http://www.andrewromanoff.com/ en Copyright 2010 2010-03-05T17:58:47+00:00 http://www.andrewromanoff.com/blog/entry/romanoff-pulls-into-virtual-tie-with-republican/ http://www.andrewromanoff.com/blog/entry/romanoff-pulls-into-virtual-tie-with-republican/ -by Bill Romjue Andrew Romanoff is Colorado’s best choice for fixing the broken system in Washington and a new poll today shows he is the only candidate that can hold the seat for Democrats in November. Andrew continues to climb since the last month’s poll and has pulled into a virtual tie with the leading Republican contender according to Rasmussen Reporte} 2010-03-05T16:58:47+00:00 http://www.andrewromanoff.com/blog/entry/two-weeks-from-tonight/ http://www.andrewromanoff.com/blog/entry/two-weeks-from-tonight/ On Tuesday, March 16th, you can take the first step toward nominating a candidate for the U.S. Senate, by participating in your precinct caucus.  Andrew recorded a new video explaining this process.  (To find your caucus location, please click hl_encode} 2010-03-02T22:21:51+00:00 http://www.andrewromanoff.com/blog/entry/the-courage-of-our-convictions/ http://www.andrewromanoff.com/blog/entry/the-courage-of-our-convictions/ -by Andrew Romanoff My grandparents came to America in the first half of the last century. They came without any money or political connections. They came for the same reason so many people do -- to create a better life for themselves and their children. My father's parents opened a small grocery store in Schenectady, New York; they lived in an apartment above it while my dad was growing up. Hundreds of fellow immigrants found their way to Romanoff's Delicatessen. My grandfather Herman (a softer touch than his wife Annie) fed many customers for free during the war. 2010-03-01T13:45:05+00:00 http://www.andrewromanoff.com/blog/entry/campaign-update-february-27th/ http://www.andrewromanoff.com/blog/entry/campaign-update-february-27th/ Below is a brief update from the Romanoff campaign. If you haven't visited us at campaign headquarters yet, please do. We are located at 2223 South Monaco Parkway in Denver or call us at 720-319-8683. 2010-02-27T19:14:44+00:00 http://www.andrewromanoff.com/blog/entry/me-and-my-shadow/ http://www.andrewromanoff.com/blog/entry/me-and-my-shadow/ -by Andrew Romanoff I debated my shadow last night. That's what it felt like, for a little while. Having sent a surrogate to our first forum on Saturday, my opponent himself showed up yesterday, at a debate hosted by the Denver Young Democrats. At least I think it was my opponent. He used most of his time to agree with me. Washington doesn't work, I said. He agreed. The Senate has not delivered the reforms we need in health care, the economy, or energy policy. Agreed. Special interests have turned Congressional committees into wholly owned subsidiaries by bankrolling their campaigns. Agreed. Lagging in the polls, my opponent has evidently decided that "if you can't beat 'em, join 'em." 2010-02-17T20:51:16+00:00 http://www.andrewromanoff.com/blog/entry/worth-fighting-for/ http://www.andrewromanoff.com/blog/entry/worth-fighting-for/ -by Andrew Romanoff I hope you're having a good week. I'd like to share some news from the campaign trail and an invitation to get involved. In the last ten days, we've proposed an aggressive slate of financial reforms.  We picked up endorsements from two of Colorado's largest labor organizations, two-thirds of the Democrats in the State House, and 40 other legislators, past and present.  And we opened up a seven-point lead on our primary opponent in a head-to-head matchup against the Republican frontrncode} 2010-02-16T16:41:40+00:00 http://www.andrewromanoff.com/blog/entry/legislators-stand-with-romanoff/ http://www.andrewromanoff.com/blog/entry/legislators-stand-with-romanoff/ Sixty-one current and former Colorado state legislators endorsed U.S. Senate candidate Andrew Romanoff today. Romanoff won support from a majority of the Democrats in the state legislature -- including two-thirds of those in the House of Representatives, where he served for eight years and was speaker for four. They're the ones who have worked with Romanoff most closely. "Leadership matters, and Andrew has got it," said Rep. Joe Rice, D-Littleton, a colonel in the U.S. Army Reserves. 2010-02-12T23:08:25+00:00 http://www.andrewromanoff.com/blog/entry/romanoff-wins-key-labor-support/ http://www.andrewromanoff.com/blog/entry/romanoff-wins-key-labor-support/ U.S. Senate candidate Andrew Romanoff has won the support of two of Colorado's largest labor organizations. The United Food and Commercial Workers, which represents 23,000 members statewide, and the Colorado Council of Teamsters, with 16,000 members, endorsed Romanoff's primary bid. 2010-02-10T22:19:37+00:00 http://www.andrewromanoff.com/blog/entry/the-banks-own-this-place/ http://www.andrewromanoff.com/blog/entry/the-banks-own-this-place/ -by Andrew Romanoff A little more than a year ago, some of America’s biggest financial institutions helped send our nation into its deepest fiscal crisis since the Great Depression. Since then, millions of Americans have lost their