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Go see the movie. Remind yourself of the time in our national history when we acknowledged that our liberties came from our Creator God. And that preserving those liberties took sacrifice. Republicans, especially, need this movie after the drubbing we experienced on...
POST PARTISAN NO MORE: Hickenlooper’s Helping Hand Dragged Hudak Through Tight State Senate Race
Without the helping hand of our allegedly post-partisan governor, the leading cheerleader for higher taxes in the Legislature, Senator Evie Hudak (D-Westminster), wouldn't be looking at a possible recount -- she'd likely be drowning her sorrows over her loss in SD19....
DENIED: Polis’s Leadership Hopes Dashed Again
When Democratic Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi announced that Rep. Steve Israel (D-NY) would again chair the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, sources told Roll Call that he was "surprised". He might not have been the only Congressman to be surprised by the...
ATLAS SHRUGS: Hostess Shutters Operations; Closes Denver Plant
The Hostess company today announced that it would stop operations - meaning it will close plants, lay off its 18,500 employees, and sell off its brand. Among the plants it plans to close is one in Adams County, which could close as early as Tuesday, according to an...
GREAT EXPECTATIONS: PERA Board Retains Ridiculous 8% Return Assumption
Colorado’s Public Employees’ Retirement Association (PERA), already under scrutiny for its high expected rates of return, sent eyebrows skyward yesterday when it voted to continue its portfolio’s eight percent expected rate of return. With the market still wobbly...
SUPER PARTISAN MARIO STRIKES AGAIN: “Unaffiliated” Chairman Of Reapportionment Commission Donates To Only State Dems In 2012
The supposed "Unaffiliated" Chairman of the Reapportionment Commission, Mario Carrera, donated only to state-level Democrats in 2012, a review by Colorado Peak Politics has found. The Reapportionment Commission was responsible for re-drawing all 65 State House...
MORE TURNOUT: Who Won the Turnout War?
In the final weeks of the campaign, operatives all over the state typically participate in the election game called the "ballot chase" as they harass and harangue voters with mail-in ballots to get them in - get them in now. Come election day, that game morphs into...
ALTERNATE UNIVERSE: Denver Post Thinks Tough TV Ads Are Worse Than Threatening Reporters
In the alternate Democrat-leg-humping universe The Denver Post editorial board occupies these days, a Republican running an ad pointing out negative but true facts about his political opponent is "despicable", but a Democrat threatening a reporter with physical...
TURNOUT: Unaffiliateds Continue to Increase in Number; El Paso Sat This One Out
Colorado's Secretary of State released the preliminary voter turnout by party spreadsheet and the biggest non-news is that the ranks of the unaffiliateds voted in higher numbers in 2012 as compared to 2008. While this year Democrats saw nearly 31,000 fewer voters and...
FIREABLE OFFENSE: Will Secretary Salazar Lose His Job Over Threatening To Punch A Colorado Reporter?
Before it was unearthed that Interior Secretary Ken Salazar had threatened to "punch out" a reporter for asking tough questions, the Stetson-sporting Cabinet member was already looking at the unemployment line in the near future. We wonder -- will his recent...