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POLIS IN TROUBLE: Damning Ethics Problem, Plus New Challenger To Enter Race
For most Republicans, Jared Polis was seen as having a seat for life in Congress. He was one of the wealthiest members in office and sat in a safe district centered in the People's Republic of Boulder. That conventional wisdom is now being chucked out the window....
Former Obama staffer arrested in political ID theft scheme
Zach Edwards, who worked on then Senator Obama's campaign for the White House in 2007-08 was arrested Friday, charged with trying to use the identity of Iowa Secretary of State Matt Schultz and/or the SOS brother Thomas. Allegedly Edwards was trying to...
NEWT SPANKS MITT: Palmetto Pounding Shifts Race Heading Into Sunshine State
Three races. Three winners. Inevitable, Mitt Romney is no longer. In a race that Romney was ahead in the polls in up until the last few days, it was no squeaker. Newt Gingrich blew the former Massachusetts Governor out of the water, with a 13-point win in the South...
DRUDGED: Compass Colorado Ad Hits Obama On Most Influential Website In American Politics
There is nothing so much in this world that drives politicos and media types to a greater degree of excitement than a siren on the Drudge Report. The most influential site in American politics drives more news traffic than Facebook and Twitter, combined. Today,...
UNION STOOGE PAYBACK: Democrats Push Bill To Protect Teacher Union Advantage In School Board Races
By Peak News Contributor Ben DeGrow Ben DeGrow is senior policy analyst for the Independence Institute, with a focus on education, union and school finance issues: http://education.i2i.org He also keeps his own blog: Mount Virtus------------ With the legislative...
BRANDON SHAFFER HATES US: Calls Colorado Peak Politics Liars, Then Proves Himself To Be One
In the latest InnerView in the Colorado Statesman, Senate President Brandon Shaffer calls Colorado Peak Politics liars...and then proves himself to be one. In the interview, definitely worth a read, Shaffer claims that the Peak "fabricates" everything we...
NO “MAGIC WAND”? Despite Hickenhoover’s Claims, Medicaid Waivers Given To Other States To Cut Costs
We had high hopes for Tim Hoover. After helping lead the way on ending the mainstream media honeymoon for Governor Hickenlooper, with tough articles on his wasteful spending and inability to make decisions, Hoover has suddenly swallowed Hick's talking points on...
THANKS OBAMACARE! Sal Pace, Joe Miklosi Vote To Keep Bill That Bounced Salazar & Markey From Office
It is the political gift that keeps on giving. After Obamacare helped usher John Salazar and Betsy Markey out of Congress in 2010, two more Congressional hopefuls threw their lot in with the widely loathed legislation. In the state House today, state Reps. Joe Miklosi...
TIPTON SHAKEUP: Hesse Out, Fortney In, Game On
As Allison Sherry of The Denver Post reported yesterday, Congressman Scott Tipton's Chief of Staff Mike Hesse has been pushed out. Tipton's Legislative Director, Nicholas Zupancic, is taking over the office, at least in the short term. Meanwhile, back in...
DOUBLING UP: Cory Gardner Outraises Brandon Shaffer Again
Brandon Shaffer is having a terrible, horrible, no good, very bad start to 2012. After being forced to apologize for comparing himself to a rape victim, and having his CD6 dreams leaked to The Denver Post, Shaffer reported an abysmal $112k total for the fourth quarter...