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MIS-REPRESENTING ALREADY? HD38 Dem Candidate Bowen Misuses Colorado State Seal
It would appear that former Democratic legislator Robert Bowen, running against incumbent Republican Kathleen Conti, has committed a marketing foul in his campaign already. A keen observer directed us to his website shown below, which proudly displays the Colorado...
THE HIPSTER’S GOVERNOR: New Yorker Broadway Actor Loves Drinking Beer With Hickenlooper
When The Denver Post’s Lynn Bartels brought this video to our attention, it got passed around the office because frankly, no one wanted to sit through 20 minutes of a New York hipster making googly eyes at Gov. John Hickenlooper like he was the second-coming of...
HYPOCRITE: Small Businesses Call Udall Out On His BS
PeakNation™, you might not remember it, but at one time Sen. Mark Udall uttered these words: I've learned from being in the woods that titles don't mean much and that actions speak a lot louder than words - even in Congress. We’re betting right about now, Udall is...
POLITICAL STRATEGY 2.0: Is Jared Polis the next Koch brothers?
There is a growing trend in politics to demonize major sources of funding. The thinking being that if you can discredit the source of the money, then the project benefiting from it loses credibility by association. Certain associations come to mind anytime people...
SOMETHING WE SAID? Colorado Exchange CEO to Leave for Cigna
The Denver Post recently broke the news that CEO of the Colorado Health Exchange, Patty Fontneau, would be leaving for greener pastures at Cigna as the president of Private Business Exchange in mid-August. We admit that we have given Patty Fontneau a hard time here. ...
UH OH: Democrats Panicking About State Leg Races
While this week’s Public Policy Polling survey showed the governor and senate races are statistically tied, we noted that it carried even worse news for Democrats in down ticket races statewide. The poll shows Dems down 7 points in races for the state legislature – a...
HEDGING? Polis Initiatives Floundering
Even though Colorado has a ridiculously low threshold for constitutional ballot initiatives, it may be getting harder than people think for measures to qualify. As Rep. Jared Polis struggles to gather signatures for his fracking ban Initiatives 88 and 89, insiders...
EXPECTING VISITORS? Polis Cleans Up Wikipedia Page
It would seem embattled Democratic U.S. Rep. Jared Polis is doing some renovations on his Wikipedia page, according to @congressedits, a bot that tweets anonymous Wikipedia edits that are made from IP addresses in the US Congress. Jared Polis Wikipedia article edited...
BAGGAGE: A Vote For Udall Is A Vote For Harry Reid, WaPo Writes
The Washington Post has an interesting article today, which shouldn’t bring too much joy to Sen. Mark Udall’s campaign (then again, not much is nowadays). In the article The WaPo basically states if either Colorado or Iowa goes Republican, Sen. Harry Reid’s reign as...
BITTER: Ousted State Senator John Morse Launched Committee to Restrict Recalls
The successful effort to recall Democratic Senate President John Morse was one of the more satisfying outcomes of 2013. Imagine our entertainment when we stumbled across a new issue committee called "Citizens for a Stable Colorado". Stable how, you ask? By keeping...