The guardian:

Colorado’s senior Democratic senator was reaching the climax of his stump speech when one of his party’s millionaire donors started to heckle him.

Mark Udall had been looking confident, just moments earlier, when he climbed down the steps of his campaign bus and began addressing what should have been an audience of the party faithful.

These were people who had given up their Sunday afternoon to knock on doors in Centennial, in the southern suburbs of Denver, in search of votes for Udall.

In a populist, energising speech, Udall mocked the “plutocrat” Koch brothers, who bankrolled TV ads for his Republican rival Cory Gardner, and praised “the clipboard army” who were about to begin knocking on doors.

“I know you can do it. We’re surging. Ignore the polls.”

The crowd cheered and autumn leaves fluttered about the senator like confetti.

Then, finally, came the only reference to policy in Udall’s speech. “And by the way, I’m proud to stand with Colorado’s women,” he said, almost as an aside. “I’m proud to stand for reproductive freedom.”

An angry voice from the crowd jeered: “That’s not the only thing you stand for! Jesus Christ!”

Udall turned to a short, dark man on his left. The senator look genuinely stunned. “I’m sorry?”

“That’s not the only thing you stand for!” The heckler was Leo Beserra, a 73-year-old who made millions on Wall Street and, since the early 1990s, has shared a generous slice of that wealth with Colorado Democrats.

Uh, far be it for me to interfere in some ruling class on millionaire donor violence — I so thoroughly enjoy it I really would rather just savor it and keep quiet — but as a CITIZEN JOURNALIST I have an obligation to correct misstatements of fact. And sorry to say, Mr Beserra, but that is all Udall stands for. Unless you count voting down the line with Obama as “standing” for something that is pro-American, pro-constituion, pro-liberty, and pro-growth — in which case, you’d be wrong on all counts.

Beserra’s grievance – that the senator’s narrow focus on abortion has backfired – is shared by others in the party, but rarely voiced in public and never in the midst of the candidate’s campaign speech.

Udall is not the only Democratic candidate to campaign hard on his opponent’s position on women’s issues; Democrats in several key Senate races, including Iowa, have tried to paint their Republican adversaries as the protagonists in a war on women.

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Udall’s attempts to frame the Colorado race as a battle over women’s rights have been particularly relentless and, seemingly, ineffective.

The senator’s supporters contend that his attacks against Gardner have been justified. As a congressman, Gardner co-sponsored a federal “personhood” bill that extends citizenship rights to embryos. He has since shifted position, side-stepping his own record and endorsing a policy of over-the-counter contraception.

But others complain that Udall’s campaign has been dull, uninspiring and one-dimensional, earning him the moniker “Senator Uterus”. His naysayers even include the left-leaning Denver Post, which ended up endorsing Gardner.

“Udall is trying to frighten voters rather than inspire them with a hopeful vision,” Colorado’s biggest newspaper concluded in its editorial earlier this month. “His obnoxious one-issue campaign is an insult to those he seeks to convince.”

And, as Beserra revealed, Udall’s critics also include some in his own party. Seeking to downplay Beserra’s disagreement with the senator, Democratic party staffers said the donor is an eccentric, sometimes outspoken figure.

That may be true. But he is an undeniably important Democrat in Colorado; campaign finance records reveal that he has spent $10,100 on Democratic candidates and liberal political action committees this cycle alone, and he comes from an esteemed Democratic Hispanic family.

Is that so? Well, good on him for backing the wrong horse all these years, though his wealth is likely tied to purchasing a bit of influence, so he’s got that going for him.

But eccentric or no, it’s good to see some Democrats finally punching Udall right in the va-jay jay. And right before the run on condoms, too!

(h/t Dana Loesch)