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November, 2010
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Our next meeting is from 9:15-10:15 am, Saturday morning, November 13th featuring a
recap and discussion of the November 2nd election results. Remember to invite somebody new
to the NSRF as we discuss politics for the Denver North Metro area. Please forward this
newsletter to other like-minded individuals. We need to be activists to regain our county and
country from progressive-minded Liberals.

NSRF upcoming calendar in 2010/2011:

December 11 -- Planning for politics in 2011, NSRF Board Election, and special breakfast
January 8 -- Colorado’s legislative upcoming 2011 session
February 12 – Transportation and Budget issues
March 12 – How to be informed and involved in Colorado and local politics
April 9 – ?

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Adams County Democrats take a beating; Dem dominated county sees Republican gains
November 3rd, 2010

Smackdown! Republicans win key seat in Adams County government.

To say Adams County “leans  left” would be a very accurate statement.  Registered Democrats outnumber
Republicans by 11% of the electorate in the county – an advantage of nearly 25,000 people.  Despite this, the
Adams County Democrats took a pretty big beating in Tuesday’s election.

Before I discuss the various county races it should be noted that once again we do not have final vote tallies
from our Counter Clerk and Recorder office.  Some of these races could change when things are finally
officially finished.  More on that below. 

In the marquee matchup, Thornton Mayor Erik Hansen has quite easily beaten incumbent Larry Pace and will
become Adams County Commissioner for District 3.  Voters wised up to the dozens of scandals in the county,
the cronyism and the questionable ethics of some of the county commissioners. 

The nasty letters to the editor written by Democratic operatives and the chair of the county party did little to
save Pace.  To say this is a huge victory for local Republicans does not do it justice – they punched the
Adco Dems right in the eye with this one. 

Hansen has promised to work hard to bring jobs to the county along with fiscal responsibility and increased
transparency in county government and I am hoping he can make all that happen.  Some of the things I would
put on his to do list include:

 Televised commissioner meetings.   These should be available for online viewing as well. 
 Board of Commissioners meetings should be held in the evening so residents can attend and participate
in their county government. 
 A very close look at how the county handles contracting including increasing accountability and
supervision.  There have been way too many scandals in many county departments and it has cost the
taxpayers dearly. 
 The county needs to increase representation on the Board of Commissioners to five seats.  Many other
counties in the state do this and Adams County is too big and too diverse to have a mere three people
adequately represent us. 
 The continued employment of County Administrator Jim Robinson should be questioned and he likely
needs to be terminated.  His track record for providing adequate oversight is horrible and it is time for
him to go. 

Voters choose to bring fiscal responsibility to County Treasurer’s office

Less than 2,500 votes separate Republican Brigitte Grimm and Democrat Diane Christner as of this writing but
Grimm appears on her way to a win.  Private sector experience won the day and Grimm will help to restore
taxpayers’ confidence in county government.  As for Christner, it appears she will have to find someplace new
to make her photocopies. 

County Clerk fails to produce election results but wins reelection

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Click for larger version. The Adams County Clerk and Recorder once again fails to provide election results. The
notice promises updated results "periodically throughout the day" on Wednesday. We are still waiting.

Certainly the most disappointing result in the county was the race for County Clerk and Recorder.  Karen
Long’s failures in providing timely and accurate election results are well documented.  Despite this, newcomer
Dana West was not given a chance to right a faltering ship and that is a shame. 

The voters deserve better from the person that is trusted with protecting their most sacred right.  While Long
celebrates her reelection, the reason she should have been fired is in full evidence. 

The first results on Election Night were late (as always) and sporadic from there forward.  Even 24 hours later
Adams County continues to lag in producing election results.  As of this writing there is a notice on the county’s
website saying, “Counting for election night has concluded.  We will resume counting Wednesday,  11-03-
2010, and report periodically throughout the day.”

