Recent Headlines
BRUTAL: 7News Report Calls Hickenlooper’s Lower North Fork Fire Investigation “Soft” & “Political”
A recent 7News investigation of Governor Hickenlooper's response to the Lower North Fork Fire found the Governor's review to be "very soft" with "political undertone[s]." The damning report by one of the top investigative teams on Colorado TV provides new fuel...
SCATHING: Michael Bennet Disses US Senate, Harry Reid
Senator Michael Bennet loves to rail against Congress in general, but in a campaign email today Bennet targets the US Senate specifically, of which he is a majority member, for criticism. [Redacted], You may remember the petition I sent you a few weeks ago...
DEMS’ DIMWITTED DUO: DNC Chair & Colo Dem Chair A Gift To Republicans
Yesterday, the Chair of the Democrat National Committee, Debbie Wasserman-Schultz, and the Chair of the Colorado Democrat Party, Rick Palacio, held a press conference in Denver and proved how much of a gift their leadership is to Republicans. The message these...
FIRE ON HICK MOUNTAIN: Does The Governor Really Want To Oppose Victim Compensation Fund?
Governor Hickenlooper's continued popularity gives him a great deal of leeway in dealing with sensitive issues, which he generally just avoids altogether, but that doesn't mean he can safely oppose a victim compensation fund for the Lower North Fork Fire...
Uh, oh! Time For a Real Inconvient Fact About Democracy
There's no getting around it. Democracy is a two-edged sword. The fact that we are still the most free people in the world is not a result of "our democracy". God forbid! The reality, unbeknownst to most of the people, all the media, excluding Fox, and all...
CHOICES: What Obama And Romney’s Colorado State Directors Say About Their Campaigns
With Romney announcing James Garcia as his Colorado state director today, it's useful to compare Romney's choice to whom Obama appointed to lead his efforts in Colorado. Romney chose his National Field Director, emphasizing the importance of Colorado to the...
DELUSIONAL: Brandon Shaffer Says His Hopeless Campaign To Be Decided By “A Few Hundred Votes”
Senate President and CD4 Congressional candidate Brandon Shaffer is delusional. At a recent event for that rare species known as Fort Morgan Democrats, Shaffer speculated that his hopeless campaign to unseat incumbent GOP Congressman Cory Gardner would come down to...
REGISTRATION GAP: Democrats Falling Far Behind In Voter Registration, Big Hill To Climb In General
The change in voter registration in Colorado since the last Presidential election is striking. In 2008, for the first time ever, Democrats were at near parity with Republicans in registered voters in Colorado. Four years later, they are lagging behind badly with six...
Transparency for Higher Ed Struggles, Bears Fruit in K-12
A couple months ago I noted that Colorado's education transparency train was rolling forward. While the locomotive hasn't been derailed, since that time the engineer has pulled the brakes a couple times. HB 1118, the open union negotiations bill, was sent to...
CAMPAIGNER-IN-CHIEF: Obama Has More Fundraisers, Swing State Visits Than Any Other President Ever
When Republicans complain that President Obama is campaigning on the taxpayer's dime, most media reports simply say that is what the opposition says every four years. What a book finds is that Obama is actually doing it more than any other President since Richard...