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TALKS TO SELF: Speaker Ferrandino Believes Voices in Head Enough for Compromise
Is Speaker Mark Ferrandino hearing voices? That’s the only explanation we here at the Peak have for his comments earlier this week in The Denver Post. Continuing their belief that, if they don’t talk about their progressive agenda in 2013, Colorado will forget it...
GONE: Herpin’s Common Sense Press Shield Law Falls in Partisan 3-2 Vote
So much for the spirit of bipartisanship that Governor Hickenlooper called for in his State of the State speech this month. For the record, we didn't actually expect the Democrats to suddenly embrace such a concept, after ramming though unpopular legislation last...
REPUBLICANS RESPOND: Rate the State of the Union Responses Below
Last night, three Republicans offered responses to the President's State of the Union speech. We've embedded them below. Let us know in the comments which response tickled your fancy. We'll start with Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers. Because ladies first. Then,...
STRONG ARM, NOT STRAW(WO)MAN: After Million Dollars Spent Against, Coffman Comes Out Swinging
Republican U.S. Representative Mike Coffman made an appearance earlier this week in Politico’s Morning Score as they talk about how Coffman is fighting back against the million dollars already spent by Democratic Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi against him. Coffman, who...
FOUR TIMES DENIED: Sen. Udall Won’t Commit to Campaigning with President
UPDATE: The Colorado Observer D.C. Bureau Chief Mark Stricherz shared intel on Twitter following Udall's terrible CNN performance: @COpeakpolitics Before CNN chat, Udall overhead saying Obama's allusion to ACA during SOTU was "just the light touch." (1/2) #copolitics...
DRINK! Official Colorado Peak Politics SOTU Drinking Game
PeakNation™ we went around the office and took a vote. In a unanimous decision, we all agreed the State of the Union was better than the State of the State. Why? One word: Drinking. So, put your bingo board away, and bust out your partisan-approved beverage because...
FINE PRINT: Hickenlooper COS Celebrates 5,400 Colorado Workers So Frustrated They Stopped Trying to Find Work
As we saw from Governor John Hickenlooper in 2013, he’s much more concerned about cosmetics than substance. The cosmetics of his folksy, everyday Joe, I’m a moderate because I didn’t run for office until I was 50! (but, been doing it for over a decade now! …but hey,...
PEAKFEED: The State of the Union and Five Years of Failure
As we watch tonight's State of the Union Address, we thought it would be helpful to share this quick reminder of all the failed promises and empty rhetoric that President Obama has delivered over the past five years since he took office. You're welcome.
ATTABOY: Udall Promotes Bipartisan Seating Arrangement, His Most Significant Senatorial Accomplishment
Just in time for the president's State of the Union Address tonight, liberal U.S. Senator Mark Udall is reminding us that he hatched the idea of mixed seating in the House chamber for the event. Unfortunately for Udall, this fact also reminds us that he has not...
REPRESENTING: Toronto Mayor Rob Ford Dons Broncos Jersey in Media Appearance
Controversial Mayor Rob Ford of Toronto was seen maxing out a Denver Broncos jersey during a press conference about his city's budget today. Although Ford did not address the reason for wearing the jersey during the press conference, it did have the number 74, which...
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