Amazingly enough, another report has NOT been posted at all today leaving voters wondering what is going
on.  Long did however have time to talk to the Denver Post for a story posted this afternoon.   

Quick hits – Sheriff, Coroner and RTD

Doug Darr won a third term as sheriff beating carpetbagger Mark Nicastle.  This was probably the nastiest local
election and the outcome isn’t particularly surprising. 

The race for County Coroner is separated by only 136 votes with Democrat Monica Broncucia-Jordan leading
Dr. Mike Arnall.  With the County Clerk dragging her feet counting votes the outcome of this race remains up
in the air.

Then we move to the race for RTD Director for District K.  Incumbent Noel Busck was absolutely trounced by
union stalwart Kenneth Riley.  This was a bit like picking the lesser of two evils. Busck’s ethics issues and
failures to adequately push for equity with FasTracks hurt him.  Riley is an unknown for the most part but I
hope he can hold RTD accountable and get taxpayers what they were promised.  I just hope he remembers he
represents more than just his union buddies.

http://www.tonysrants.com/thornton/adams-county-democrats-take-a-beating-dem-dominated-county-sees-
republican-gains/
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Frank McNulty and New GOP House Leadership Team Prepare to Step In
Posted on November 3rd, 2010 in Colorado Politics, PPC, clean government, liberty | Written by
Ben | No Comments »

As pointed out on the Denver Post blog, Colorado’s new majority Republican state house caucus is proceeding
with leadership elections tomorrow. At 10 AM, to be precise. Colorado Democrats have protested, saying not
all the decisive races have been resolved to their satisfaction. Sure, I appreciate it’s hard to accept being in the
minority after the past six years on top. But looking at the situation clearly, it’s extremely difficult to see how
any of the close races left will shift in either direction.

Why? Well, for one, Republican challenger Bob Boswell is more likely to surmount his deficit against Greeley
Rep. Jim Riesberg than outgoing Democrats Dianne Primavera or Debbie Benefield are to hold on to their seats.
(And the deficits of two Adams County GOP challengers — Tom Janich and Brian VanDeKrol — are roughly
the same.) In other words, it’s not presumptuous at all for the GOP to proceed in accordance with tradition as
the majority party.

Chatting with me by phone this afternoon, presumptive incoming House Speaker Frank McNulty (R-Highlands
Ranch) expressed his satisfaction with the outcome of Tuesday’s state house races. “I’m pleased,” he said. “We
knew that it was going to be tight, that it was going to be tough. We saw margins closing toward the end. The
credit really goes to our candidates, who knocked on doors, who spent time away from their families to go to all
the townhall events and pancake breakfasts.”

McNulty not only gave credit to the victorious Libby Szabo, Robert Ramirez, Don Beezley, Keith Swerdfeger,
Kathleen Conti and Mark Barker, but also to other candidates who made their victories possible. The incoming
Republican leader specifically cited Denver’s Danny Stroud (HD 1) and Christine Mastin (HD 3), who came up
short but helped to force Democrats to “fall back to their fire line.” I asked if the pair should be considered
unsung heroes. McNulty insisted they should be “sung heroes.” Kudos to them and to others who ran vigorous
campaigns but came up short.

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About the impressive trifecta sweep in the Denver suburbs of Arvada, Westminster, and Broomfield —
wresting away House Districts 27, 29 and 33 from the Democrats — McNulty explained: “Clearly, our message
on job creation and economic recovery was well received in northwest Jeffco and those northwest suburbs.
Those people have been the hardest hit by the Democrats’ tax increases, have been most frustrated by the
Democrats spending too much and saving too little. I believe that was one reason we were so successful.”

At this point, tomorrow’s Republican leadership elections look to offer no competition. With a narrow 33-32
majority, unity will prove crucial. Let’s hope the leadership is up to the job. In addition to McNulty as Speaker,
Lynn Bartels is correct that Rep. Amy Stephens (R-Monument) is slated to be the new Majority Leader. In
addition, I understand (unconfirmed) that Rep. Mark Waller (R-Colorado Springs) and Rep. B.J. Nikkel (R-
Loveland) are running for the Assistant Majority Leader and Majority Whip positions.

