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MAY MAULING: Romney/RNC Outraised Obama/DNC Last Month By $16 Million, 93% Of Donors Under $250
Despite President Obama being too busy attending fundraisers to campaign for losing Wisconsin recall candidate Tom Barrett, the Campaigner-in-Chief still got handily whooped by Mitt Romney in the campaign donation department last month. The combined fundraising...
NANNY STATE: Hickenlooper Comes Out In Support Of Mayor Bloomberg’s Attempt To Ban Large Sodas
Earlier this week at the Aspen Institute’s Global Spa and Wellness Summit, Governor John Hickenlooper endorsed Mayor Bloomberg’s “war on soda." It is days like this we really wish former Denver Post columnist David Harsanyi was still living in...
PAC POISON: Ed Perlmutter Has Taken Nearly A Million Dollars In Union PAC Money Since 2008
In the wake of the crushing defeat of union asset Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett in Wisconsin last night we thought we would take a look at Colorado's very own union asset, Congressman Ed Perlmutter. According to OpenSecrets.org, Perlmutter has received nearly a...
PAGING PAT STRYKER: David Axelrod Complains About “Self-Interested Billionaires” In Politics
Following yesterday’s smack down of unions in Wisconsin, senior Obama campaign strategist David Axelrod had this to say to The New York Times: “The fact that you’ve got a handful of self-interested billionaires who are trying to leverage their...
FLASHBACK: Colorado Democrats Rally At Capitol In Solidarity With Wisconsin Unions
With Colorado Democrats and their allies in the left wing Colorado Democracy Alliance (CODA) suddenly, shockingly silent about the shock waves sent across the country by Scott Walker's win in Wisconsin last night, we thought we'd help remind them how much the...
WISCONSIN RECALL: Goons Lose. Freedom Prevails.
Remember when liberals used to use the term "Wisconsinize" to describe any political act they didn't like? Wisconsinize this. Wisconsinize that. Well tonight, that term has a very different meaning as conservative icon Scott Walker swept to victory in...
JOE MIKLOSI: Call Your Office (And Ask For Your Staff’s Names)
Denver state Rep. and CD6 Congressional candidate Joe Miklosi has been caught in yet another staffer-related scandal. Colorado Peak Politics has obtained audio of Miklosi bragging about the Washington, DC-based Democrat Congressional Campaign Committee (DCCC) paying...
2011 Mesa County School District 51 Total Expenditures Released
Mesa County citizens have continued to hear that the Local Mesa County School District 51 needs more money yet they never give accurate information on how much per pupil they actually receive. The Daily Sentinel will have you believe that the...
OUR FAVORITE QUILLENISMS: Honoring Our Disagreement With Columnist Ed Quillen
The Denver Post announced yesterday that liberal columnist Ed Quillen had died suddenly from a heart attack. Our thoughts go out to his family, friends and coworkers for their loss. While we here at the Peak have rarely agreed with Quillen, we’ll admit...
TOUGH CHOICE FOR LIBERALS: FasTracks Collides With Obama Apologist
Today’s Denver Post reported that RTD was “stunned” to learn that Berkshire Hathaway-owned Burlington Northern Santa Fe (BNSF) would require nearly $535 million upfront (or $200 million more for those of you playing along at home) than RTD initially...