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CAN’T HAVE IT BOTH WAYS: Bennet Can’t Claim Concern Over A Partisan Witch Hunt He Called For
It seems that Senator Michael Bennet is still a little wet behind the ears when it comes to Washington, D.C. and the role of a sitting United States Senator. The rules of D.C. engagement are pretty simple: you can be a partisan pitbull and use your political energy to...
PLAN B (VERIFIED): Eli Stokols Confirms Former Bloomberg Gun Control Director Merrifield Will Likely Be On Ballot
OUR VIEW: In a recall that is quickly becoming a referendum on Mayor Bloomberg's undue influence in Colorado, having Bloomberg's for-hire henchman on the ballot as Plan B is a dream come true for conservatives. Earlier today we reported that Mike Merrifield, the...
LIBERAL DESIRES: ProgressNow Hopes The Independence Institute Would Matter Less
Like us at Colorado Peak Politics, the left-wing ProgressNow Colorado published their own version of Winners and Losers from the 2013 legislative session. While it read like it had been written in January and stuck in desk drawer, it did draw the attention of one of...
CARPAL TUNNEL WATCH: Governor Hickenlooper Signs 60 Bills into Law in Past Week
In the past week, Colorado's Democratic Governor John Hickenlooper signed 60 bills into law. Here are some of the more prominent of the bunch: SB13-260 - Perhaps the most controversial bill that Hickenlooper signed this week was Johnston's school finance bill. ...
PeakFeed: Saturday Night Live Features Western Slope Conservative Alliance
Throughout the still-unfolding IRS scandal, Colorado has received its fair share of the attention, with at least three Colorado-based groups the target of IRS harassment. One of those groups -- the Western Slope Conservative Alliance -- even made the cold open of...
BLOOMBERG’S PLAN B: If Morse Is Forced Out, State Director Of Bloomberg Front Group Poised To Be Democrat Candidate
UPDATE: KDVR's Eli Stokols gets Morse denying he'll step down, but Colorado Democratic Party Chairman Rick Palacio acknowledges Merrifield being on the ballot is a distinct possibility: DENVER — Senate President John Morse, who may be facing a recall election in...
ANANIAS ZIEGLER CALLED
[Ever since Ed Quillen went to the great writer's conference in the sky, Coloradans have missed his reporting on the Committee that Really Runs America. The drought has ended.] I was just about to plant out my tomatoes when the phone rang. ID said “Ziegler.” I punched...
EVEN-HANDED: Will Sen. Bennet Scrutinize Liberal 501(c)(4)s?
Earlier this week, we reported that Democratic Sen. Michael Bennet was one of six signers to a letter urging the Internal Revenue Service to crack down on non-profit groups with a potentially political side. He even went so far in his press release to suggest that...
BIG GUNS ARRIVE FOR RECALL: NRA Joining Effort To Oust Senate President John Morse
CNN's Jake Tapper is reporting that the NRA has decided to throw its considerable heft into the recall effort against Senate President John Morse. This is not a good sign for Morse. In a mailer obtained by CNN, the NRA Political Victory fund wrote to a “Second...
COWARDS: 10 Colorado Sheriffs Who Won’t Stand Up For Second Amendment Rights
UPDATE: According to Kopel, Grand County Sheriff Rodney Johnson has now joined the effort. Colo Sheriffs' lawsuit against anti-gun laws grows to 55 Sheriffs, with addition of Rodney Johnson of Grand County. — Dave Kopel (@davekopel) May 17, 2013 Earlier today...