Sep 13, 2012
Sometimes politicians give themselves away. That happened at Wednesday’s CU Regents meeting. The issue? Opposing Amendment 64 that pretends to legalize marijuana. Regent Stephen Ludwig didn’t want the Regents to oppose the pot amendment in a timely...
Sep 5, 2012
Michael Bennet's win in 2010 may offer a false hope for Obama in Colorado. Bennet won by about 30,000 votes, making him the weakest winner in a Colorado US Senate race in the past decade.Obama's forces tout Bennet's focus on women's issues as a model...
Aug 31, 2012
MEMOTO: JIM MESSINA, CAMPAIGN MANAGERFROM: JEN CHEYNE, COLORADO DEPUTY MANAGERSUBJECT: MOVEMENT IN COLORADOSummary:No upward movement for BHO in pollsScant improvement in registrationVolunteer cadre growth slowNew electorate growth difficultJim, with Tampa behind us,...
Aug 29, 2012
Four years ago on the CSU campus, 45,000 Obama fans gathered in the Oval.Yesterday brought a crowd of 13,000 to CSU for an Obama effort to steal some news inches from the Republican National Convention. Tom Hacker of the Reporter Herald called it a crowd of...
Aug 22, 2012
Think beyond the election, and it gets a bit scary.It's far-fetched that “the losing side will politely accept [losing in 2012] and adopt a constructive, compromising stance.” So writes MIT-educated economist Arnold Kling in a column titled...
