CO-Project New America/Keating Research (D): Obama up 4

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Two counties in Colorado will decide the state which way it'll sway, Jefferson and Arapahoe counties.  They are going to be nail bitters on election night.

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CO had a crappy scandal against Ken Buck running for senate on his remarks with women which got rid of his lead before the final days of election. He was neck and neck with Michael Bennet.

Scott McInnis plagerized an article from a 20 year old Hasan Family Foundation which made him drop out of the race for the GOP.  He was ahead in the polls running as governor in 2010 before dropping out.  Also Tom Tancredo was running as a 3rd party candidate against Hickenlooper and Dan Maes with a couple months too late.  He didn't get enough recognition and votes.

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This solidifies my point of two counties in CO that decide the states sway.

http://www.denverpost.com/politics/ci_20775291/neighborhood-taps-into-nations-pulse

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Hispanics can't help themselves for voting Obama a 2nd time when their unemployment jumps to 11%.

http://www.usatoday.com/news/politics/story/2012-06-03/hispanic-voters-unemployment/55367198/1

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Hispanics can't help themselves for voting Obama a 2nd time when their unemployment jumps to 11%.

http://www.usatoday.com/news/politics/story/2012-06-03/hispanic-voters-unemployment/55367198/1

It's better than what the Republicans would do to them.

I'm calling that BS.

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Hispanics can't help themselves for voting Obama a 2nd time when their unemployment jumps to 11%.

http://www.usatoday.com/news/politics/story/2012-06-03/hispanic-voters-unemployment/55367198/1

It's better than what the Republicans would do to them.

I'm calling that BS.

As opposed to Republicans who want to racially profile them and pull them over and check their citizenship? Look at Gallup's numbers. Obama's approval rating among Hispanics is around 52-53% but he is getting about 65% of their votes. If the same thing happened with the overall electorate, Obama would have 58-59% of the vote with his 46% approval ratings. Hispanics are starting to vote in large numbers for the Democrats due to what the Republicans have done towards them or said about them. In 2004 about 40-44% of Hispanics voted for the Republicans. Which is probably the same as whites if you control for income. But the Republicans decided to go for the xenophobe vote. That's what they chose and shouldn't complain when Hispanics and other immigrants don't vote for them.

Obama has no record to run on to sway the Hispanic vote anymore.  He's trying to get them to vote for more smoke and mirrors by doing the same thing in his 2nd term and expect different results. Clearly, I don't buy that.  Would you rather profile someone regardless of color or have more illegal turnouts that vote Democrats?

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5k non-citizens according to 2010 election for CO, and about 12k who were registered.  It may not be alot, but it's happening here.

http://thehill.com/homenews/house/153079-gop-says-5000-non-citizens-voting-in-colorado-a-wake-up-call-for-states

Also, most likely areas concerned for voter fraud.
http://www.coloradopeakpolitics.com/diary/1064/finding-voter-fraud-8-suspect-counties-in-colorado