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Help Take Colorado’s 2010 PoliticalTemperature

Fresh Questions for March Survey to Help PreviewCaucuses

The latest Survey of Colorado’s Political Temperature launches today toprovide a preview of conservative sentiments on the eve of March 16 caucusmeetings.It's the sixth edition of the survey in eight months. Yet for the first time, onlyone of the state’s most established and respected conservative politicalbloggers invites the state's political observers and activists to share theiropinions in an online “focus group” survey of issues, candidates, and trends.(Michael Sandoval, managing editor of the People's Press Collective, hastaken employment with a political campaign and removed himself from thesurvey to avoid any appearance of conflicted interests.) The March edition features even fewer issue statements, brings greaterattention to the 2

Congressional race, and asks participants to predict thelikelihood that Colorado Supreme Court justices will be retained or removedfrom office in November.

The survey is available online at:http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/S38KNJQ

Results of the survey are scheduled to be released the day beforeRepublicans across Colorado convene in their March 16 caucuses, which thisyear includes a preference poll of candidates in the governor's and U.S.Senate primary races.“It will be very interesting to see how closely the views of our participantsmatch the views of voters statewide,” said Ben DeGrow, proprietor of MountVirtus (http://bendegrow.com) and now master of the survey, compared towhich Rasmussen Reports officially has been declared “a heck of a biggerdeal.”Recipients are invited not only to take the survey, but also to pass it on toanyone they know who might appreciate the opportunity. Postings on email,Facebook and Twitter are encouraged. Still, only one vote per computer or