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SELECTIVE SLOBBERING: Denver Post Attacks Romney On Outsourcing Claim, Ignores Perlmutter Doing The Same
Regular readers of the Peak know we're no fans of The Denver Post editorial board, which has seen its credibility in recent months plunge like the pressure system inside Superstorm Sandy. An editorial yesterday further exposes Denver Post Publisher Dean Singleton's...
HATS OFF TO MADE IN USA: Colorado Company Debunks Internet Photo of Romney Hat
Last week, a photo of two hats from the presidential campaigns made its way around Facebook and the internet. On the left was a supposed Mitt Romney hat "made in China" and on the right was an Obama campaign hat "made in the United States". This photo was meant to...
NOVEMBER 1: Colorado Republicans Continue To Lead Ballot Returns, Independents Start Showing Up
The Secretary of State has released the ballot returns through November 1, showing Republicans retaining a nearly three-point lead and independent voters starting to cast their votes at slightly higher rates. Total ballots cast: 1,305,885 R - 493,457 (37.8%) D -...
PUBLIC EMPLOYEE PROTECTIONISM: Hire Unionized Public Employees, Not Veterans
Nearly every politician in Colorado has come out in favor of Amendment S, which gives state hiring preferences to veterans. In fact, Colorado Governor John Hickenlooper and former Colorado Governor Bill Owens teamed up to record a radio ad in support of the measure,...
PRESIDENTIAL SCHEDULES: Find Out Where Romney And Ryan Will Be In Colorado In The Final Week
In the closing days of the 2012 race, Mitt Romney and Paul Ryan are making their final swings through Colorado. Check out their schedules below -- the only place in Colorado with a comprehensive campaign rally schedule for conservatives. Thursday, November 1, 2012...
WORST SURROGATE OF THE CYCLE: Denver Mayor Michael Hancock Says Obama Losing Wisconsin
If Obama campaign staff run another campaign in Colorado, there is one name not likely to show up on a surrogate list: Denver Mayor Michael Hancock. While visiting Wisconsin this week on the Obama campaign's behalf, Hancock stated that Obama would lose the state if...
OVERRATED (CLAP, CLAP, CLAP): Obama’s Grandiose Ground Game Greatly Exaggerated
If the Peak reads another gushing news account about how the Obama ground game is going to push the President over the top, the Peak is gonna puke. Because as the results of early voting start rolling in -- here in Colorado, and elsewhere -- it is clear that the...
SEARCHING FOR BINDERS: President Clinton Stumps for Obama in CO
The Obama campaign must be worried about its appeal to the center as it brought in President Bill Clinton to stump for President Obama in the wake of Superstorm Sandy yesterday. Perhaps Team Obama didn't read the New York Times blog post about how Bill Clinton may be...
OCTOBER 31: Is The Obama Ground Game Over-Rated? Colorado GOP’s Widening Turnout Lead Suggests, Yes.
UPDATE: The Secretary of State just sent out updated figures, slightly higher than those we reported earlier today. New numbers below. Welcome to the Halloween edition of the Colorado Peak Politics ballot return report. It's no trick, another day of ballot returns...
DIRTY MONEY: JeffCo Dems Give Thief’s Donations To Charity, “Have Nothing Further To Say”
Last week, after CBS4 broke the story that the Jefferson County "Democrat of the Year" had robbed a partially blind 71-year-old woman with cerebral palsy, we here at the Peak did a little digging. We reported that the thief in question, Estelle Carson, had donated...