homes, their paychecks, and their savings. In 1933, Congress moved swiftly to reform the banking industry and protect depositors. Washington worked. Today’s Congress, in contrast, has failed to act. A reform bill passed by the House languishes in the Senate. Wall Street wins. Main Street losese} 2010-02-03T21:04:09+00:00 http://www.andrewromanoff.com/blog/entry/give-it-back/ http://www.andrewromanoff.com/blog/entry/give-it-back/ -by Andrew Romanoff Last week, the Supreme Court decided that special-interest groups can make "independent expenditures" for or against political candidates -- without any limit at all. That decision came in a case called Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission. It means that out-of-state corporations and other interest groups can not only tell Coloradans how to vote, they can spend millions or even billions of dollars drowning out the voices of the people who actually live here. Today, I'm asking the other candidates in the race for the U.S. Senate to join me in standing up for the people of Colorado. 2010-01-26T20:33:13+00:00 http://www.andrewromanoff.com/blog/entry/talk-is-cheap/ http://www.andrewromanoff.com/blog/entry/talk-is-cheap/ -by Ken Gordon Talk is cheap - especially if you're a giant corporation. The Supreme Court yesterday opened the floodgates for independent expenditures by corporations and other special interest groups - as if the $1 billion those groups spent in the last election wasn't enough. Andrew Romanoff is the first and - so far, the only - candidate in this race to turn down corporate cash. In fact, he refuses to accept contributions from any political action committee. Andrew is leading by example, which is one of the reasons I support his campaign. 2010-01-22T20:13:53+00:00 http://www.andrewromanoff.com/blog/entry/andrew-romanoff-on-citizens-united-versus-fec/ http://www.andrewromanoff.com/blog/entry/andrew-romanoff-on-citizens-united-versus-fec/ -by Andrew Romanoff If you like the way Washington works, you’re going to love this decision. Special interest groups poured $1 billion into the last election. Today’s ruling just opened the floodgates for billions more. The Supreme Court said that corporations and other interest groups can spend as much as they want on independent expenditures. It’s as if the justices took a look at America’s political system and concluded that special interests don’t have enough pocode} 2010-01-21T21:51:23+00:00 http://www.andrewromanoff.com/blog/entry/january-19th-press-conference/ http://www.andrewromanoff.com/blog/entry/january-19th-press-conference/ The problems that afflict America today are too broad and too deep for a state to solve on its own. We find ourselves at a tipping point. Our economy, our health, and, in many ways, the fate of the earth itself hang in the balance. Yesterday we honored the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. “The ultimate measure of a man,” Dr. King once said, “is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy.” This is a time of challenge and controversy. We need bold leadership not only in the White House but also at the other end of Pennsylvania Avenue. That’s why I’m running for the U.S. Senate.ncode} 2010-01-19T19:25:57+00:00 http://www.andrewromanoff.com/blog/entry/statement-on-gov.-bill-ritters-announcement/ http://www.andrewromanoff.com/blog/entry/statement-on-gov.-bill-ritters-announcement/ 01/06/2010 I have known Bill and Jeannie Ritter for more than 16 years, and I appreciate how much they and their children have sacrificed for the sake of our state. I join all Coloradans in thanking the Governor and his family for their selfless service—and in wishing them the very best in the years ahead} 2010-01-06T20:25:53+00:00 http://www.andrewromanoff.com/blog/entry/a-special-holiday-wish-from-andrews-mother/ http://www.andrewromanoff.com/blog/entry/a-special-holiday-wish-from-andrews-mother/ (by Andrew's Mom) Hello. I'm Andrew Romanoff's mother, and I need your help. I'd like to spend more time with my son during the holidays. His campaign, however, has been taking up almost every spare minute. 2009-12-24T14:16:12+00:00 http://www.andrewromanoff.com/blog/entry/join-me-in-standing-with-andrew/ http://www.andrewromanoff.com/blog/entry/join-me-in-standing-with-andrew/ (by Nancy Dick) Thirty years ago, I was elected Lieutenant Governor — the first woman to hold that post in the history of Colorado. I’ve met a lot of candidates since then, but I’ve never been more enthusiastic about any race than I am about this one. Anyone who has watched Andrew Romanoff recognizes what an extraordinary Senator he will be. He has spent most of his life fighting tooth and nail for ordinary people: the kids he taught in Central America, the Klan victims he defended at the Southern Poverty Law Center, the constituents he represented so well in the Colorado House of Representaticode} 2009-12-22T20:35:47+00:00 http://www.andrewromanoff.com/blog/entry/national-democratic-strategist-bill-romjue-joins-romanoff-campaign/ http://www.andrewromanoff.com/blog/entry/national-democratic-strategist-bill-romjue-joins-romanoff-campaign/ Andrew Romanoff, Democratic candidate for the U.S. Senate, today announced that top veteran Democratic strategist Bill Romjue has joined the Romanoff team as campaign manager. “I am delighted to put a talented leader like Bill Romjue at the top of our team. I have enormous respect for his service to our country and his skill as a campaign manager," Romanoff said. "Bill shares my determination to fight for the families of Colorado, who have been forgotten by too many federal officials. Bill believes, as I do, that the choice of our next U.S. Senator should rest not with the power brokers in Washington or on Wall Street but with the people of Colorado."