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Not a vote has been cast yet, but Ken Buck seems to be winning this year's Republican primary contest the same way he won the U.S. Senate Republican primary contest in 2010.
The Republican field assembled to unseat U.S. Senator Mark Udall in this year's midterm election is already crowded, which is the polite way to describe it.
Looking at the array of problems facing Democrats in this post-recall election year, what do the Republicans do? That's right, just what you'd expect them to do.
The bill is unconstitutional, doomed to quick legislative death, redundant and politically deadly. Republicans made a statement, either by signing on to it or by not signing on to it.
Capitol observers say they expect majority party members to try to set a moderate tone and push proposals that might attract minority member support. But it's an election year.