Rep. Carole Murray currently is running unopposed to fill Rep. Stephens’ role as Caucus Chair. In an email
response to me this evening, she said she looks forward “to being a part of creating a Republican House team
that works together to ‘right-size’ government and to stop punishing job-creators in our state. We have a very
talented new crop of legislators, and, with our new majority status, we can provide some counter-balancing to
the progressive policies that have taken hold in an all-Democrat state government.”

All the pro-liberty grassroots groups and other citizens who played a crucial role in helping to elect Colorado’s
new Republican House majority now should get ready to suit up to reinforce and hold accountable the GOP
caucus and its new leadership team. (But Al Maurer also is right that we all should take a well-deserved break
first.)

The new Republican leadership doesn’t have the same luxury. Moving forward, McNulty expressed a desire to
move forward with the business of governing. “Priority number one is sitting down with Governor-Elect John
Hickenlooper,” he said. Maybe the House Republicans also can help hold Hickenlooper to the fiscally
conservative positions he expressed on the campaign trail.

http://bendegrow.com/2010/frank-mcnulty-and-new-gop-house-leadership-team-prepare-to-step-in/?
utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=frank-mcnulty-and-new-gop-house-leadership-team-
prepare-to-step-in

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Numbers show Hispanic voters carried the day for Colorado Democrats
By Scot Kersgaard 11/5/10 8:23 AM

Eighty-one percent of Latino voters in Colorado voted for Democratic Sen. Michael Bennet. Split the Latino
vote down the middle between Bennet and Republican Ken Buck and Buck wins easily. Even if Buck had only
received 30 percent of the Latino vote, he would have won the election.

As it was, Buck barely out-polled gubernatorial candidate and anti-immigration hardliner Tom Tancredo among
Hispanics.

Roughly 10 percent of voters in Colorado are Latino, according to Latino Decisions, a non-partisan polling and
opinion research firm run by two West Coast political science professors.

Sens. Michael Bennet, left, and Mark Udall address the crowd Wednesday on the grounds of The Museum of
Nature and Science.

What were the issues that drove Hispanic voters? Issues important to Hispanic voters were pretty much the
same as the issues important to everyone else.

According to polling done by Latino Decisions, 48 percent of Latino voters said jobs and the economy ranked
as the most important issues. Thirty-seven percent said immigration was most important.

Political consultant Lorena Chambers takes the idea that Latino voters care about the sames things as Anglo
voters one step further, saying that immigration is not even a first-tier issue for Latino voters.

“Latinos are simply not a one-trick pony. Project New West polling had found consistently time after time that
jobs, the economy, education and health care are their top issues,” Chambers said on a conference call with
reporters this week. She said that as recently as the weekend before the election, polling showed that economic
issues far outweighed other issues with Hispanics. She said immigration was important, but that candidates first
had to pass muster on economic issues.

Mike Melanson, John Hickenlooper’s campaign manager, discussed the Hispanic vote and immigration as a
political issue in a conference call earlier this week. He said the Hickenlooper campaign saw an uptick in early
voting among Hispanics this year — the first time he had seen that in a non-presidential year. He said Hispanic

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voters are a very strong element in Colorado and that it was a mistake by Republicans to focus on immigration
in a negative way.

“Republicans have an option – continue to let extremist leaders define their stance on immigration or come to
the table and present a clear solution to the immigration issue,” Clarissa Martinez De Castro said in a press
release Thursday. She is the director of immigration and national campaigns at the National Council of La Raza.
“Latinos in 2010 reaffirmed their influential role in American politics,” she added.

