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From:michael@huttner.orgTo: michael@huttner.orgDate: 2010-07-16 01:34Subject: how we just changed an entire Governor's race in 48 hours--without any fingerprints Dear Investors & Key Advisors, Wanted to send you a quick update... As you may have heard with the hard work of the folks at ProgressNow Colorado as part of Colorado¹s ³communication hub² they dug up weeks ago and carefully passed on information to the mainstream media on how the leading GOP candidate for Governor, former Congressman Scott McInnis plagiarized a report he provided on water policy for a foundation in Colorado. In the past 48 hours, McInnis and the entire Republican party...

It’s official. Media malpractice combined with disgruntled Muslim Republican family- who later defected to the Democrats- caused the GOP to lose the governor’s race in Colorado in 2010. The Colorado Supreme Court’s Attorney Regulation Counsel issued a report last week clearing the top Republican candidate of unsubstantiated charges made by the Denver Post and the Hasan family at the end of the campaign. The charges influenced the outcome of the election.A scan of the report can be found on Complete Colorado.  Sadly, the report came too late to give Republicans a real choice on who their nominee for governor would...

According to a new Denver Post poll, Republicans likely to vote in next month’s gubernatorial primary like former Congressman Tom Tancredo over scandalized former Congressman Scott McInnis, prompting Tancredo to tell the Post he’s “surprised and flattered” and that both McInnis and Evergreen businessman Dan Maes should get out of the race. “Neither can win the general election [against Democrat John Hickenlooper],” Tancredo told the Post after he beat out McInnis 29 percent to 19 percent, with 13 percent going to Maes. The other three choices for “strongest Republican gubernatorial candidate” – Jane Norton, Josh Penry and Bruce Benson –...

State Sen. Josh Penry intends to drop out of the race for governor. Penry, 33, of Grand Junction, is facing former U.S. Rep. Scott McInnis and Evergreen businessman Dan Maes for the Republican nomination. But Penry has been meeting with people today to let them know he would leave the race. One source said an announcement was imminent and that Penry met with McInnis Monday morning to inform him of the decision. Penry explained he was leaving the race for "personal reasons," the source said. Penry collected about $400,000 in his first quarter of fundraising, coming in second to McInnis'...

Former congressman Scott McInnis took the first major step in his gubernatorial bid Wednesday, filing paperwork with the Colorado Secretary of State’s office to create his campaign committee and begin raising funds. “We need to strengthen taxpayer protections, not tear them apart,” he said. “And we need a climate where Colorado is once again a magnet for small business and entrepreneurs, not a state that demonizes companies that offer family-sustaining jobs — and revenue.”

Former Congressman Scott McInnis has officially entered the 2010 gubernatorial race with little fanfare... The secretary of state's office confirmed that the Republican turned in his paperwork Tuesday afternoon. McInnis has traveled the state building support for his campaign in recent weeks and launched a phone campaign.

Former Governor Bill Owens' three children are inviting people to a meet-and-greet for former Republican congressman Scott McInnis, who's thinking about running for governor. McInnis served in the U.S. House for six terms. He and a fellow West Slope Republican, state Sen. Josh Penry, have expressed interest running for governor next year.

Democrat Bill Ritter rode an anti-Republican sentiment into the governor's office in 2006, but a new poll suggests he might have a much harder time in his re-election bid. In the survey of 1,050 likely Colorado voters, Ritter's disapproval ratings are higher than his approval ratings among all voters, including Hispanics and the most crucial bloc of all in Colorado politics: unaffiliated voters. Ritter ... most likely will face one of two Grand Junction Republicans next year: former Congressman Scott McInnis or Senate Minority Leader Josh Penry. The poll shows McInnis beating Ritter, 48-41, and Ritter barely edging Penry, 40-42....

Former Congressman Scott McInnis has been saying for weeks that it's too early to announce whether he's running for governor next year, but privately he's telling his friends: "I'm in." McInnis made that clear when he schmoozed with fellow Republicans at a state GOP dinner and committee meeting over the weekend, and in talks in recent weeks. "He told me he was in," said state Rep. Ellen Roberts, R-Durango, after talking to McInnis on Friday night at the GOP dinner. "I said great. I've known Scott for years, and he certainly has a strong presence," Roberts said. State Rep. Scott...

Former Grand Junction Congressman Scott McInnis said Delta County Commissioner Wayne Wolf’s decision to vie for the Republican nomination for outgoing Sen. Wayne Allard’s seat could be bad for the party. McInnis, who was briefly the only Republican candidate in the 2008 Senate race, said Wolf’s candidacy could prove more of a “distraction” than an asset for the Colorado GOP next year. “I think he’s a fine guy,” McInnis said. “I’m just worried at this point that a primary is going to serve as a distraction to the primary target, which is Mark Udall, and that the Republicans, in order...

Scott McInnis, the former U.S. representative from western Colorado, drew fire for his work for an energy company just as he filed papers declaring his potential interest in the U.S. Senate. McInnis, a six-term representative, on Monday filed papers for his exploratory committee for the Senate seat being left vacant in 2008 by fellow Republican Wayne Allard. Front Range-based ProgressNowAction on Tuesday attacked him as “McLobbyist” and derided his actions as a lawyer for EnCana, one of the two biggest drilling companies operating in the Piceance Basin. The assault was similar to one launched six years ago by Allard supporters...

