Highlights from Tuesday’s Denver Post debate between Sen. Mark Udall, a Democrat, and Rep. Cory Gardner, a Republican who wants to unseat him:
“It’s simply outrageous to believe that somebody would try to ban birth control. … In fact, the first time that my wife and I saw a television ad by Sen. Udall that said we wanted to ban birth control, my wife looked at me, smiled and said: ‘Didn’t you used to pick up my prescription?’ “
Gardner, on birth control access
“Congressman Gardner has built his political career on working to ban abortion and common forms of contraception.”
Udall
“What I was saying was, I have a Colorado compass, and that’s how I serve the state of Colorado. When I agree with the president of the United States I stand with the president of the United States. … (When) President Obama presents a strategy to the country to go after (the Islamic State), I stand with President Obama. If President Obama is spying on Americans and CIA overreaches its boundaries, I’ve made my point of view very, very clear.”
Udall, clarifying his earlier remark that the White House fears him when he’s walking up the lawn
“Sen. Udall, you just said that you have a Colorado compass. But maybe you ought to try to get GPS, because your compass is leading this state down the wrong path.”
Gardner
