Hello Kossacks, MaverickModeratehere, Netroots liason for the Collins For Congress campaign CO-06.
One of our own, long time Kossack Mike Collins aka ranger25 of Aurora, Colorado entered the race in February and has now decided to embrace the Netroots and make it a cornerstone of his campaign.
Mike is a decorated war hero, twice awarded the bronze star for his service in Vietnam. During his service Mike was exposed to agent orange and developed esophageal cancer as a result. Today he speaks with an electro-larynx which serves as a constant reminder of his sacrifice in the line of duty. This could actually be an advantage in Tom Tancredo’s sixth district.
Mike gave his voice in the service of our country, now he wants to give progressives a voice in Washington.
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Thanks to Barack Obama’s excellent ground operation, huge numbers of democratic voters have registered in this district, and since Tancredo is not running for re-election, there is no comparably high profile republican running for the seat. These two factors combined may represent the best chance in years to flip this district to our side.
As this chart of the voting in the recent Colorado caucuses shows, democrats in the counties comprising CO-06 outvoted republicans 67/33. A 34 point democratic spread in the same district that gave Tom Tancredo a 19 point spread over Bill Winter in 2006. This should make it clear that we really do have a shot at taking this formerly bright red district from the GOP this fall. With your help we will flip this district.
Figures from the NY Times
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