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RISKY BUSINESS: Senator Lois Tochtrop Warns Fellow Democrats On Gun Grab Political Risk
In this post, we won't indulge the policy arguments against the gun grab being waged by legislative Democrats. They are obvious. If more gun laws were actually a prescription for making a community safe, Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel wouldn't preside over the least safe...
OBAMA’S #SOTU: A Laundry List Of Liberal Wishes That Won’t Come True
During last night's State of the Union address, we helpfully summed up Obama's screed on Twitter for our readers so they didn't have to bother tuning in. Obama: Blah blah blah, sh*t that's not gonna happen, blah blah blah #sotu#copolitics — Colo Peak Politics...
MAKING IT UP AS THEY GO: CO House Judiciary Passes Ban on Magazines Over 15 Rounds
Perhaps Democrats in the Colorado State House Judiciary Committee have new polling data, or perhaps they really are being entirely arbitrary, but several Democratic State House members on the Judiciary Committee added an amendment to ban magazines over 15 rounds,...
UDALL SURRENDERS TO PARTISANSHIP: What Will Sen. Bennet Do On Hagel Nomination?
Senator Mark Udall today did what he always does: bowed to partisanship on a key vote before the U.S. Senate. Udall, who literally ignored the pleas of Pinon Canyon ranchers who urged him to vote against Hagel, joined a party-line vote of Democrats to usher Hagel from...
PACKED HOUSE: Gun Rights Supporters Turn Out To Hearing In Droves To Fight Gun Grab
UPDATE 6: Kagan asks all those who were opposed but didn't get to testify to stand. Practically everyone in room stands up. #coleg #copolitics — timhoover (@timhoover) February 12, 2013 UPDATE 5: This speaks volumes: County Sheriffs of Colo. speaking against expanded...
SLIPPING: Leeds Business Confidence Index Falls for Fourth Consecutive Quarter
The quarterly Leeds Business Confidence Index, a report that measures the confidence of Colorado business leaders across six broad economic categories, fell in the first quarter of 2013 and is on the precipice of slipping into negative territory for the second time...
RHETORIC VS. REALITY: Another Female Candidate Drops Out Of CD6, Democrat Men’s Club Racks Up Another Win
This morning, former Democratic State Rep. Karen Middleton announced she was withdrawing from the 6th Congressional District race, marking the second woman to be publicly pushed out of the race in favor of the Anointed One, former State House Speaker Andrew Romanoff....
TRUSTEE OFFICE NOT BUSY? Paul Weissmann Spending Monday Morning Playing Politics At Teachers’ Union Office
Paul Weissmann, the Boulder County trustee who treats that job as a part-time gig, apparently thinks Monday mornings are a good time to play politics, rather than show up to his $72,500 a year taxpayer funded job as Boulder County trustee. A reader sent in the pic to...
DEMOCRATS ON MORSE’S GUN PLAN: “That’s Crazy. That’s Absolutely Nuts.”
OUR VIEW: We agree. The honest reaction of one Democratic Representative to the outlandish anti-gun bill proposed by Senate President John Morse will, we predict, set the tone for the debate on gun control legislation this session. Bill Clinton warned the gun grabbers...
HB1226: Making College Campuses More Vulnerable
In Sen. Pat Steadman's most recent blog post, the Joint Budget Committee Chairman sets his sights on law abiding Colorado gun owners, citing what he calls a slate of "gun safety legislation" introduced by several Democratic lawmakers. One bill in particular that has...