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GIVE ‘EM THE OLD HEAVE-HO: Readers of Denver 5280 Magazine Want To Chuck Obama, Hickenlooper
A loyal reader sends in an almost too-good-to-be-true piece of news. Readers of the Denver focused magazine, 5280, chose Obama as the politician they'd most like to vote out of office. The runner up? Governor Hickenlooper.If these two Dems have lost their Denver...
TWO PRESIDENTS CAN’T BE WRONG: The Internet Is Now Renamed “Internets”
George Bush may have had a, shall we say, unique, relationship with the English language. His ability to bollix up a saying or phrase was unparalleled in previous Presidential history. And the press made note when he did. But now that the Dear Leader with the crimson...
HICK TAPS RULE BREAKER TO RULE CASINOS: Appoints Disgraced Sheriff Darr To Gaming Commission
UPDATE: A review of campaign donations reveals that three of Hickenlooper's new appointments were campaign donors, including two who maxed out. It looks like Hick is stacking the deck (pun intended) with his own donors. This isn't the Howdy Doody we've come to love...
CHASING THE DISTRICT: Democrats Want To Be Congressmen Regardless Of Whom They Represent
OUR VIEW: It's an odd electoral strategy -- I'm running for Congress. To represent whom? Whomever. I just want a job in Congress. The announcement of state Representative Joe Miklosi's Congressional campaign for the 6th Congressional district...
THE TALE OF TWO CHAIRMAN: Carillo Screwed Up; Lucero Busy Cleaning Up
Just about the least thankful job in Colorado politics these days is Chairman of the Larimer County GOP. In the Fort Collins Coloradoan yesterday, Bob Moore continued his exposé on the alleged crimes of the previous Larimer GOP Chairman, Larry Carillo, but...
HOPE AND CHANGE 2.0: Brandon-Mander Refuses To Take A Position On Anything, Except His Ambition
After dressing up as Cliff Claven to announce his Congressional campaign via Youtube, Brandon Shaffer has decided that the fact that he is a candidate is all he is going to share. No need to tell voters of the 4th Congressional district where he stands on issues.A...
TRYING TO BUY THE STATE HOUSE: Negative Mail Pieces Flood Republican Districts
Just when you thought your mailbox, radio and TV were going to be given a reprieve from lies, damn lies and Democrat 527 ads, something like this happens. First it was Nancy Pelosi's Super PAC lying about Scott Tipton, and having their radio ads pulled over the...
Lying Liars Who Always, Always Lie: Pelosi Super PAC Ad Hitting Tipton Yanked For Being Not True
What a surprise. A group tied to Nancy Pelosi is caught lying and getting facts wrong. Maybe Pelolsi's Super PAC is being run with Pelosi's strategy on Obamacare -- they have to run the ad to find out if they're lying. Last week, cease-and-desist letters...
FIRST CAMPAIGN GAFFE: Brandon Shaffer Confused About What District He’s Running In
Remember the embarrassing episode that unfolded when then-US Senate candidate Bob Schaffer put an out-of-state mountain in a campaign TV ad instead of a picturesque Colorado peak? Well, we are about to see if Colorado political reporters are objective when it comes to...
BRANDON-MANDER MAKES IT OFFICIAL: Five Facts About The Man Who Wants To Gerrymander His Own Seat
Yesterday, Senate President Brandon Shaffer made official what he told Nancy Pelosi's deputy in May and has refused to acknowledge to Coloradans until now. He's running for Congress. After throwing away the end of the Legislature's session in an attempt to...