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OBAMA’S “GRAND BARGAIN”: Raw Deal for Colorado Small Businesses
Speaking at a Tennessee Amazon.com distribution facility last week, President Obama outlined a plan to lower the corporate tax rate from 35 percent to 28 percent, and institute a special 25 percent rate for manufacturers. His captive audience cheered, but it didn't...
DENIED: Tax Hike Campaign Fails At Attempt To Low Ball Cost
The campaign committee to raise taxes by a billion dollars a year, Colorado Commits to Kids, is learning an early lesson in arithmetic. After feeding the press low-balled figures on how much the tax hike will cost individual taxpayers, their fuzzy math is catching up...
PeakFeed: Was The Morse Walk Piece Attacking Denver Produced In Chicago?
A reader in Senate President John Morse's district came home to find the below walk piece from canvassers being paid by the recall defense group, A Whole Lot of People for John Morse. Following the messaging they've been using on TV, Morse's walk piece avoids talking...
HOODWINKED: Environmental Concerns, Inadequate Tax Incentives Push Cable Mini-Series Out of CO
Just five short weeks after Governor Hickenlooper stood before journalists, lawmakers, and members of the film industry at the state capitol to announce the decision of Hallmark to film its latest mini-series in Colorado, the cable network said that it was moving...
TEA LEAF READING: Rumored U.S. Senate Candidates Tip Hand At Western Conservative Summit
The Western Conservative Summit has become a must attend event for Republican candidates in Colorado, and is quickly becoming a major event on the long road to the GOP nomination for the White House. WCS 2103 was no exception, with conservative powerhouses aplenty...
FOLLOW THE MONEY: Initiative 22 Funders in the Spotlight
Yesterday, the special interest groups backing Initiative 22 (the billion dollar tax hike) sent out a self-congratulatory press release about the funding that they had scraped together for a marketing campaign to burden Colorado’s hard-working families with a union...
“FALSE”: KRDO Slams Giron & Morse Defense Ads For “Low Blow” Attacks That Aren’t True
KRDO, a local TV station covering Colorado Springs and Pueblo, did a fact check on new recall defense TV ads for State Senators Angela Giron and John Morse and found them full of "false" and "misleading" attacks they characterized as "low blows." And just like The...
FUNDRAISER: Help Former Rep. Ken Summers Recover
As many of you may have heard, former Republican Rep. Ken Summers contracted West Nile virus, which caused encephalitis, or swelling of the brain, and meningitis. While his prognosis is good, he will likely need significant physical rehabilitation. You can follow...
PeakFeed: Mark Udall Says Republicans Have A “5-6 Point Advantage” In 2014
In a tele-townhall last night with party insiders and key supporters, a source tells Colorado Peak Politics that U.S. Senator Mark Udall claims Republicans have a "5-6 point advantage" in the 2014 elections. While Udall was using that figure to scare up donations from...
PeakFeed: Cory Gardner Named to List of Possible Speakers of the House
Yesterday, Roll Call published a list of 10 U.S. House GOP up-and-comers who are on the short list to be Speaker of the House. Colorado's Cory Gardner made that list. Here's what the publication said about him: "Party leaders have been watching this sophomore from...
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