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RUNNING SCARED: Udall Skips Own Fundraiser Rather Than Appear with Obama
UPDATE 3: Julian Castro was confirmed as the next HUD Secretary by a wide margin in the Senate - 71-26. Good thing Udall was there to be that critical swing vote. UPDATE 2: Sen. Michael Bennet also will not appear at the fundraiser. The fundraiser will jointly...
GAME PLAYING: Udall Votes to Advance Sportsmen Bill
UPDATE: Sportsmen Bill, like so many of Udall's bills, died. Cue talk to security watchdog and mountain climbing. No, really, is Mark Udall having the worst week in Washington or what? Last night, the U.S. Senate voted to move forward with what's being called the...
PeakFeed: Crossroads GPS Goes After Udall
As we wrote in May, Crossroads GPS has reserved a lot of time to go after Sen. Mark Udall this election cycle. Today, they go up with a new ad that is only about 1/6 of their total ad buy ($460K of $2.3M). The ad takes a two-prong attack. First, they attack Udall...
PeakFeed: Will Hickenlooper Miss Obama To Lead Foreign Riots?
PeakNation™, truth is stranger than fiction. In the video below KMGH-CO reports on how Sen. Mark Udall, Gov. John Hickenlooper, and Prof. Carpet Bagger Andrew Romanoff are each avoiding President Obama when he stops in Colorado later tonight and tomorrow. Things get...
FIRST TARGET, NEXT COLORADO? How Secure Is Our Data with the State?
Yesterday, Republican Rep. Libby Szabo sent a letter to Gov. John Hickenlooper demanding that he assure Coloradans that their data is safe on an incomplete new state government computer system, which launched on July 1. Szabo also asked for an audit of the new system,...
PeakFeed: “Obamacare 3” Ad Annihilates Vulnerable JeffCo Senators
In case anyone was wondering, the colossal cluster also known as Obamacare is going to be a major issue this November -- and not just for liberal Sen. Mark Udall. Americans for Prosperity has released a new spot hammering three liberal state legislators who allowed...
TRUE BELIEVER: Capitol’s Most Prominent Lobbyist Quits Over Home Builders’ Support for Hick, Special Session
Hey-o! Prominent Capitol lobbyist and former legislator Steve Durham has given the Colorado Association of Home Builders and Gov. John Hickenlooper the proverbial finger in a very public and very brazen way. Durham, who until today lobbied for CAHB, has resigned the...
CHARITY: The Peak Passes Hat Around To Pay For Udall Flight
UPDATE: A loyal reader pointed us in the direction of this post from a Cheesman Park neighborhood association that confirmed President Obama would speak at 10:15 a.m. So, there you have it PeakNation™, all of the available options below would get Sen. Udall back to...
IT HURTS: DBJ Surveys on Regulations, Finds They Sting
When the Denver Business Journal surveyed its readership about whether regulations really hurt readers' business, its staff probably wasn't expecting to get an overwhelming affirmative. The question was written as "Honestly, how much is your business hurt by...
PeakFeed: Major Udall Reelection Theme Emerges
Is Sen. Mark Udall an insolent teenager? Other than his AARP card, his actions certainly say so. Udall has no problem taking money from Obama, his version of Daddy Warbucks, but when it comes time to appear in public with Obama, Udall is MIA. Is Udall afraid those...