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When the debate about the legalization of marijuana in Colorado took place, both Republican and Democrat advocates of the measure scoffed at the idea that this was a “gateway” law, and if pot was legalized, “why not heroin?” Well, here we are less than five years...

Key to the job of being a party whip is the ability to deliver votes on legislation. Turns out U.S. Rep. Diana DeGette isn’t very good at it, and completely failed to deliver enough votes for her own self to get elected to the job. She dropped out of the race today,...

Veterans attending college in Colorado under the GI Bill haven’t been getting their benefits in a timely manner, so they turned to U.S. Sen. Cory Gardner for help. Gardner said in a letter to VA Secretary Robert Wilkie that students who served our country are now...

Candidate Joe Neguse for the 2nd Congressional District managed to skate through the entire campaign without answering who he would support for the party’s leadership. That is until CBS’s “Face the Nation” got ahold of him Sunday. The moderator had the ball firmly in...

As reporters, operatives and analysts continue discussing Colorado's election results, one thing is becoming abundantly clear: messaging matters most. That's the theme this week, at least. There's hard evidence from the results to underscore this reality. In candidate...

Republicans in need of a little post-Election Day cheering up need look no further than the bench of Democrats lining up to challenge Republican U.S. Rep. Cory Gardner in 2020. We can’t tell if the Denver Post is serious or just had a slow news day, but here are the...

We gave Jared Polis the benefit of the doubt he would have some sort of clue how to govern Colorado if he were actually elected governor. It’s quickly becoming apparent we gave him too much credit. In interview after interview, the governor-elect is still sketchy...

It didn’t take long for U.S. Rep. Ed Pelmutter to backpedal on his opposition to Nancy Pelosi for House speaker. The once leader of the rebellion (as of Tuesday night) told the Associated Press on Wednesday that making other changes in party leadership other than...

Earlier this week, Amazon announced that it had selected Washington, D.C. and New York, N.Y. as co-second headquarters. The question we have to ask is whether Denver really ever had a chance. While proposals were confidential, the cities competing for the new...

Fractivists took five-miute break after the election and now they’re gearing up for another Proposition 112 in 2020. Unless, of course, the new governor and Democratic legislature give them what they want — a mob-style beatdown of the energy folks to break legs and...