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BOWING TO BOEHNER: Obama Looks Weak And Partisan Over Job Speech Scheduling Kow-Tow
The totality of the "jobs speech" scheduling screw-up must have sunk in for the White House when a Politico alert went out saying Obama "bowed" to the demands of Speaker Boehner to change the date of his address before a joint session of Congress....
FLASHBACK: Representative Ferrandino Said Medicaid Expansion Bill Won’t Cost “Very Much Dollars”
A constant fight between legislative Republicans and Democrats in Colorado is over how entitlement programs are paid for and how much they will ultimately cost. Republicans have remained skeptical of rosy predictions of costs, while Democrats have generally been in...
ARE YOU LISTENING, NANCY? Female Business Owners Tell US House Minority Leader To Reduce Regulation
Denver Congresswoman Diana "Do Nothing" DeGette and House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi held a private roundtable with female business owners in Denver yesterday. In keeping with DeGette's policy of having no public meetings during her recess, it was closed to the...
We Really Want to Reduce the Debt?
I gave a little cheer when I heard about the GAO report on Fox News. Their teaser about what we could do if we could only save a billion dollars was cute: "We could buy a gazillion school kids a new iPad!". It turns out that the potential savings are more in the...
OUT IN THE COLD: Hickenlooper’s Reveling In Enviro Hate Shows How Little Heft They Have Left In CO
The most important takeaway from Governor Hickenlooper's 2016 tease with Politico this morning wasn't that a first year Governor was getting such treatment, but how much Hick reveled in being hated by environmental wackos on the left. Considering the previous...
WHERE IN THE WORLD IS JOHN HICKENLOOPER? With Prop 103 On The Ballot It’s Time To Take A Position
Not even through his first year as Governor yet and already John Hickenlooper is chatting with Politico reporters about a potential Presidential run in 2016. In the fawning write-up Hickenlooper brags about his ability to poke a key liberal constituency in the eyes --...
TWO FACED: Have The Denver and DC Diana DeGettes Ever Met? Not At A Townhall Meeting, At Least
OUR VIEW: After a year of wailing like a gaggle of gigged heifers about the horrors of coronating "Congressmen for Life", it will be interesting to see if any Democrat in Denver has the courage to stand up to Miz DeGette...the exemplar of a "Congress(wo)man for life"...
LOL: Mainstream Press Grabs Onto “Shaffer Under The Bus” Storyline
State Senate President and CD4 Congressional candidate Brandon Shaffer can spin all he wants, but he got rolled on redistricting. By his own party. Last week we covered the Congressional redistricting map submitted to the court by the Democrats, and noted that the...
GROW A SPINE, LIBERAL LEGISLATORS: Dem Operative Seeks Support From Democrats For Prop 103 Tax Hike
It appears the Peak post from last week compiling a list of legislators who support the job-killing Prop 103 tax hike found more than just us frustrated with the tax hike hidey holes many legislators have put themselves in. In response to the article, a Democrat...
DOUGLAS COUNTY HEROES DRAW NATIONAL PLAUDITS: George Will Shines Light On Landmark Voucher Fight
After months of watching the small actions of big talking Presidents, Governors, Members of Congress, and Legislators, the determination and moxy of the school board down in Douglas County is more than just refreshing -- the work of the Douglas County School...