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LEGAL: Pot Officially Legal in Colorado
This morning, Governor John Hickenlooper took our advice and signed the proclamation that officially incorporates pot legalization into our state's constitution. Hick also announced a task force to help implement the new amendment, which legalizes the use,...
GUV GONE WILD: Hick Trades Wild Fires for Jetsetting
Being the Governor of Colorado sounds like a tough job, so who could blame Democratic Governor John Hickenlooper for partying across the country instead of dealing with wildfires in Fern Lake? On Friday, the final evacuees returned to their homes, but the question...
POWER GRAB: After Difficult Leadership Battle Morse Consolidates Power
Incoming Senate President John Morse and his Majority Leader Morgan Carroll have always been viewed by Capitol observers as two things – power hungry and rigidly (and punitively) hyper-partisan. Just ask the problem children conservative Democrats what happens when...
DEPENDENCE: Government Help Increased 60% Over Past Decade
As unpopular as it has been to link the re-election of President Obama with the growth of the welfare state, the rapid increase in welfare recipients is difficult to ignore. Unfortunately, government dependency has exploded in Colorado over the past decade, even as...
ATTORNEY GENERAL SPECULATION: Cynthia Coffman, Mark Waller, Ken Buck Looking At Run For GOP Nomination
While 2012 is barely over, speculation is already rampant as to who is running for a number of high profile seats in 2014. To stoke the fires, we will be reporting on the rumors and innuendo floating around the political set in the coming weeks and months. First up --...
NOT TRANSPARENT: Andy Kerr Employs Newspeak…Again
Imagine if everyone walked around saying the exact opposite of what they intended. Author George Orwell identified the language as "newspeak" in his "1984" book and his characters were fluent. That also seems to be the language beloved by newly-elected Democratic...
PART II: Campaign Finance 2012 – Candidate Cash Dash
It's no secret the Democratic Party, its candidates, and its soft money groups are flush with cash. The stats on candidate fundraising further confirm that the Democratic Party is the party of special interests. Below is a chart of the top ten candidates who raised...
OTC WIN-WIN: Leading Women’s Health Group Calls for Rx-Less Birth Control?
Last week, the American College of Gynecologists recommended that birth control be offered over the counter. Could this be a win-win solution to the growing unrest about forcing institutions that oppose birth control to offer health insurance plans that cover it? In...
PART I: 2012 Campaign Finance – Issue Committees
This post is the first of a series of posts on campaign finance this election season. We will run at least one post per day this week to shine a light on how the money flowed this election cycle. Today, we will start with the top ten issue committees as compiled by...
BATTERED FROM BOTH SIDES: The Left Demands The Resignation Of Interior Secretary Ken Salazar
They say in politics that if you're getting criticized by both sides, you must be doing something right. In the case of Interior Secretary Ken Salazar, that piece of political wisdom doesn't quite apply. The least popular Cabinet member -- remember Ben Nighthorse...