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DEMOGRAPHIC PROOF: Gardner Strong Enough To Overcome 2012 Electorate
Senator-elect Cory Gardner is turning conventional wisdom on its head left and right. Yesterday, an article by The Denver Post talked about how the long-held conventional wisdom in Colorado politics (wonder where they got that idea...), that one could not win a...
MORE GOAT MILKING: The Deficiencies Of Polis Chairing DCCC
An interesting blog post in Roll Call today fleshes out the man, Rep. Ben Ray Jujan, who bested Rep. Jared Polis in the race to chair the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee; and, much to Polis’ chagrin, Jujan wasn’t even aiming for it. Reading the blank...
TWO MORE GOP WINS: J. Paul Brown is Back and Jenise May Concedes
While Democrats still control the Colorado State House, Republicans can add two more in the win column. Last night, Democrat Rep. Jenise May conceded, sending newcomer Republican JoAnn Windholz to the State House. Was it something we said? After curing ballots, a...
GREEN ON BLUE VIOLENCE: Students Protest KXL at Sen. Michael Bennet’s Office
In a delicious turn of events, today, student protesters from American University stormed the office of Colorado U.S. Sen. Mumbles Michael Bennet to protest his commitment to support the building of the Keystone Pipeline, which would provide much-needed jobs...
ICYMI: Vince Carroll Makes the Case for Overhauling Reapportionment Process
This weekend The Denver Post’s well-regarded editor Vincent Carroll wrote about how Republican House candidates received 55 percent of the statewide vote in the recent election, yet will only control 48 percent of the chamber starting in January. Another way to look...
PASSED OVER: Polis Loses Promotion
After losing out on the Chairmanship of the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee that he coveted like a teenage girl after a boy band, Rep. Jared Polis tossed out this lame excuse about why he’s not sad (via: The Denver Post): Polis said in a statement. “My top...
UDALL 2.0: Michael Bennet Wants Imperial Obama
Senator Mumbles is starting off his bid to be re-elected in 2016 by taking a page right out of soon-to-be-ex Senator Mark Udall’s playbook: voicing a desire for President Obama to force through O’s agenda without consent from Congress. We know Michael Bennet was busy...
NEW DEM LEADERSHIP: New Faces, But Dems Hold Out Hope for May Re-Elect
Last week, Dems held elections for State House and Senate leadership positions. Dems tried to laud the Democratic women elected to leadership positions - as if this would make up for a) not paying women equally (ahem, Sen. Udall and Rep. Polis) and b) focusing...
UNRESOLVED: Hick’s Punt Lets Boulder Extend “Illegal” Fracking Ban
This should have been viewed as inevitable, when Gov. John Hickenlooper decided he’d place his own political survival over what was best for Colorado. In typical Boulder being Boulder fashion, last Thursday the Boulder county commissioners voted to extend their...
FINAL TOTALS: $82 Million In Political Ads For Colorado
The Center for Public Integrity just released its final study of the breakdown for political ads in Colorado for the 2014 election cycle. Senator-elect Cory Gardner was outspent by Sen. Mark Udall by over $3 million ($5.2M to $8.5M), and had nearly 6,000 less ads...
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