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HICK’S HEDGE BITES BACK: Governor’s Opposition To Individual Health Care Mandate Blows Up
Is this the time Governor Hickenlooper's penchant for endless hedging on controversial issues finally bites back? In an interview with Colorado Public Radio yesterday, the Guv said he would be opposed to a state-level health care mandate, a la Obamacare, if...
NEW COLORADO MARIST POLL
COLORADO STAR WARS: Aing-Tii View of PoliticsColorado Peak Politics beat New York magazine's Obama campaign cover story on Colorado as THE path to reelection. Fans, grab those I-net courier tubes and start with John Heilemann. Then catch Michael Barone saying...
FAKE INDIANS, REAL PLAGIARISM: Scandals Of Professors Ward Churchill And Elizabeth Warren Overlap
What do former CU professor Ward Churchill and U.S. Senate candidate from Massachusetts Elizabeth Warren have in common? Both falsely claimed Native American ancestry and have been caught plagiarizing others work. With Ward Churchill's case set to go before the...
HICK HEDGE: Governor Tries To Have It Both Ways On Bain Capital Messaging
The attacks on private equity by the Obama campaign have left business-friendly Governor Hickenlooper in quite a bind. He can't pull a Cory Booker and trash the anti-business attacks and risk the Obama campaign's wrath, and he can't join them with his...
COLORADO ETHICS WATCH: “Nonpartisan” Group Can’t Name A Single Democrat They’ve Sued Over Ethics
In an article on Colorado Ethics Watch (CEW) yesterday in The Colorado Observer, CEW's Executive Director Luis Toro was unable to name a single Democrat his group has sued over ethics, yet laughably tries to push the lie that his group is "nonpartisan."...
SWEET, SWEET SEIU IRONY: Union Trained For Wells Fargo “Flash Mob” Protest In Wells Fargo Theater
Late last year The Daily Show found Occupy Wall Street planning their protests in the atrium of Deutsche Bank. Yesterday, a Colorado Peak Politics source found the SEIU planning their "flash mob" protest of Wells Fargo in...the Wells Fargo Theater at the...
“Reagan” Conservative Mike Donald Hits the Campaign Trail in Bid for House District 42
Mike Donald, a self-described "Reagan Conservative," is running against the liberal incumbent from Aurora in Colorado's House District 42 contest.Mike is a 42 year old family man whose experiences in business ownership and the working world have helped him develop...
LEARNING HIS LESSON: Brandon Shaffer Finally Includes Legal Disclaimer In Fundraising Emails
A few months ago we caught state Senate President and Congressional candidate Brandon Shaffer violating a Department of Defense directive about using photos of military personnel in uniform by not including a disclaimer that the photo did not imply an endorsement by...
CD7 TV WAR BEGINS: Joe Coors Goes Up With $400,000 Buy On Intro Spot
Golden businessman Joe Coors Jr is up with his first TV ad of his campaign to unseat incumbent Congressman Ed Perlmutter. In a sign of the financial force Coors will be, the buy is for a shocking $400,000, a little less than the entire amount raised by Coors in the...
WESTERN COLORADO DIGNITARIES OFFER TRIBUTES TO FALLEN HEROES
Approximately 600 people attended the Memorial Day Service at the Veteran's Memorial Cemetery, Monday morning in Grand Junction. The Director of the Veteran's Cemetery, Richard Gigliotti, presided over the somber and emotional service, which paid tribute...