorgan is retiring.” It was a thunderclap moment in the politics of ...
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• Gov. Ritter says decision to bow out of re-election “intensely personal” – Denver Post

  
  Memmis.com News Agency — Authority: 175
  Washington Times Gov. Ritter says decision to bow out of re-election "intensely personal" Denver Post Lt. Gov. Barbara OBrien, who also will not campaign this year, stands beside Gov. Bill Ritter during his announcement in the Capitol. (Judy DeHaas, The Denver Post) A confident and visibly relaxed ...
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• Obamas Coattails Cant Stop Democrats Election-Year Retirements

  
  Politics Daily — Authority: 783
  Filed under: Senate , House , Democrats , Republicans , The Capitolist , 2010 Elections , Congress The news of three high-profile Democratic retirements in 24 hours left top party leaders scrambling to put the best face on the impending departures of Sen. Chris Dodd of Connecticut, Sen. Byron Dorgan of North ...
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• Ritter the Quitter

  
  Mockazine — Authority: 119
    Colorados Governor, Bill Ritter, has finally made a decision I agree with.  Mr. Ritter announced today that he will not seek reelection . He says his decision is for the benefit of his family.  Personally, I think it has something to do with his pathetic poll numbers.  Governor Ritter, a good progressive ...
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• Dem’s ‘Black Tuesday’ Official Launch Of 2010 National Political Pastime

  
  Mediaite — Authority: 775
  Anyone out there harboring any hope that this year might herald the end of the nation’s obsession with politics (or at least see it diminished) is now probably out of luck. This of course is thanks to Senator’s Christopher Dodd and Byron Dorgan , and Governor Bill Ritter , all incumbent Democrats, all ...
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• Nightly Ramble Wednesday

  
  BitsBlog — Authority: 139
  Welcome one and all to the most intense nightly read anywhere on the sphere… the BitsBlog Nightly Ramble INTERESTING PASSAGE: The guy who shot up the Holocaust Museum a few months ago, has died in prison. NIGERIA LAUGHER: Nigeria is now screaming that the new air rules are going to cause problems for ...
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• Bill Ritters withdrawal means Dems lose a little momentum, says party boss Pat Waak

  
  The Latest Word — Authority: 597
  Surprise: Colorado Democratic Party chair Pat Waaks take on Governor Bill Ritters decision not to run for reelection is considerably different from the one offered earlier today by her Re...
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• Retiring Colorado gov: 2010 race was absolutely winnable

  
  CNN Political Ticker — Authority: 802
  Embedded video from CNN Video (CNN) - Saying the decision was "in the best interest of my family," Colorado Gov. Bill Ritter officially announced Wednesday that he will not seek a second term in 2010. "Over the last years and particularly in this last year, I have attemped to balance many roles in my life," he ...
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• Perlmutter calls Ritter decision ‘nightmare for Republican Party’

  
  Colorado Independent — Authority: 611
  U.S. Rep. Ed Perlmutter, mentioned early and often as a potential Democratic replacement for Gov. Bill Ritter — who announced Wednesday morning he won’t seek a second term — issued the following statement calling the development “a nightmare for the Republican Party” and leaving his options open: ...
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• Colorado Governor Will Not Run Again – New York Times

  
  Memmis.com News Agency — Authority: 175
  Boston Globe Colorado Governor Will Not Run Again New York Times DENVER — Gov. Bill Ritter Jr. of Colorado, whose election in 2006 was hailed by Democrats as a threshold moment of renaissance for their party in a region where Republicans had long ruled the roost, said on Wednesday that he would ...
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• Trip’s morning reading: Afternoon edition

  
  New Mexico Independent — Authority: 572
  Colorado Gov. Bill Ritter will announce today that he is withdrawing from the 2010 race for governor, according to the Denver Post. The governor’s decision has caught many by surprise in Denver and sent Democrats in the state scrambling to find someone to replace Ritter on the ticket, the paper reports. U.S. ...
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• Dodd Confirms Retirement Rumors

  
  Truthdig: Drilling Beneath the Headlines — Authority: 715
  Connecticut Senator Chris Dodd announced Wednesday that he won’t be seeking reelection this November, making him the third high-profile Democrat to talk retirement in just one 24-hour news cycle. Despite Democrats’ worries about the 2010 elections, though, Dodd’s potential replacement from his party may have a ...
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• Ritter cites family reasons in not seeking re-election

  
  Colorado Independent — Authority: 611
  DENVER — Gov. Bill Ritter confirmed an hour ago that he will not seek re-election this year. Addressing reports that stretched across the national political mediasphere last night and this morning, the governor told the crowd packed into the west lobby of the Capitol that he was seeking to re-establish the balance ...
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• Bill Ritter, Scott McInnis and Ken Salazars statements: Spin-a-go-go!

  
  The Latest Word — Authority: 597
  In the wake of Bill Ritters announcement this morning that he wont seek reelection as governor, the spin merchants have been earning their keep.For instance, Ken Salazar, thought to be ...
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