HEADLINE: In Unpredictable District, Some Say Bush Politicizing Terrorism

[Bluebear]

ARVADA, Colo., Sept. 11 — Leaving services Sunday morning at Faith Bible Chapel, an evangelical megachurch, Jim McBride, a pilot who served in Vietnam, said he was not happy with President Bush’s handling of Iraq. And he displayed little inclination to rethink his position despite the White House’s new push to focus this year’s Congressional elections on which party will keep the nation safer.

“I do have a bit of mistrust,” said Mr. McBride, who said that he twice voted for Mr. Bush but that he is now disappointed — a sentiment he said is shared by many in his Bible study group. “The whole thing about W.M.D. and that Iraq is somehow tied to 9/11, I just don’t believe it.”...

While it is too early to know whether the White House will succeed in winning over enough voters to make a difference in what is shaping up as a tight race, the interviews suggested that Mr. Bush’s newest efforts to cast his party as better suited than Democrats to defend the country had yet to overcome concern and anger among many voters about Iraq and a more generalized sense of discontent with the administration.

“I have been a Republican all my life, but we have just gotten to the point where we may need a change,” said Shannon Abote, an Arvada resident who was stopping at Starbucks for a coffee on Monday morning.

http://www.nytimes.com/2006/09/12/us/politics/12colorado.html

[rockymountaindem]

1. I really think we can win the 7th.

That would be a huge score, especially since it doesn't look like we're going to win the 6th.

[Touchdown]

2. What are the latest polls in 6?

Tancredo's such an embarassment. I can't believe anybody would want his racist ass in there, and not give Beauprez a pass. Winter is a great6 candidate. Maybe too good for politics.

Perlmutter's got the 7th in the bag though! (crossing his fingers)

[rockymountaindem]

3. Haven't seen any polls actually

But I haven't heard any good news out from there during the entire campaign. I was driving up past Castle Rock the other day with a friend of mine. We passed a Tancredo sign with his slogan "building a stronger America" or whatever. My friend read it aloud and said "I wonder what that's supposed to mean". I said Tancredo might as well change his slogan to "MEXICANS!!!" Kinda funny and not funny at the same time.