In the same release, issued by America’s Voice, Jessie Ulibarri, the Colorado State director for the Mi Familia
Vota Civic Participation Campaign, summed up the role of Latino voters in Colorado and beyond, saying, “We
need to put to rest the idea that Latino community is a sleeping giant. We are an ignored giant, but no more.
Latino voters are informed and active all across Colorado and western states.”

Considering that in this election in Colorado Republicans had a six point advantage at the polls and yet lost
some key races, one has to conclude that there was something going on beyond women and Hispanics voting
Democratic. Melanson thinks he knows the answer.

“The key to winning here for Democrats came down to the quality of Democratic candidates and also the
development over the years of a base outside of the Democratic Party made up of unaffiliated young voters and
women voters, [many of whom are] very moderate and very non-partisan. I go back to the nature of the
candidates, which was the real key: John Hickenlooper, Michael Bennet and Ed Perlmutter are pragmatic
problem solvers — very centrist.

“You have to look at their opponents too –T om Tancreedo, Ken Buck and Ryan Frazier are all candidates who
did embrace the Tea Party movement fairly strongly. Tancredo really made immigration a central theme of his
campaign and just didn’t take off,” Melanson noted.

He said Hickenlooper’s polling was more accurate than the public “non-partisan” polling that got so much play
in the press. He said the methodology of most polling is simply flawed and skewed toward older more
conservative voters.

Melanson also said he thought Hickenlooper’s insistence on running a positive campaign played a role in his
large margin.

“John was very adamant about running a positive campaign, and we heard that even if we won, we would win
without a majority of the electorate. I believe pretty strongly that was a message that resonated with younger
voters and with unaffiliated women, particularly in suburban areas.”

Melanson said he didn’t really think Hickenlooper’s coattails lifted other candidates, but he said he thought the
problems the Republicans had with the governor’s race probably did hurt other Republicans.

“When you look at the disarray of the Republican Party, which was sharply exemplified in the governor’s race
with what happened with (Scott) McInnis, the rise and fall of Dan Maes, and with Tancredo getting in, there
was a negative wash that trickled down into other races to where people had to ask themselves whether the
Republican choice was the best one for them.”

He said that if Republicans continue to nominate extremist candidates and the Democrats continue to nominate
centrists, then Colorado will continue to see Democrats elected.

http://coloradoindependent.com/66544/numbers-show-hispanic-voters-carried-the-day-for-colorado-democrats
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Victorious GOP sets out to repair image
Republicans cast themselves as the anti-Obama and scored a blowout at the polls. Now their real work _
repairing the party's still-tattered image and earning voters' trust _ begins.

It's a mammoth job, made more difficult by the very things that propelled the GOP to the House majority and
bolstered numbers in the Senate: tea party-fueled public anger about the economy, frustration at the slow pace
of change and widespread distaste for government.

Republicans know their party's reputation, and that their chances of taking the White House and keeping their
power in Congress in 2012 hinge on how well they improve it.

A large and potentially rebellious crop of freshman lawmakers, some backed by conservative-libertarian tea
party groups, will add an unpredictable and difficult-to-control element to whatever House Republicans set out
to do. The realities of divided government, including President Barack Obama's veto power and the
Democratic-controlled Senate, will limit what the party can achieve.

GOP leaders are working to calibrate the public's expectations. They're reminding people early and often that
they didn't win the power to turn things around quickly and that they don't read the electorate's message as a
sweeping mandate.

"The voters didn't suddenly fall in love with Republicans; they fell out of love with Democrats," said Sen. Mitch
McConnell, R-Ky., the minority leader whose power increases with at least six more GOP senators on his side.

McConnell said the party's prime mission should be to deny Obama a second term _ the only way, he said, the
GOP can really accomplish its goals of undoing the health care law, cutting spending and shrinking
government.

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"It would be foolish to expect that Republicans will be able to completely reverse the damage Democrats have
done as long as a Democrat holds the veto pen," McConnell said in a speech to the conservative Heritage
Foundation. "We have to be realistic about what we can and cannot achieve, while at the same recognizing that
realism should never be confused with capitulation."

