Marching for Perlmutter in Lakewood and attacks on Ritter.

Today, I participated in the district (CD7) wide canvass for Ed Perlmutter's campaign. Sometimes, I wish walking a whole precinct was easier, however, I feel that we were reasonably successful in getting the message out. The message being that Ed Perlmutter wants to help the hard-working people in the middle and not the wealthy 1%. Many responded well and we were able to get the open-minded people on the fence to look into what Ed has to offer them. Mainly this campaign has been a lively well-organized campaign. We need to win this race. Ed is the person to do it.

In other news, there have been some attacks on Colorado's Democratic candidate for Governor Bill Ritter. Beauprez and the group formerly known as Trailhead aka Coloradoans for Justice launched an attack ad on Ritter's record as Denver District Attorney. What's wrong guys? Can't say anything positive about Bob Beauprez? Okay, low blow but I am sick of this shit. They tell you the parts of the truth they want you to hear as though it is the whole truth to put a negative spin on it. But the attack has to do with a case Ritter handled where a driver got into a hit-and-run accident with a mother and young child who died in the accident. The driver was drunk and had drugs with her. She got an 8 month sentance after a plea-bargain deal cut by Bill Ritter when he was DA. The fact is, the woman in question was sentenced to 2 years in the county jail for misdemeanors and traffic offenses. She was sentenced to 12 years for a felony. The case was suspended on the condition that she would serve 6 years probation, including 2 to 5 years in a residential drug treatment facility. She actually served 15 months in the county jail, 8 of which were after the conviction. More interestingly, the family of the victim agreed to the plea agreement only to have a change of heart after the agreement was offered. A spokesman for Ritter has stated that the agreement would not have been offerred without the family's consent. http://www.denverpost.com/localpolitics/ci_4377645

The incident in question was a tragedy. I feel horrible for the family of the victim for having endured that. The ad was truthful sounding but just incredibly despicable. If a DA is going to talk to the family about a possible plea-bargan and not go forward without their consent and the family gives their consent, it is a done deal. You can change your mind later. But hindsight is always 20/20. You can't publicly complain and blame the DA at that point. I am sorry. And once again, it shows how despicable Trailhead is. They have all the financial troubles and they decide to change their name to Coloradoans for Justice. The attacks and the character assassinations never end. Cara DeGette of Colorado Confidential reserved the rights to the name recently precluding the Republican 527 from continuing to use it. Trailhead people were not smart enough to reserve their first name and now haven't done it with their second name. Ironically, so has the name "Coloradoans for Justice". John Willard of the Democratic 527 Clear Peak had reserved a lot of names for the purpose of keeping Trailhead honest. Trailhead has many Republican backers such as Governor Bill Owens, Pete Coors, and Bruce Benson. Trailhead has also taken a lot of flak for it's connection to Bob Beauprez's Gubernatorial campaign. And now that they have put on a new face, and say in the Ritter ad that they are not affiliated with any party or campaign. Follow the trail and you will find out that they are lying to you about that as well as the ad itself. http://www.coloradoconfidential.com/showDiary.do;jsessionid=31BCA14B706EE450B8A9000BC1E882B3?diaryId=705