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HOW IS COLORADO VOTING? A County-by-County Breakdown of 2012 Primary Voting Methods
Almost every major county is holding an all-mail primary election today. In all-mail primaries, both active and inactive voters are mailed a ballot.Check out this chart to see how each county is holding their elections: Map Courtesy of Secretary of State's website.
THEN AND NOW: Democrats Scale Back NC Convention Due to Fundraising Gap
What a difference four years of poor leadership makes. Bloomberg reports today that the Democratic National Committee has canceled its kick-off event at the Charlotte Motor Speedway, and shortened the convention from four days to just three due to an amazing $26.6...
WITHDRAWN: Colorado Bankers Breathe a Sigh of Relief
Last week was a good week for the Colorado Bankers Association. Earlier in the week, the Colorado Supreme Court stopped two potential ballot initiatives – Amendment 94, which would authorize municipalities to own and operate banks, and Amendment 95, which would...
SHOCK: New York Times Finds Democrat Pollster PPP Oversamples Democrats Badly
We've been saying for the last year that Democrat polling firm Public Policy Polling (PPP) has a sampling problem -- they oversample Democrats and undersample Republicans in their Colorado polls, delivering skewed results. Now The New York Times polling expert,...
DAY LATE, DOLLAR SHORT: ACU To Announce Legislative Ratings Three Days After Primary
The American Conservative Union (ACU) will be announcing their inaugural ratings of the Colorado State Legislature on June 29 -- three days after this year's primaries. It's too bad such a prestigious organization is a day late and a dollar short. This Friday,...
PAGING DEBRA JOHNSON: Dem “Unity Dinner” Speaker Maxine Waters Say Colorado Doesn’t Suppress Votes
On Saturday, Colorado House District 7 Democrats hosted their "Unity Dinner," featuring guest speaker Rep. Maxine Waters (D-CA), who is most notable for the ongoing, bipartisan ethics investigation into her helping a bank get a bailout where her husband had...
GOON IN BLUE: Meet The New Face Of Education Reform Obstruction
A huge fight between the reformist Douglas County School Board and the obstructionist local teachers union is brewing -- and it is getting ugly, fast. Negotiations between the school board and the local Douglas County Federation of Teachers (DCFT) are down to their...
TACKY: Obama Wants Your Wedding Gifts, Too
Obama for America campaign caused quite a stir on Twitter and Facebook on Friday when the campaign launched its latest fundraising gimmick – asking that those getting married “let [their] friends know how important this election is to you” by...
TOUGH WEEK: Unions Handed A Heavy Load Of Defeat, Again
It's been another tough week for unions, especially coming only two weeks after their epic loss to Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker. This week their losses come in the form of a Supreme Court smackdown and a Denver Post editorial slam.On the Supreme Court...
JUNTOS CON ROMNEY: Meet The 4 Members Of Mitt Romney’s Colorado Hispanic Leadership Team
Today, Mitt Romney announced his “Juntos Con Romney” leadership teams in 15 states, including Coloradans Sal Gomez, Christine Mastin, Jerry Natividad and Lilly Nunez. With Hispanic unemployment rising from 10.3% to 11% in May, the Hispanic community...