In the meantime, Republicans are promising efforts to dismantle the health care law piece by piece and cut taxes
and spending. They also vow vigorous oversight to stop Obama from skirting Congress and enacting policy
changes without their consent.

In the House, GOP leaders also pledged to make Congress more efficient and open and run the chamber in a
way that makes it easier to slash federal expenditures.

Presumed Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio, told colleagues in a letter that he'd "run a much different kind of
Congress _ one that is humbler, more transparent and respects the will and intelligence of the people."

In a letter to GOP incumbents and a newly elected class that includes many political novices, Boehner
recounted his own "humble beginnings" working at his dad's bar and as a janitor working his way through
college. "The people's priorities," he wrote, "must be our priorities."

Boehner and his top deputies have publicly acknowledged that their party lost its way the last time they had
power, and that they have an uphill battle to prove to the public that they've changed.

"Let us be under no illusion: Many of those who cast their vote for Republicans (Nov. 2) have their share of
doubts about whether we are up to the task of governing, about whether congressional Republicans have learned
our lesson," Rep. Eric Cantor, R-Va., told colleagues in a letter asking them to name him their new majority
leader.

The GOP started the job in the bowels of the Capitol, just after 10 o'clock on the morning after its decisive
House takeover. Leaders opened a transition office that will consider rule-changes and smooth the turnover of
power from departing Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., to Boehner.

"All of us are coming back here understanding voters want this place to change in a meaningful way," said Rep.
Greg Walden, R-Ore., who's leading the transition.

New members who won tough campaigns vowing to change Washington will have seats at the table.

"They've been getting (input) from the American people, and if you're going to restore the trust in this
institution of the American people, you'd better make sure their voice is heard," Walden said.

Key to the GOP's rebranding effort will be a theme leaders have been hitting hard in recent days: Republicans
speak for the public, Obama and Democrats do not.

It's a tricky argument to sustain, particularly given that voters sent mixed messages last week about what they
want.

Voters were dissatisfied with the way government was working _ more than a quarter saying they're angry
about it _ and overwhelmingly disenchanted with Congress, according to an Associated Press analysis of exit
polls. http://townhall.com/news/politics-
elections/2010/11/08/victorious_gop_sets_out_to_repair_image/page/full

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Michael Barone

GOP Poised to Reap Redistricting Rewards

Let's try to put some metrics on last Tuesday's historic election. Two years ago, the popular vote for House of
Representatives was 54 percent Democratic and 43 percent Republican. That may sound close, but in historic
perspective it's a landslide. Democrats didn't win the House popular vote in the South, as they did from the
1870s up through 1992. But they won a larger percentage in the 36 non-Southern states than -- well, as far as I
can tell, than ever before.

This year, we don't yet know the House popular vote down to the last digit, partly because California takes five
weeks these days to count all its votes (Brazil, which voted last Sunday, counted its votes in less than five
hours). But the exit poll had it at 52 percent Republican and 46 percent Democratic, which is probably within a
point or so of the final number.

That's similar to 1994, and you have to go back to 1946 and 1928 to find years when Republicans did better.
And the numbers those years aren't commensurate, since the then-segregated and Democratic South cast few
popular votes. So you could argue that this is the best Republican showing ever.

Nationally, Republicans narrowly missed winning Senate seats in heavily Democratic Washington and in
Nevada and California, where less problematic nominees might have won. As in all wave years, they missed
winning half a dozen House seats by a whisker (or a suddenly discovered bunch of ballots).

But they made really sweeping gains in state legislatures, where candidate quality makes less difference.
According to the National Conference on State Legislatures, Republicans gained about 125 seats in state senates
and 550 seats in state houses -- 675 seats in total. That gives them more seats than they've won in any year since
1928.