} 2009-12-21T21:24:24+00:00 http://www.andrewromanoff.com/blog/entry/statement-on-senate-health-care-debate/ http://www.andrewromanoff.com/blog/entry/statement-on-senate-health-care-debate/ 12/17/2009 Consumers lost another round in Washington yesterday when the insurance industry and its allies in the U.S. Senate refused to allow discussion of the American Health Security Act of 2009 -- a proposal to cover all Americans at a lower cost than the other plans now under consideration. The defeat capped a week of losses for American families, as the public option and other insurance reforms fell victim to industry pressure and Congressional cowardice. 2009-12-17T23:48:39+00:00 http://www.andrewromanoff.com/blog/entry/i-support-andrew-because-of-eli/ http://www.andrewromanoff.com/blog/entry/i-support-andrew-because-of-eli/ (by Betty Lehman)I am a single parent of a child with autism, and I am supporting Andrew Romanoff for United States Senate. I want to tell you why, and ask you to support him as well. When my son Eli was insured by United Healthcare, he was entitled to speech therapy. This therapy was important because autism can create an almost insurmountable barrier to verbal communication. If he could learn to communicate, it would change his life. 2009-12-16T00:47:38+00:00 http://www.andrewromanoff.com/blog/entry/statement-on-wall-street-regulation-bill/ http://www.andrewromanoff.com/blog/entry/statement-on-wall-street-regulation-bill/ 12/11/2009Although it took a recession and the near collapse of the American economy, Congress has finally taken action. The bill passed by the House of Representatives today will -- I hope -- mark the beginning of the end of Wall Street’s iron grip on our Capitol and our economy. A healthy financial sector is crucial to the success of our economy, but we have seen that, left unregulated, Wall Street engages in behavior that puts our entire economy at risk} 2009-12-11T03:50:16+00:00 http://www.andrewromanoff.com/blog/entry/statement-on-senate-health-care-bill/ http://www.andrewromanoff.com/blog/entry/statement-on-senate-health-care-bill/ 12/10/2009With the Senate shifting sharply away from a public option to help cover uninsured Americans, an insurance industry insider who has been deeply involved in the health care fight declared victory. "We WIN," the insider wrote in an email revealed by Politico.com. "Administered by private insurance companies. No government funding. No government insurance competitor.” When Washington cuts deals with the drug lobby and caves in to the insurance industry, ordinary Americans lose out. Every day, someone in Colorado dies because he or she cannot afford to treat or prevent an illness. We deserve better. We deserve a Senator who will stand up to the special interests and turn down their corporate cash. We deserve real reform that puts people first} 2009-12-10T03:16:27+00:00 http://www.andrewromanoff.com/blog/entry/welcome/ http://www.andrewromanoff.com/blog/entry/welcome/ (by Andrew Romanoff) Thank you for visiting my website.  I appreciate your interest.   For nearly a decade, I've brought Democrats and Republicans together to solve some of Colorado's toughest problems.  I know how to find common ground -- and when to draw the line.  No one in this race brings a stronger record of legislative leadership or a deeper passion for the people of our state.  And no one will work harder to make our voices heard. Please let me know if you have any questions or comments.  I would be honored to earn your support. 2009-11-14T20:03:04+00:00 http://www.andrewromanoff.com/blog/entry/get-involved/ http://www.andrewromanoff.com/blog/entry/get-involved/ (by Andrew Romanoff) Thank you for taking part in democracy.  Your participation is key to our country -- and to our campaign. The concerns of ordinary Coloradans form the focus of my career.  That makes me a different kind of candidate -- and it makes this a different kind of campaign.  Too many politicians lose touch with the people who put them in office, fall sway to political insiders and party bosses, or become beholden to corporate interest groups rather than their own constituents. Ours is a grassroots effort, fueled by volunteers.  That's why I'm asking for your help.  Host a house party.  Call a neighbor.  Join our 2010 Club.  Together, we'll prove that you can get elected to -- and serve in -- national office not by trolling for dollars on Wall Street but by talking with people on Main Street. 2009-11-14T09:58:33+00:00