Path: bloom-picayune.mit.edu!snorkelwacker.mit.edu!americast.com!americast.com!americast-post Newsgroups: americast.wpost From: americast-post@AmeriCast.Com Organization: American Cybercasting Approved: americast-post@AmeriCast.com Subject: COLORADO (8 electoral votes)<< Date: Sun, 1 Nov 92 09:14:31 EST Message-ID: <30.1992Nov1.091431@AmeriCast.com> COLORADO (8 electoral votes)<< More than in any other section of the country, Perot is a factor in almost every state in the Rockies. His Colorado followers, who kept the movement alive even when he quit in July, were enthused by his Denver rally. But the Democrats are certainly not ceding anything here. Gore and Clinton both added stops in the final days of the campaign and a poll in today's Denver Post shows that the Democrats have reason for optimism. Clinton leads Bush by 43 to 31 percent, with Perot at 18 percent. The same poll shows Rep. Ben Nighthorse Campbell (D), who would become the first native American in the Senate, out front of former state senator Terry Considine (R), 48 to 40 percent, in the race for the seat of re- tiring Sen. Timothy E. Wirth (D). Considine, who pushed through Colorado's term-limits measure and became a national spokesman for that movement, has been running against Campbell's "absentee- ism," but Democrats, including some who express private frustra- tion at Campbell's campaign tactics, argue that Considine presents too hard-right an image for a state that tends to prefer more moderate politicians. As in some other states, the abortion issue seems to be working in the Democrats' favor. But a Chris- tian conservative movement has developed considerable grass-roots strength in the state, defeating moderate Republicans in several primary contests, and their organizing prowess may not be fully measured in the polls. One House incumbent on each side looks a bit shaky, but the main battle is in Campbell's old district, where the early favorite, Lt. Gov. Mike Callihan (D), could be edged out by state Rep. Scott McInnis (R). IDAHO (4)