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Republicans snatched control of about 20 legislative houses from Democrats -- and by margins that hardly any
political insiders expected. Republicans needed five seats for a majority in the Pennsylvania House and won 15;
they needed four seats in the Ohio House and got 13; they needed 13 in the Michigan House and got 20; they
needed two in the Wisconsin Senate and four in the Wisconsin House, and gained four and 14; they needed five
in the North Carolina Senate and nine in the North Carolina House and gained 11 and 15.

All those gains are hugely significant in redistricting. When the 2010 Census results are announced next month,
the 435 House seats will be reapportioned to the states, and state officials will draw new district lines in each
state. Nonpartisan commissions authorized by voters this year will do the job in (Democratic) California and
(Republican) Florida, but in most states it's up to legislators and governors (although North Carolina's governor
cannot veto redistricting bills).

Republicans look to have a bigger advantage in this redistricting cycle than they've ever had before. It appears
that in the states that will have more than five districts (you can make only limited partisan difference in smaller
states), Republicans will control redistricting in 13 states with a total of 165 House districts and Democrats will
have control in only four states with a total of 40 districts. You can add Minnesota (seven or eiht districts) to the
first list if the final count gives Republicans the governorship and New York (27 or 28 districts) to the second
list if the final count gives Democrats the state Senate.

When the tea party movement first made itself heard, Speaker Nancy Pelosi dismissed it as "Astroturf," a phony
organization financed by a few millionaires. She may have been projecting -- those union demonstrators you see
at Democratic events or heckling Republicans are often paid by the hour.

In any case, the depth and the breadth of Republican victories in state legislative races, even more than their
gain of 60-plus seats in the U.S. House and six seats in the Senate, shows that the tea party movement was a
genuine popular upheaval of vast dimensions. Particularly in traditional blue-collar areas, voters rejected
longtime Democrats or abandoned lifelong partisan allegiances and elected Republicans.

This will make a difference not just in redistricting. State governments face budget crunches and are supposed
to act to help roll out Obamacare. Republican legislatures can cut spending and block the rollout. "I won,"
Barack Obama told Republican leaders seeking concessions last year. This year, he didn't.

http://townhall.com/columnists/MichaelBarone/2010/11/08/gop_poised_to_reap_redistricting_rewards/page/

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More gays voted Republican in elections
November 4th, 2010, 7:49 am · 4 Comments · posted by Mark Barna

Exit polls show that 31 percent of gays voted Republican for the U.S. House in Tuesday’s elections, CNN
reports. Two years ago, 19 percent of gays voted for Republican for the U.S. House.

The Republican Party runs on a traditional marriage platform that opposes gay marriage and some gay rights.
Some conservative Christian Republicans publicly denounce homosexuality.

“Exit polls make it clear gay voters played an important role in bringing conservative leadership to Congress,”
said Jimmy LaSalvia, executive director of GOProud, a Republican gay advocacy group in Washington, D.C.

“The gay left would have you believe that gay conservatives don’t exist,” LaSalvia said. “Now we see that
almost a third of self-identified gay voters cast ballots for Republican candidates for Congress.

LaSalvia said the swing is probably due to the “big-government approach” of the Obama administration.

But not all gay advocates are happy about gays voting Republican. Candace Chellew-Hodge expressed dismay
in an essay posted at religiondispatches.org.  “The only gay people who seem to be happy with the results are
the gay Republicans over at GOProud,” she wrote.

Meanwhile, some openly gay people won elections Tuesday, Chellew-Hodge wrote in her essay, such as:

* David Cicilline, former Providence, R.I., mayor, was elected to Congress. He will join Reps. Tammy
Baldwin, Barney Frank and Jared Polis, all openly gay.

*Nickie Antonio was elected to the Ohio House.

*Marcus Brandon was elected to the North Carolina House.

