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Back in November, Colorado Republicans took an important first step toward regaining their former status as the state's dominant political party: They lost. Colorado voters swung for Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama, ousted Republican Rep. Marilyn Musgrave and kept Democrats in charge of the state' General Assembly. Given that Colorado already had a Democratic governor and two Democratic senators, the election effectively erased the Republicans' last hold on what was once a bright red state and moved it into the purple - or even blue - column. But unlike the national Republican Party, which is fighting among itself as it...

Marilyn Musgrave is still taking her loss to Rep. Betsy Markey (D-Colo.) extremely hard. After a tough loss in one of the most expensive elections in the country, the former congresswoman went underground for a while, not even thanking her campaign staff. She now has wound up over at anti-abortion group the Susan B. Anthony List, hoping to "get rid of the worst liberals in Congress." She recently sent out a tersely worded, stunning four-page (four-page!) missive reeking of bitterness, with underlined sentences, paragraphs in bold and even a postscript from the letterhead of "Congressman Marilyn Musgrave" announcing her latest...

...Multiple sources with knowledge of GOP spending decisions tell The Scorecard the National Republican Congressional Committee has pulled ad money from Colorado's Fourth Congressional District, where Rep. Marilyn Musgrave faces a difficult race for a fourth term. The NRCC has already invested just over $800,000 on Musgrave's behalf, including a $376,000 media buy this week, according to FEC reports filed Monday. Those ads will continue to run, leaving Musgrave without GOP backing for the final week before Election Day.

The Family Research Council's (FRC) political arm ripped Rep. Tom Cole (R-Okla.) Thursday for withdrawing ad spending on behalf of two endangered Republican candidates. FRC President Tony Perkins said in a letter to Cole, chairman of the National Republican Campaign Committee (NRCC), that the committee "is abandoning social conservative candidates" by pulling ads from the reelection races of Reps. Marilyn Musgrave (R-Colo.) and Michelle Bachmann (R-Minn.). Bachmann has come under fire recently for stating -- then denying -- her concern that Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama and other members of Congress hold "anti-American" views. Musgrave is considered to be a...

Jury acquits woman in dog doo case Rebecca Boyle, (Bio) rboyle@greeleytribune.com May 24, 2007 Comments (21) Print Email It might be a laughing matter to the public, or even to members of the jury who acquitted Kathy Ensz. But to the 64-year-old retired professor, the dog feces case certainly wasn't funny. A Weld County jury found Ensz not guilty Wednesday of criminal use of a noxious substance, a charge that stemmed from her deposit of dog excrement at the congressional office of U.S. Rep. Marilyn Musgrave last May 31.

Dog doo dispute raises stink Mike Peters April 19, 2007 The infamous "dog poop" case took center stage in Weld County Court Wednesday, and the defense attorney said afterward, "Apparently, Marilyn Musgrave's office can't tell the difference between a piece of dog poop and a bomb." But his client, Kathleen Ensz of Greeley, said she considers the misdemeanor case against her a "serious debate about free speech." Ensz is fighting a misdemeanor charge of "use of a noxious substance." Last May 31, she placed a Congresswoman Marilyn Musgrave campaign leaflet -- filled with dog poop -- in the entry to...

A retired French professor sent dog feces to her congresswoman's office after becoming angry with receiving too many mailings and her lawyer says she had a constitutional right to do it. Kathleen Ensz faces a misdemeanor charge of "use of a noxious substance" after taking dog feces from her backyard, wrapping it in a political mailer from Rep. Marilyn Musgrave, and leaving the putrid package at the Republican's office, according to court documents. Ensz, a Democrat, was angered by repeatedly receiving mailings from Musgrave. Her lawyer calls the poo delivery a form of free expression, protected by the First Amendment....

Harvard economist Richard Musgrave, who advised governments ranging from the United States to Myanmar on public finance and taxation, has died. He was 96. Musgrave died of natural causes Monday at his home in Santa Cruz, Calif., his wife, Peggy Boswell Musgrave, told the university. Musgrave was an adjunct professor at the University of California, Santa Cruz. "Richard Musgrave was a giant - a towering figure who transformed the field of public economics," David Cutler, a Harvard economics professor, said in a statement. Musgrave began advising governments in the 1940s. He led tax reform commissions in Colombia and Bolivia, and...

The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee reserved $630,000 in TV advertising for Angie Paccione’s bid to unseat Congresswoman Marilyn Musgrave in Colorado’s 4th Congressional District, but has apparently pulled the money. “If this isn’t the final nail in Angie Paccione’s political coffin, it’s pretty close,” Musgrave campaign manager Shaun Kenney said in a press release. “Coming on top of the poll earlier this week showing Marilyn Musgrave leading by 10 percentage points, it is clear that national Democrats have completely given up hope for “Angry Angie”.” Paccione was recently named to the DCCC’s coveted “Red to Blue” program, designed to funnel...

Republicans allege two members of Michigan's Stryker family may have links to a fraud case in South Dakota involving Medicare and the Stryker Corp. Stryker is a medical products company. Jon Stryker has contributed to groups protecting gay rights. Anti-gay rights U.S. Sen. Wayne Allard, R-Colo., has called for an investigation into the fraud case to see if it extends further... The fraud case reportedly involves a medical clinic in South Dakota and the Stryker Corp. aggreeing to repay Medicare $345,000. The government says the clinic took money from the Stryker Corp. in exchange for using the company's orthopedic products....

