CO-PPP: Final poll shows Bennet and Norton slightly ahead in primaries

[Tender Branson]

DEMs:

Bennet: 49%
Romanoff: 43%

GOP:

Norton: 45%
Buck: 43%

PPP surveyed 448 likely Colorado Democratic primary voters, with a margin of error of +/- 4.6%, and 767 likely Republican primary voters, with a margin of error of +/- 3.5%, from August 7th to 8th. Other factors, such as refusal to be interviewed and weighting, may introduce additional error that is more difficult to quantify.

http://www.publicpolicypolling.com/pdf/PPP_Release_CO_809807.pdf

[Oakvale]

Which of the Republicans is the obligatory teabagger candidate?

[SvenssonRS]

Which of the Republicans is the obligatory teabagger candidate?

Neither. Norton's a McConnell clone and Buck is on record as calling the Tea Party 'dumbasses.'

[Oakvale]

Which of the Republicans is the obligatory teabagger candidate?

Neither. Norton's a McConnell clone and Buck is on record as calling the Tea Party 'dumbasses.'

Huh, really? That's unusual for this cycle.

[tpfkaw]

Buck is the more conservative - and also the more sensible. He's a non-interventionist.

[Brittain33]

I thought Buck was a Teabagger, but he got caught on a live microphone complaining about birthers. That's just one tenet of teabaggery and not an essential one.

[tmthforu94]

This is exactly what I was hoping for.

[Vepres]

Nice! Both will be nailbiters

[redcommander]

Norton has a great chance at winning now.

[SvenssonRS]

Norton has a great chance at winning now.

Actually, she doesn't. That lead is easily surmountable, and thank God it is. The last thing we need in the Senate is more McConnells.

[Southern Senator North Carolina Yankee]

Norton has a great chance at winning now.

Actually, she doesn't. That lead is easily surmountable, and thank God it is. The last thing we need in the Senate is more McConnells.

Which of the Republicans is the obligatory teabagger candidate?

Neither. Norton's a McConnell clone and Buck is on record as calling the Tea Party 'dumbasses.'

This "McConnell clone" label is, in my opinion, ridiculous. I first heard it used in Kentucky to refer to Tray Grayson, which was just as much a missuse of the term as Norton. From a Libertarian or any non-conservative perspective though, I can see why such a link is made, it doesn't make it any more accurate a description though.

I prefer to keep my labeling in state. From the looks of it, Norton seems to be of the same political mold of multiple Colorado Republicans like Bob Schaffer, Bill Owens, or Bob Bauprez. They all seem very similar in both ideology, connections (CO GOP of the early 2000's), Presidential candidate endorsements (many endorsed Romney, though not all). I think that is a much better label then to compare her to a Senator from a state 1,000 miles away who is not even representative of most of politcians within his state (The last "McConnell Republican" who really deserved the label was Anne Northup and she is long gone now), I would say most of the GOP delegation Whitifield, Lewis (retired), Guthrie, Davis, and Rogers are to the right of him. Even Trey Grayson was to the right of him. Of course to someone who has a bone to pick on one of the legs such as foriegn policy, the differences would appear irrelevant or nonexistent. They are there and they are very relevant.

Electing Jane Norton will not be electing another Mitch McConnell, electing Jane Norton will put one more Jane Norton in the Senate there is currently none.

[Eraserhead]

What a comeback for Norton.

I'm kind of hoping Bennet beats Romanoff at this point, especially since Clinton stuck his big head into the race, but I don't care too much either way. I've already went back and forth between supporting each of them a couple of times. They're basically the same person and obviously they'd vote identically to each other in the Senate.