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COLORADO’S CONSERVATIVE CONSCIENCE? An Interview with Ross Kaminsky
Welcome to the first installment of a new series on Colorado Peak Politics where we will be profiling and interviewing some high profile and influential conservative leaders, commentators, operatives and activists who we think have a large and out-sized impact on the...
BREAKING: Rollie Heath Tax Initiative Collapsing
Multiple sources are telling the Peak that the confluence of a tax-hostile political environment, Senator Rollie Heath's bumbling political roll out, and concerns over huge new job losses in an already fragile Colorado recovery have all but doomed Heath's $3...
LIBERAL GROUPS LOSE: A Ton of CO Liberal Special Interest Groups Lose Their Tax Exempt Status
Thanks to the reader who passed this gem along. This week the IRS revoked the tax exempt status of 275,000 organizations, after those organizations failed to file the proper paperwork. Well, it appears a number of liberal special interest group chapters in Colorado...
TAKING HOLD: Pueblo Chieftain Prints Op-Ed On 119,700 Job Losses from Rollie’s $3 Billion Tax Hike
A few weeks ago we wrote about an independent study commissioned by the Common Sense Policy Roundtable looking at the economic impacts of Senator Rollie Heath's proposed $3 Billion tax hike over 5 years. The study found that if the tax increase were to pass it...
MEDIA WAR: Factual Disagreements and Known Unknowns on Hancock Hooker Story
If you just scanned yesterday's Denver Post, with the headline "Nothing incriminating found in Hancock cellphone records: No links to prostitutes found," you might think that Mayor-elect Michael Hancock had officially put the allegations of...
HIDE THE WEINER: Why Won’t Denver’s Media Establishment Report On Perlmutter’s Weiner Booty?
UPDATE: Best Twitter feed in the history of the Peak: Yes Eric, like every other red blooded American, we simply cannot resist the throbbing urge to crack jokes about Weiner, his campaign booty, and the whole oiled-up political circus. ------------- Here at the Peak...
GARDNER’S THRASHING OF EPA PAYS OFF: Enviro Bureaucrats Back Off Climate Rule
Remember Congressman Cory Gardner's undressing of the EPA administrator -- you remember, the YOUTUBE sensation that went viral faster than a Lindsay Lohan germ attack? Well yesterday Gardner's assault, and similar attacks from Republicans in...
PRESS FAWNS ON BACHMANN: Misunderestimate Her At Your Peril
Many in the press, and especially liberals, have attempted to paint Congresswoman Michele Bachmann as a shrill, extremist, inexperienced and stupid woman. They do so at their peril, and much to Bachmann's gain. Her performance at the GOP debate on Monday showed...
LIBERALS SMEARS: Groups Who Don’t Disclose Their Donors Sue Over Donor Disclosure
UPDATE: It looks like the Denver Post editorial board agrees with us. In an editorial today they say "the secretary of state is right to update state campaign finance rules to exempt small issue groups spending $5,000 or less." ------- Colorado Ethics Watch (CEW) and...
HOW NOT TO WIN: WI Democrat Caught On Tape Saying He Wants To “Smack Around” Voter
Speaking of anger management issues, a Wisconsin Democrat trying to beat an incumbent Republican legislator in a recall election was recently caught in a campaign-ending gaffe. Anyone who has ever made a phone call for a political campaign knows you are bound to...