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GLITTER FIZZLE: This State Senate Race Will be All Bomb, No Glitter

The latest Democrat jumping into the primary race for state Senate District 32 has a criminal record, and he’s proud of it. Glitter Bomber Peter Smith made his entrance into politics when he was arrested for “throwing a missile” at Republican presidential nominee Mitt...

WHEN IRONY ATTACKS: Hick Fears Republicans Will Act Like Democrats

Democrats including Gov. Hickenlooper are criticizing for Republicans for writing health care legislation behind closed doors. Not because they believe in transparency, they are accusing Republicans of being hypocrites because the GOP criticized Democrats for crafting...

WHAT DO THEY WANT: Governor’s New Lab Backed By Liberal Donors

As soon as we read that Enron hedge funder John Arnold and his wife Laura were paying for a $4.5 million lab at the University of Denver to study good government, we had to ask - what's in it for Democrats? The grant is technically from the Laura and John Arnold...

SECURITY PRECAUTION: One Crazy Shooter Affects Colorado Politics

We don’t blame Republicans for being a little cautious after last week’s shooting at the GOP congressional baseball team practice by a former Bernie Sanders volunteer. U.S. Rep. Scott Tipton has moved his town hall to the telephone for a conference call with...

CELLPHONE POLICE: New Law To Decide Who Can’t Own Phones

We respect a Denver dad’s dilemma to get kids off the cell phones and back into the real world, but a ballot measure making it illegal for parents to buy phones for their kids is not the answer. Maybe it’s because this dad is a doctor that he thinks that moms and pops...

CONSCIOUS UNCOUPLING: Colorado Political Power Couple Calls It Quits

OK, so Mike Coffman bears little resemblance to Brad Pitt (sorry Congressman), but it kind of feels like when Brad Pitt and Jennifer Aniston divorced. Except in Colorado. And among Republicans. This afternoon, power couple U.S. Rep. Mike Coffman and Colorado Attorney...

PAY OFF? Some Look Willing to Forgive EPA For Mine Spill

Some local officials and a conservation group went to Washington to talk to the government about the Gold King Mine. We’ll cut to the chase, they went begging for money, not accountability. According to the Durango Herald, it was La Plata County Commissioner Brad...