Chellew-Hodge writes that Brandon even received an endorsement from a Baptist pastor.

http://thepulpit.freedomblogging.com/2010/11/04/more-gays-voted-republican-in-elections/7900/

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House Republicans tout "the party of go"
Another election, another new era under the Gold Dome as state lawmakers Thursday elected legislative leaders
and greeted Gov.-elect John Hickenlooper. Republican Frank McNulty of Highlands Ranch, the speaker of the
House when the session opens with a GOP majority in January, pledged to work with the new Democratic
governor and the Democratic-controlled Senate.

"Our challenge will be to create a bipartisan agenda that puts Coloradans back to work," McNulty said. It was
the House Republican caucus that attracted the most attention, with cheers when outgoing Minority Leader
Mike May introduced the "Mighty Six." Republicans picked up six Democratic seats, enough to give the GOP
a 33-32 edge in the House and the majority for the first time since 2004.

As a result, "the party of no," as Democrats dubbed the GOP, now finds itself as "the party of go." Asked about
the transition, McNulty this week said Republicans picked up that label because they "opposed a Democratic
agenda that drove jobs out of the state."

"Republicans have been mischaracterized," he said. "Our agenda has always been an agenda that supported
families, that supports small businesses. We now have a real opportunity to make that agenda happen working
with our friends in the Senate and with Gov.-elect Hickenlooper."

Amy Stephens of Monument was elected the House majority leader. As for House Democrats, Sal Pace of
Pueblo, a pro-union and, at times, unabashed partisan, won the minority leader's race over Andy Kerr of
Lakewood. I think everyone in this room who's served with me knows I'm a scrappy fighter and willing to take
off the gloves if we're in a fight," Pace said.

He added Democrats would have to work across the aisle to get bills passed.

Senate Democrats lost one seat but won four tough races, giving them a 20-15 majority. Democrats again
elected Brandon Shaffer of Longmont as Senate president and John Morse of Colorado Springs as majority
leader. As for Senate Republicans, Mike Kopp of Littleton returns as minority leader, though right-hand man
Greg Brophy of Wray moved aside for Bill Cadman of Colorado Springs to become the assistant minority
leader.

Hickenlooper addressed all four caucuses, touting his friendship with former GOP Gov. Bill Owens as a way to
assure Republicans he plans to remain apolitical. "I am (determined) to work outside of politics. An awful lot
of what we want to do, we probably agree on," Hickenlooper said. "I'll never play politics with policy. I'll
never put out a press release to surprise or embarrass you. I'm someone who's happy to share credit across the
aisle and to make sure everybody has a role."

Lynn Bartels: 303-954-5327 or lbartels@denverpost.com

http://www.denverpost.com/legislature/ci_16528484

The Republican Women of Adams County (The Trumpeteers) next meeting is Saturday, December 4th,
11:30am-1:00pm, at The Ranch Country Club (11887 Tejon Street, Westminster, CO 80234) instead of City
Buffet. Cost is $20 for lunch. Contact Carroll Jones for more information at jocar0@yahoo.com
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Yearly membership dues are $20, while a couple is $30. Make checks payable to NSRF. It only
costs $3 per person to attend the monthly meeting and a continental breakfast and beverage
(coffee, tea, orange juice or water) is included. A membership application is located on the
last page. Fill it out and bring it along with you.
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 The North Suburban Republican Forum
1149 W 102nd Ave
Northglenn, CO 80260
Membership Application

This application is for:

Regular Membership (individual)
$20.00 fee
Regular Membership (couples)
$30.00 fee
Associate Membership
$10.00 fee

Please Print.

Last Name:_____________________________First:_________________________MI:_____

Last Name: ____________ First:__ __ MI:_____

Address:___________________________________________________________________

City:___________________________________________Zip Code:____________________

Telephone:(________)____________-_____________________

E-Mail Address:_______________________________________@_____________________

Signature

Signature

Payment by: Cash Check

Date:__________________________
2nd VP Treasurer

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