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We have grown a little weary over the unwillingness of some Republicans to challenge John Hickenlooper, when that is what a thoughtful opposition party should sometimes do. For sure, we were quick to praise Governor Hickenlooper when he was deserving. But we at the...

First coined by Navy football coach Eddie Erdelatz in 1953 to describe a scoreless tie between Navy and Duke who said "a tie is like kissing your sister," we've commandeered the term for our second category of accolades in the Peak's first annual...

Breaking this morning is news that Wisconsin's Senior Senator, Democrat Herb Kohl, is retiring. After knocking off Socialist Senator Russ Feingold last cycle, Wisconsin Republicans have an opportunity now to conduct a clean sweep of their US Senate representation....

OUR VIEW: If Hancock is pro-Life and believes that intelligent design should be taught, then why doesn't he just say so? If he did, he'd probably eat into Romer's GOP support. But by taking both sides in the short space of two hours Hancock is going to...

With the legislative session now over, we will be taking a look back on the last 120 day marathon and bestowing our snark and savoir faire upon a few lucky legislators and Capitol-focused folks, who we believe deserve recognition.  We have three categories of...

Back in March, Ryan Frazier gave his first public hint that he might run for Aurora Mayor right here on the Peak. Well, today it's official. Frazier is in it to win it, announcing via his new campaign website www.ryanfrazierforaurora.com. We here at the Peak are...

A new poll out today by RBI Strategies shows Michael Hancock edging out Chris Romer 41-37 in the Denver mayoral June runoff election. Hancock leads Romer 46-35 among Dems, and 40-37 among unaffiliateds. Romer leads Hancock 45-28 among GOP voters, who make up 19% of...

Many observers, including us, thought Obama would see a much bigger bounce in the polls from the sweet, sweet justice brought to bin Laden's doorstep. Despite the predictions, Obama's bounce has been one of the smallest in Presidential history for a major...

UPDATE 2: Ok, ok, ok Right Wingers, so we used a flattering picture of Mr. Nadler so as not to be biased. How's this one? Better? UPDATE: Ok, ok, ok conservative ladies. Here is the picture of Congressman Schock you were looking for. Our view: Conservatives more...

Fresh from waiting out the Capitol press corps who flat-out refused to press him on anything like a position on redistricting, Governor Hickenlooper is now hiding under his desk on another major public policy issue -- should it be more difficult to amend the...