DENVER If President Barack Obama spends much more time in Denver, hell have to get Colorado license plates for the White House limo.
Obama visited the Denver area Thursday, for the third time in four months. The stop was the first in a coming onslaught of presidential candidates.
The Fort Collins Coloradoan reported (http://noconow.co/y53qKz) that Republican Ron Paul will visit Tuesday. Denver Westword reported (http://bit.ly/wDNDNs) that Mitt Romney will be here Feb. 6 and 7.
The GOP presidential caucus is Feb. 7, and it will be the last Republican contest for three weeks. Pollsters say Colorado will be a pivotal state in the general election, too hence Obamas constant attention.
Swonger DQed: The state Democratic Party disqualified Silverton resident Patrick Swonger from the race for House District 59, currently held by Ignacio Republican J. Paul Brown.
Swonger was a day late in registering as a Democrat last year. As of Thursday, he was still weighing his options.
Other Democrats are talking about Durango lawyer Michael McLachlan as a candidate. He has not yet announced his intentions.
Tipton leading in poll: U.S. Rep. Scott Tipton, R-Cortez, topped Democratic challenger Sal Pace 46 percent to 39 percent in a poll conducted between Jan. 18 and 23 by Public Policy Polling on behalf of the House Majority PAC, a Democratic group.
But Democrats sense Tiptons vulnerability. The PAC touted the results because they show just 39 percent of poll respondents think Tipton should be re-elected, while 54 percent think he should lose.
PPP is aligned with Democrats, but its results tend to show a slight bias toward Republicans, according to the respected pollster ratings of The New York Times. The poll sampled 569 registered voters and had a margin of error of plus or minus 4.1 percent.
D.C. trip: Speaking of Pace, the state representative was gone from the Legislature on Tuesday and Wednesday to travel to Washington, D.C., where he attended the State of the Union and worked on his campaign.
Countdown: Ten days to the Colorado Republican caucuses. 283 days until the November election.