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SAY WHAT? Western Slope Candidate Emily Tracy Hates On Energy Industry
Some may call Emily Tracy a candidate looking for an office. The moniker fits - Tracy has run unsuccessfully for the state legislature in 2002, 2004, 2012, and now she is challenging Republican State Senator Randy Baumgardner in SD-8, a district that covers the...
MEMO TO GOVERNMENT: Dogs Bark
It appears that La Plata County Commissioners have run out of things to do, so now they’ve taken up the task of telling dogs to shut up. An indisputable rule of nature is that dogs bark, and sometimes for long periods of time. This could be because there is an...
OBAMACARE: Bennet is Still a Liar
What do Democratic U.S. Sens. Micheal Bennet, Russ Feingold and Evan Bayh have in common? All three faced tough campaigns last go around because of their votes in favor of Obamacare that rammed that failure of a bill into law. However, all three are polling strong in...
PEAK FEED: Trump Ads Coming To A Television Near You
While Hillary Clinton is waffling on her Colorado ad dollars, Donald Trump is doubling down. As the campaign heads into the critical Labor Day milestone, it is interesting to see Clinton in the background sitting on a perceived lead, while Trump is coming out with...
GUEST POST: Students Learn Free Market Economics
Special to Peak Politics By Marjorie Haun Phyllis Hunsinger, did not retire from education when she retired as a public school teacher and administrator. Indeed, she doubled-down on her vision of promoting an educational option in Western Colorado which gives...
MIA: Morgan Carroll Bails on Proposed Denver Post Debate
There are few CD-6 debates on the calendar right now, but it is not for a lack of trying. In a very unorthodox move for someone challenging a sitting U.S. Congressman, 6th District Democratic nominee Morgan Carroll declined to participate in a debate hosted by the...
DAILY OUTRAGE: VA’s Secret Report on Aurora
Since when did government waste, and the resulting government investigation of said waste, fall under the protection of the Privacy Act thereby blocking disclosure to the public who paid for it all? Since the VA’s hospital construction failure at the facility in...
WHITMAN UNCOVERED: Republican Surrogate for Clinton Campaigning in Colorado Today Has Long Record Supporting Democrats
The traditional media is spilling a lot of ink about Republican Meg Whitman making a trip to Colorado today to stump for Hillary Clinton. Many will recall that Whitman was the finance chair for Mitt Romney's failed 2012 presidential campaign, and was often seen on...
DOG ATE THEIR BALLOT: Fractivist Excuses for Failure
The only people surprised that the anti-fracking initiatives didn’t make the ballot appears to be the anti-frackers. That comes as a surprise to us, because they were making up excuses for their failure before they even failed to provide the correct number of...
GAINING MOMENTUM AND TURNING FOR HOME: Business Groups Line Up For Coffman’s Re-Election
One of the hardest working politicians in America, Colorado's own Mike Coffman, got a nice boost today from a number of business groups in his competitive 6th Congressional District. The South Denver Metro Chamber, the National Federation of Independent Businesses,...