Musgrave (R) 46% Paccione (D) 42% Eidsness (RP) 8% Undecided 5% 424 Likely Voters, MOE +/- 4.9%

The letter below was received by RD; it is in the form of a "memo" written to Marilyn Musgrave from her campaign manager:Marilyn, It's critical that you take a moment, right away, an write our supporters and let them know you need their help. I especially want you to contact Recovering_Democrat immediately.RD has been a loyal friend...Your re-election campaign will cost at least $3.3 million (maybe even $5 million if those negative 527 ads come back like we have heard)....as a member of the Immigration Reform Caucus, you along with your like minded colleagues will force Congress to finally get...

GREELEY, Colo. -- Republican U.S. Rep. Marilyn Musgrave's re-election campaign was already heated, and it just got smelly as well: Her staff accused a Democratic activist Thursday of leaving an envelope full of dog feces at Musgrave's Greeley office. Musgrave spokeswoman Shaun Kenney said someone stuffed the envelope through the mail slot in the door on May 31 and then sped away in a car. Kenney said most of the preprinted return address was blacked out, but staffers used the nine-digit ZIP code to trace it to Kathleen Ensz, a Weld County Democratic volunteer. Ensz told The Associated Press she...

I kid you not! Our local paper forbids FRposting of their stuff, but who cares? I WAS THERE at the dinner! Here's exactly what I saw. Friday night the Larimer County (COLO) GOP's Annual Lincoln Day Dinner went flawlessly. Or so we thought. Between the food and the main event (great speech by Congressman Mike Pence (R) Indiana), they made countless introductions of every GOP office holder in the room, of everyone running for office, of everyone sent to represent someone running, etc. Then they asked every veteran or active serviceperson in the room to rise to be honored. They...

(Confused Moonbats circulate a petition protesting a vote that Congresswoman Marilyn Musgrave never made! ROTFL!) Full article at http://coloradoan.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060130/NEWS01/601300331&SearchID=732342726717 Sorry, I can't post an excerpt, due to some pompous twit at our local paper or at Gannett HQ forbidding FR from even excerpting, for crying out loud. So I'll have to paraphrase: MoveOn decided to tackle "Congressional Corruption" with some allegedly "nationwide" event in 100 cities, including here in Ft. Collins, where "about a dozen" people, including all the organizers (bigtime whoopdeedoo here) showed up Sunday. But the truly hilarious part is that they proceeded to circulate a petition (no...

I received this from Marylyn Musgrave who authored the Federal Marriage Ammendment. Of course, she is being attacked by the wealthy homosexual lobby who think they can buy American culture and twist it to their liking. I hope people can help her out and she stays in office. Friday, October 15th, 2004       Dear friend of the family,      Radical homosexual-agenda leaders have declared me Public Enemy #1 and are spending over a million dollars on vicious, false TV ads to defeat me.       I need your help.       You may know that I have been the U.S. House leader to protect...

The group attacking U.S. Rep. Marilyn Musgrave in television ads is now on the hunt for Rep. Tom Tancredo - with a radio ad that began airing Wednesday.In the ad, a woman is typing a letter to Tancredo. Then the narrator Says:"My husband and I work hard to teach our children the values of acceptance and the evils of racism, which is why we're so disappointed in your conduct."You make a career of trying to punish immigrant workers, then turn around and use cheap, illegal labor to remodel your home. It's insulting to us all."The reference to illegal labor is...

From: Marilyn Musgrave Subject: Prime Sponsor of Federal Marriage Amendment to Testify Before Congress. Dear [Kidd], Congresswoman Marilyn Musgrave, prime sponsor of Federal Marriage Amendment, designed to protect marriage between one man and one woman will lead a Congressional hearing tomorrow with testimony from former U.S. Supreme Court nominee Robert Bork and American Center for Law and Justice (ACLJ) director Jay Sekulow. Watch and listen [Friday 5/14/04] online at 9 a.m. MST, 11 a.m. EST by going to the following link: http://boss.streamos.com/real-live/hjudiciary/4749/100_hjudiciary-live_030428.sm Congresswomen Musgrave would appreciate any comments you may have regarding this historic hearing.

Bob Faust has officially announced his candidacy for the Republican nomination for Colorado's 4th Congressional District. Faust, who said his approach to resolving issues is grounded in equality, impartiality, integrity and fiscal responsibility, has identified four primary issues he is determined to address at the national level: National health care for all Americans, national college programs eliminating in- and out-of- state tuition rates, equal rights and redefining the rights of those between the ages of 18 and 20. Faust has until June 1 to file enough signatures to place his name on the primary ballot and to challenge incumbent Rep....

Publication:The New York Sun; Date:Mar 15, 2004; Section:National; Page:4 New Witness: Kerry Was Present at Dark Plot Meeting Group Debated and Voted Down Plan To Assassinate Senators By THOMAS H. LIPSCOMB Special to the Sun     Another witness has come forward to attest that John Kerry was at a November 1971 meeting of Vietnam Veterans Against the War at which the group debated and voted down a plan to assassinate senators who supported the Vietnam War.     A Kerry campaign spokesman, David Wade, has said Mr. Kerry did not attend the Kansas City meeting, and Kerry biographer Douglas Brinkley has said...