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Dan Robinson’s Campaign: Chronic Incompetence or “Kerfluffle?”
The Colorado State House District 55 incumbent, Ray Scott, has been hard at work for the past several months campaigning for a second term. In retrospect however, one might say his opponent, Democrat lawyer Dan Robinson of Grand Junction, has been the best thing going...
DIVIDE AND CONQUER: SEIU to Blitz Colorado, Florida, Nevada with Pro-Obama Ads Aimed at Minorities
As the first term of America's first post-racial presidency winds down, a curious thing is happening: Obama supporters are rolling out ad campaigns aimed directly at racial and ethnic groups, including black and Hispanic voters. Yesterday, the Wall Street Journal...
MYSTERY ACCOUNTING: Who Pays for Obama’s 5,300-Mile America Forward! Tour?
With the office of the Presidency comes certain perks, like taxpayer-funded air transportation. That fact has recently come under scrutiny with regard to the use of Air Force One for campaign trips during this election cycle. Coloradans were reminded of this during a...
Teachers Union Offices Need to Improve Information on Member Political Dues
Here's hoping all Colorado teachers union branches care enough to arm their receptionists with information on their members' automatic political contributions. It would be a small tip of the hat to customer service to stop taking member funds for granted in this way....
HIDING TAX HIKES? Denver Post Reports 17 Tax & Debt Increase Ballot Measures This Year…Reality: 50
The Denver Post had a story yesterday claiming a drop off in communities across Colorado asking for tax increases, stating there were only "17 financial measures on ballots" this year, compared to 29 in 2008, based on a review by the Colorado Municipal League. Despite...
RACISM IN ACTION
In the days of Jim Crow, racism was obvious. The law, in Southern states, was that whites and blacks had to be separated totally. Even the US military was segregated. In barely more than a decade, 1954 to 1965, those Jim Crow laws were overruled. Thank goodness....
AMENDMENT 65: Using Big Money to Get Rid of Big Money?
It's widely acknowledged that Democrats are the champions of the big money game that they invented right here in Colorado. That's why it's so odd that Amendment 65, promoted by a committee called Coloradans Get Big Money Out of Politics, is backed by none other than...
NBC NEWS: As Ohio Drifts From His Grasp, Colorado Orbits In Importance To Obama
NBC News' Chuck Todd is out with an interesting bit of electoral college scenario-making this morning. The quick read: Ohio is the President's firewall. If he can win there, the path to victory for Romney gets super tricky. Unfortunately for Obama, and fortunately for...
“RAUCOUS RALLY”: Romney/Ryan Bring The House Down At Red Rocks
If (and when) Mitt Romney wins Colorado, pundits and prognosticators will likely point to the Red Rocks rally last night as the moment Mitt Romney sealed the deal in this state. The Republican ticket brought the house down before an adoring crowd of 10,000 with...
NEW DEAL VS. FAILED STIMULUS: Red Rocks Cost $54,000 And Is Open 73 Years Later; Solyndra Cost $500M And Was Boarded Up In Months
Liberal blogs were out over the weekend trying to stoke stories of Mitt Romney's campaign appearance at Red Rocks, a Colorado landmark built as part of the New Deal in 1941. That's right, folks--Red Rocks Amphitheatre was built by the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC)...