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EXCLUSIVE: Senior Romney Official Predicts Colorado Win
With Mitt Romney and Paul Ryan rolling into town for a huge rally this evening, a high ranking Romney official is telling Colorado Peak Politics "we will win Colorado." Heretofore, Romney officials have been cautious about predicting outright victory in the state,...
7 DEBATE HIGHLIGHTS: Attacking Me Is Not an Agenda
The final Presidential debate last night offered insight into the contrasting foreign policy visions - and political strengths and weaknesses - of President Obama and Governor Romney. Best line of the night: When debate moderator Bob Schieffer asked each candidate to...
OCTOBER 23: R – 70,826 D – 61,761 U – 37,687
According to a Colorado Peak Politics source, ballot returns as of this AM have Republicans leading. This includes mail-in ballots returned since they were mailed out on Monday, October 15, but not early voting numbers, which began yesterday. According to the most...
CHEATERS: Dems Bribe Would-Be Voters with Pizza
10/24 UPDATE: Per The Colorado Observer's Valerie Richardson: DENVER–A Larimer County official busted up the polling-place pizza party Tuesday after a complaint filed by the Colorado Republican Party. Democrats moved their Obama “2012″ banner and other signage after...
UNDER PRESSURE: Did The Independence Institute Prompt The Denver Post Story On Green Energy Failures?
Last week the Independence Institute launched a billboard across the street from the Denver Post building, shaming them for ignoring a major political scandal in Abound Solar's collapse. In this morning's paper, a story appears detailing the extensive failure of green...
COLORADO RASMUSSEN POLL: Romney 50 – Obama 46, Five Point Shift Towards Romney
Another Colorado poll, another sign Romney's post-Denver debate momentum continues. Rasmussen is out with a poll today showing Romney up 50-46 over Obama, marking a five-point shift in Romney's direction from Rasmussen's last Colorado poll on October 7. The October 7...
FORECLOSURES: What Do CO’s High Numbers Show?
RealtyTrac , a national real estate database that tracks foreclosure information, recently published third quarter foreclosure statistics that showed a so-called five-year low in foreclosures - a talking point the Obama campaign has fully embraced. But, the...
LOOK-A-LIKE, PART DEUX: 9 Colorado Legislators Who Resemble Stars Of The Screen
Last week, after the Obama campaign made Big Bird their "Issue of the Week" we decided to unveil a (bipartisan) series of photos of "8 Colorado Legislators Who Look Like Muppets and Cartoons." Today we're back with part two of the series, this time with 9 legislators...
DOUBLE EDGED SWORD: Unemployment Improves, But Not Enough
There's good news and bad news today in the Bureau of Labor Statistics' Local Area Unemployment Statistics, released this morning. The good news is that unemployment fell to eight percent in September. The bad news is found in the fine print: According to the press...
DEAN SINGLETON HEARTS OBAMA, STILL: Post Endorses Obama, Brushing Aside The Bold Promises From Their Own Endorsement In ’08
Frequenters of the Peak aren't surprised that Dean Singleton, err The Denver Post, endorsed Barack Obama today. Singleton all but humped the President's leg at an Associated Press event earlier this year. Watch: Denver Post publisher Singleton's big words for Obama...