Ex-congressman files paperwork, says unity is key. Former Colorado Rep. Scott McInnis took a first formal step Monday toward running for the seat being vacated by U.S. Sen. Wayne Allard... The Grand Junction Republican announced he is forming an exploratory committee and has filed necessary paperwork. He said he does not expect to make a formal announcement until later this year. "We're at the very beginning of this,"... McInnis said he is starting to assemble a campaign... McInnis has been mentioned as a possible candidate for the seat since Allard announced in January that he would keep a term-limit pledge...

A spokeswoman for presumed 2008 U.S. Senate candidate Scott McInnis said Tuesday the former congressman hopes to avoid a messy, divisive primary in the vein of 2006’s primary battle between Republican gubernatorial hopefuls Bob Beauprez and Marc Holtzman. Susan Smith, a spokeswoman for the former Grand Junction congressman, said McInnis was hoping the party will unite behind his candidacy. “The concern is that it would cause further damage to the party,” Smith said of a primary. “We want to learn from the past couple election cycles.” McInnis, who has all but formally announced his candidacy, could find himself pitted against...

Open Letter from Congressman Scott McInnis (R-CO) to Senator John Kerry Regarding His Flip-Flop on the Healthy Forest Initiative(title edited for length) Senator Kerry-During your recent campaign stops throughout the west, you have waffled in your position on the President's Healthy Forests Initiative.  At the time of passage in 2003, you made unfounded claims concerning the Administration's forest health policies.  As you said, "Bush signed the so-called 'Healthy Forests' initiative that takes a chainsaw to public forests in the name of protecting them."  Now it appears you've changed your position, emphasizing your support for many of the forest management reforms President...

The arrests could begin to close the book on one of Colorado’s enduring mysteries. At the time, the Vail firebombing was considered the costliest act of eco-terrorism in the country, causing $12 million in damage, destroying the Two Elk Lodge, a mountaintop restaurant, among other structures. "The indictment tells a story of four-and-a-half years of arson, vandalism, violence and destruction claimed to have been executed on behalf of the Animal Liberation Front or Earth Liberation Front, extremist movements known to support acts of domestic terrorism," Attorney General Alberto Gonzales said at a news conference today. Appearing with Gonzales, FBI Director...

U.S. Sen. Ken Salazar jostled the Colorado governor's race from halfway around the world Tuesday, saying he would not rule out a candidacy in 2006. Salazar called a group of reporters from the Republic of Georgia on Tuesday, where a congressional delegation had just landed after a long day surveying conditions inside the high-security "Green Zone" in Baghdad, Iraq. After he spoke at length about progress and pitfalls that lie ahead in Iraq, a reporter asked Salazar about a published report that he had not ruled out running for governor in 2006. "I love what I'm doing as a U.S....

“Kerry/Edwards Forest Plan is Simply Political Pandering to the West” Washington, DC – U.S. Rep Scott McInnis, author of the bipartisan Healthy Forests Restoration Act, issued the following statement regarding the Kerry/Edwards forest plan announced today: “The announcement of a new forest plan by the Kerry/Edwards campaign for the west’s ailing forests is embarrassingly late and offers little if any new and constructive ideas to address the growing wildfire crisis. “This sudden introduction of a forest management plan, said McInnis, should not be interpreted as a commitment to the health of our forests but rather seen for what it is:...

DENVER (News 4) Gov. Bill Owens will not running for U.S. Senate, News 4 reports. News 4 has confirmed that Owens will make the announcement at 1 p.m. Watch his announcement live on the home page of news4colorado.com at that time. Sen. Ben Nighthorse Campbell, 70, said last week that he would not seek re-election to a third term in a surprise announcement that came after two hospital visits for stress-related heartburn. Owens won re-election in 2002 with 65 percent of the vote and has been mentioned as a possible cabinet member in a second Bush administration and even as...

DENVER - U.S. Rep. Scott McInnis, a Republican who has represented a sprawling area across western and southern Colorado for 11 years, will not seek a seventh term, the head of the state Republican Party said Sunday. "It's personal reasons," party chairman Ted Halaby said. Halaby said McInnis, who represents the 3rd Congressional District, told him of the decision on Saturday. McInnis' spokesman, Blair Jones, declined to comment. The Daily Sentinel of Grand Junction reported Sunday that McInnis sent an e-mail to friends and family telling them he wants to move on to new things and will not seek re-election....

Congressman Protests Use of French Marble By ROBERT GEHRKE .c The Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - A Colorado congressman is asking the Bush administration to stop making headstones for military veterans from marble bought from a French-owned company. If the Veterans Administration agrees to Rep. Scott McInnis' request, the additional marble would come from two other quarries - one a Swiss-owned operation in the Colorado Republican's district. ``The French have done everything in their power to undermine the very troops whose sacrifice from which they now stand to profit,'' McInnis said in a letter to Veterans Affairs Secretary Anthony J....