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FRIENDLY REMINDER: Bennet Is in Rough Shape Regardless of Who the GOP Nominee Is
Yesterday, the Colorado Secretary of State announced that U.S. Senate candidate Jon Keyser did not collect enough signatures (by a razor-thin margin of 86 signatures) to make it on the June primary ballot. Of course, Keyser has the opportunity to appeal the decision,...
DADDY WARBUCKS: Steyers Commits $25 Million in Super PAC Spending
Hope springs eternal for billionaire environmentalist Tom Steyer of California, who spent a gobsmack amount of money to save former Sen. Mark Udall in his unsuccessful election against Cory Gardner. Having not learned his lesson, Steyer has now pledged to spend $25...
SHAME OUTBREAK CONTAINED: Immunization Tracking Bill Fails in House
A bill supported by Democrats to track children with vaccines has mercifully died in the state House. The cause of death has not been determined. The AP reports that Democrats had enough support for it to pass the House, but not the Republican-controlled state Senate....
BREAKING: Jon Keyser Signatures Come Up Short, Plans Legal Challenge
This afternoon, the Secretary of State deemed the signatures submitted by U.S. Senate candidate Jon Keyser insufficient to make the June primary ballot. According to the press release, Keyser submitted 16,067 signatures of which 11,436 were deemed valid. However, the...
SPRAINED ANGLE: Bennet Opposes ColoradoCare, But Supports Single Payer
Candidate-on-life-support Sen. Michael Bennet surprised some politicos last week by coming out against ColoradoCare, $25 billion government-run healthcare in Colorado. Have no fear, fair Democrats, Sen. Bennet is not adopting a Koch habit. He's just being politically...
CRIMINALS? McCain demands Justice Department Investigate EPA Spill
With EPA Chief Gina McCarthy ignoring a Senate subpoena to attend a hearing in Phoenix last week on the Animas River whoopsydoodle, U.S. Sen. John McCain was left to his own devices to determine what should be done. And we applaud his decision. “I’ve come to the...
WEEKEND AT BERNIE’S: Bennet Edits Speech Video to Appear Popular
U.S. Sen. Michael Bennet has posted a video of his acceptance speech from last weekend's Democratic convention on YouTube. Well, snippets of the speech, three minutes actually, which appears to be carefully edited to exclude all of the booing and yelling that erupted...
HAPPY EARTH DAY: If You Like a Clean Environment, Thank Fracking
As fractivists across the country and in Colorado move to make fracking uneconomical or just outright illegal, we thought Earth Day would be a good time to remind Colorado that fracking has actually improved the environment. The greater adoption of natural gas in our...
HOUSE HUNTING? Bennet Proves He Hates the Middle Class, Makes It Harder to Buy
U.S. Senator Michael Bennet supports making it harder for the middle class to buy houses, at least that’s how we read this excerpt from the Daily Sentinel about Senate passage this week of an energy bill. A Bennet-backed measure included in the bill would allow...
WORDS MATTER: Former State Dem Chair Says Sanders Supporters are Mean
Pat Waak is shocked, shocked to discover a lack of civil discourse in her treasured Democratic Party. The former state Democratic chairman takes her party to task, not in a local left-leaning newspaper where fellow Colorado Democrats can face their shame, but in the...