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Before last night Jon Stewart had failed to live up to expectations, to extend the metaphor, in his comedic analysis of the Weiner affair, owing to his having been Weiner's college roommate. Just when we thought he couldn't have sunk any lower, he goes and does...

We know Governor Hickenlooper can have a looming presence over the state's politics, but that image of Hick has now taken the form of the Colorado government website itself.  A reader sent along an interesting update that has been made recently to...

Readers of the Peak may remember that Congressman Ed Perlmutter sang a very different tune back in 2006 when it was a Republican on the firing line for perverted behavior. When the Mark Foley scandal hit back in '06 Perlmutter demanded that not only Foley resign,...

A while back we suggested that Mitt Romney's money and national standing as the guy who could beat Obama might be his trump card over a Massachusetts health care law he probably wishes he never signed.Many smart observers believe the health care law in...

Michael Hancock's resounding victory over Chris Romer meant the end of a mostly excruciating and always ridiculous campaign that pitted two combatants who were so lame brained and impotent that neither deserve to be elected to anything. Romer won the first...

In another indicator of rapidly shifting views on economic issues, in a new ABC News/Washington Post poll 45 percent of respondents said they trust congressional Republicans over the President when it comes to dealing with the economy, an 11-point improvement for the...

A report on People's Press Collective yesterday points out an alarming, and quite possibly illegal, move that displays the desperation the supporters of Initiative 25, the $3 billion tax hike, are showing in trying to get it on the ballot. Randall Smith, who...

The Pee-wee Herman of Congress, Anthony Weiner, gave Congressman Ed Perlmutter $1,000 and Perlmutter needs to return the tainted funds. While Weiner has stiffed his constituents and refuses to step down, it's up to Perlmutter to rise above the sticky mess and give...

ColoradoPols has a post up this afternoon expressing outrage over freshman Congressman Scott Titpton's office payroll, which for the first three months of 2011 was $243,431. They like to point out John Salazar's first quarter staff payroll in 2005 at $153,013,...

Former Pennsylvania Senator Rick Santorum is officially in as a candidate for the Republican nomination for President, as of today. Santorum, while an outspoken social conservative, is considered likely to struggle to appeal to all three constituencies of the...