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WHAT VOTER FRAUD? Revealing Politics Reveals Illegally Registered Voters & Double Ballot Mailing
Liberals in Colorado have long derided anyone who wants to reduce voter fraud as racists chasing non-existent threats. It will be interesting, then, to hear their reaction to two recent stories reported by Revealing Politics, the new national web venture by...
FORGET RESEARCH: Gas Prices Hovering Near $4 A Gallon A-OK With Jared Polis
Just when gas prices start to drop a little, Boulder's Congressman, Jared Polis, decides there's no need to search for future ways to lower prices at the pump. Last week, Congress adopted Polis’ amendment that strips $25 million in federal...
OBAMA AND PRUNES
Obama Press Conference Statement: We’ve created 4.3 million jobs over the past 27 months. The private sector is doing fine. Where we’re seeing problems is with state and local government, often with cuts initiated by governors or mayors who are not getting...
HICK ON DEFENSE: Governor’s Comments On Two Healthcare Mandates Spur Denver Post Push Back
Governor Hickenlooper is backpedaling hard after a series of off-message comments related to healthcare policy. In today's Denver Post, the Governor published an Op-Ed trying to lay out his position on healthcare policy, but glossed over the two healthcare...
COORS CREEPING UP ON PERLMUTTER: Golden Businessman Makes “Young Gun” Status, Drops Another Ad
After Ed Perlmutter won his 2010 race by 11 points, the conventional wisdom held that he would be unbeatable in 2012. The candidacy of Joe Coors Jr is quickly changing that calculation. In a sign that national Republicans see significant strength in Coors' chances at...
OBAMA’S ECONOMY: In The President’s Mind It’s “Doing Fine”
In the latest episode of “Obama Doesn’t Know Anything About The Private Sector,” we catch up with our economic superhero at a press conference this morning. Here’s what he had to say about the state of our economy: “The truth of the...
GENDER GAP SHRINKING: Romney Gaining Ground On Obama Among Women
President Barack Obama and Republican challenger Governor Mitt Romney are “neck-and-neck” according to Rasmussen Reports’ first poll of the 2012 presidential race in Colorado. That comes on the heels of news that Romney is closing the gender gap...
ECONOMIC INDICATOR: Lower Gas Prices Cold Comfort To Colorado Families
As this year's election is set to be decided in large part by the state of the economy, we at Colorado Peak Politics have decided to start tracking key economic indicators to give our readers a more holistic picture than just monthly unemployment numbers....
PRESIDENTIAL POLLING: Two New Colorado Surveys Show A Tight Race
Two Colorado polls on the Presidential election released today -- Rasmussen Reports and Purple Poll -- show the race for President to be exactly as the pundits predict, extremely close. Rasmussen has Romney and Obama tied at 45%, while the Purple Poll has Obama up...
(HONEY) BADGER STATE RECALL LESSONS: Red Sky In The Morning, Colorado Democrats Take Warning
The failed attempts by Democrats and organized labor to unseat Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker on Tuesday should serve as yet another warning to Colorado Democrats who hope to recall Secretary of State Scott Gessler. Or to put it more nautically, a Republican red sky...