COMMRADE CLUELESS: Polis’s Madcap Plan for Ineffectiveness

We gave Jared Polis the benefit of the doubt he would have some sort of clue how to govern Colorado if he were actually elected governor. It’s quickly becoming apparent we gave him too much credit. In interview after interview, the governor-elect is still sketchy...

PERLMUTTER’S BACKPEDAL: He Was Against Pelosi Before He Was For Her

It didn’t take long for U.S. Rep. Ed Pelmutter to backpedal on his opposition to Nancy Pelosi for House speaker. The once leader of the rebellion (as of Tuesday night) told the Associated Press on Wednesday that making other changes in party leadership other than...

HQ2: Did Colorado Ever Have a Chance?

Earlier this week, Amazon announced that it had selected Washington, D.C. and New York, N.Y. as co-second headquarters. The question we have to ask is whether Denver really ever had a chance. While proposals were confidential, the cities competing for the new...

AND THEY’RE BACK: Fractivists Gear Up For Bigger Setbacks

Fractivists took five-miute break after the election and now they’re gearing up for another Proposition 112 in 2020. Unless, of course, the new governor and Democratic legislature give them what they want — a mob-style beatdown of the energy folks to break legs and...

DEGETTE’S LEADERSHIP RACE: Campaign is Sugar-Coated Nastiness

Poor Diana DeGette, we can’t get enough of her sad, yet determined bid for the U.S. House whip race. It’s doomed, we’re told by everyone, but bless her heart for throwing everything she has at the race, including, uhm, candy. As Congress reconvenes today, I’m...