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CHEERS: Something to Celebrate for the Tax Day Tea Party
Today marks the first Tax Day Tea Party where conservatives have something to cheer about on the state budget. After years in the political wilderness, conservative lawmakers saw a resurgence in their numbers in 2010, leading to a Republican majority in the State...
REDISTRICTING DRAMA: Dems Outsource Map Drawing to Shady 527s, Tech Monkeys Can’t Upload The Maps
Over the last couple of months, Republicans and Democrats have been working together on a bipartisan joint select committee on redistricting, trying to come up with a new map that the Legislature can pass, instead of the courts, where it has been decided for the last...
JOY TO THE WORLD: Pelosi Fades to Black
If this morning's gray sky has got you feeling blue, we suggest reading this from Politico, a veritable obituary of the wicked witch from California who used to call herself Speaker. From Politico: "[Pelosi's] diminished stature has affected the...
FIX THIS MESS: How the Legislature Can Stop Future Per Diem Abuse
Michael Kinsley's famous quote about the scandal in politics being more about what's legal than what is illegal perfectly captures our issue with the dubiously defined rules and regulations over extra pay for legislative leadership. John Morse was able to...
The need for budget cuts to the EPA
Throughout the corporate world, the Environmental Protection Agency is known for its continual, expensive, and extremely confusing regulations. Through these policies the EPA has been driving down revenue for a number of factories, thus in turn, directly lowering job...
WHY BOEHNER CRIES: New Study Finds Conservatives Are More Emotional Than Liberals
According to Time Magazine, researchers at University College London have figured out why Speaker John Boehner is such a sobbing sissy: it's because conservatives' brains are built more on emotion than liberals. In the study, led by Ryota Kanai of...
HOW NOT TO DRAFT A PRESS STATEMENT: #NotIntendedToBeAFactualStatement
This video needs very little setup, other than to say: We wish Dan Maes was Governor. #NotIntendedToBeAFactualStatement
THE EMPEROR HAS NO CLOTHES: Obama’s Speech on the Deficit Exposes His Lack of Leadership
Just a few hours ago, President Obama finished his partisan tirade speech about his plan to fix the deficit. It was all-too-predictable that he would speak in vague generalities and avoid having the guts to come out and endorse specific cuts to entitlements. Instead,...
DON’T PASS THE BUCK: In Exclusive Interview, Ken Buck Demands More Action on Spending, Deficit
In the second segment of our ongoing series, "Checking In," we interviewed national tea party hero and former US Senate Republican nominee Ken Buck. In a new media twist, we conducted the interview live over our Twitter feed (@copeakpolitics), which allowed...
BUCK OFF: Ken Buck Rips Boehner’s Budget Deal
In an exclusive interview with the Peak, national tea party hero and Colorado Senate Republican nominee Ken Buck ripped the budget deal struck by Speaker John Boehner and President Barack Obama, saying the GOP fell well short of the "promise to the American...