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Texas Gov. Rick Perry: An Opposition Campaign Primer

Ah! Fresh meat! That’s what’s on the mind of political pundits this week as they come down off the high of the Iowa Straw Poll in Ames. With nothing to report until–well–something unpredictable happens, or until the Iowa caucuses in January, the media and blogosphere will gush with pedantics about this outsider to the GOP […]

Hair Of The Dog In 2012

If Republicans succeed in tanking the economy this year by forcing the country into default, perverse as it may seem, the likely result could be to achieve their dream of making Obama a one-term president. So let’s assume that during a deepening recession, Obama loses his job next year.  I would hope that America doesn’t […]

Radio hosts can’t get Tipton to clarify when daughter got job offer

(Tipton had better straighten this out, and soon. In politics the coverup is almost always worse than the crime, and Tipton’s in danger of making this look like a bigger scandal (whether it is or not) by not getting his story straight. – promoted by Colorado Pols) In another exemplary radio interview on the conservative Steamboat […]

BREAKING: All In The Family, Scott Tipton Style?

FRIDAY UPDATE #2: Reporter Allison Sherry of the Denver paper adds a crucial detail to this developing story today–that is, actual House rules which may have been broken. Sherry reports that House rules state members of Congress may not benefit financially from their position–and, “for the purposes of enforcement,” relatives are included in that prohibition. […]

Dan Maes Still Mad…At Everybody

Republican Dan Maes, the 2010 GOP nominee for Governor (it still feels weird to write that) is apparently not letting his bygones, uh, be. We didn’t have a chance to get to this earlier in the week, but didn’t want to forget to mention it. On Tuesday, Maes sent out a long note to supporters […]

Santorum Steals Slogan From Gay Poet

Think Progress: Earlier today, former Sen. Rick Santorum (R-PA) announced that he will begin fundraising for a presidential run using the campaign slogan “Fighting to make America America again.” This eloquent turn of phrase, however, was not invented by Santorum. It is borrowed from the title of a pro-union, pro-racial justice, and pro-immigrant poem written […]

Scott Gessler Is Wasting Your Time

In the Denver newspaper today, two stories that should put a swift end to the push by Colorado Secretary of State Scott Gessler to pass House Bill 1252–as we’ve discussed several times, a controversial bill that would grant his office authority to purge audit the voter rolls for anyone he “believes is not a citizen […]

CFPI to Pull Ballot Initiatives

It was a beautiful day yesterday, but I opted to stay indoors for a bit to attend one of the State Budget Listening Tour events in Lowry. I had heard that most of the meetings in other parts of the state were well attended. Ours was no exception. The crowd sounded off to members of […]

More (Not Less) Regulation Needed in Gaspatch

( – promoted by Colorado Pols) “We have to reinvigorate the energy industry here in Western Colorado. One of the big obstacles we’re going to have to overcome is over regulation at the federal end,” says Congressman Tipton. My congressman, Scott Tipton, wants to gut regulations for oil and gas drillers.  He recently said so […]

I Need A New Car

Well, I want a new car….no, I need one…well….  Ok, I can’t tell the difference any more, so let’s just say I’m going to get a car. What do I get? And when I say “new” I mean new for me.  I usually much prefer to buy used – cheaper and less painful depreciation. I […]

Senator Mark Udall Interview

( – promoted by Colorado Pols) Senator Udall was gracious enough to sit down with me for an interview this past Monday. In the spirit of bi-partisanship, we talked at the same table in the same Coffee Shop where I interviewed Ken Buck a year ago. Mark Udall comes across with the gravitas most Senators […]

A cordon of reason

(Raf is a great veteran of the Colorado blogosphere. Well written and thus promoted. – promoted by redstateblues) It’s Thursday, and the shockwaves from Saturday’s attempted assassination of Rep. Gabby Giffords, and the brutal murder of six people at the “Congress in your Corner” event she was hosting, still reverberate. The response, though, has been […]

Colorado Leads National Average in New (& Old) Energy Jobs

A new report out by the Colorado Energy Coalition shows that energy jobs created in Colorado grew at a much faster rate than the national average, according to an article by Cathy Proctor in the Denver Business Journal.   This is especially true in the clean energy sector, which saw an increase over the last […]

The Law of Diminishing Returns

When is enough enough?  When does the law of diminishing returns set in?   Colorado is currently 48th in tax burden, with a state spending level to match.  If you are a believer in lower taxes and less government, when do diminishing returns set in?  When is government too small or taxes too low?   […]

My (rough) proposal to the Hick Veteran Transition team.

(Hickenlooper needs to read and act on this. Superb job! – promoted by DavidThi808) (Still a work in progress. I want to be able to add a veteran home-loan program like California’s CalVet Program, and somehow come up with the money to help this cheap-ass state pay more than $400 a county for veteran’s services…) […]

Principals, Principles, Corn Syrup, Taxes & Watermelons – a Diary of the SD1 Senate Race

As a courtesy warning, if you have no interest in what happens east of Greeley, Limon or Pueblo, this diary is long and not likely for you.  On Friday, October 29 Pols front-paged an article posing the question of whether the Republican’s will take the majority in the Senate.  Absent was any mention of the […]

The Price of Getting It Wrong

Blather is cheap. Except for this: Economic policies have a real impact. Blather can lead to wrong policies that have a real impact. Remember Japan the Economic Superpower? Don’t hear much about that nowadays. Here’s an explanation: “U.S. Hears Echo of Japan’s Woes.” NYT. http://www.nytimes.com/2010/10… Essential point: wrong economic policy in Japan (deficit reduction measures […]

Our own bjwilson83, caught sockpuppeting for Ken Buck on Facebook!

Take a look at this! Note that I went to great pains to not reveal any identifying information, and not to violate any of this blog’s terms regarding outing of other users. I am not attempting to out the true-life identity of anyone. To hinder accessing personal information, I made screengrabs instead of linking and […]

A plea to John Hickenlooper from an ardent supporter

(Is it time to think about the unthinkable?  Could a proven liar — former U.S. Rep. Tom Tancredo, who solemnly pledged to retire from Congress after three terms and then ran for five terms — slip through the cracks because 527 attack ads are savaging John Hickenlooper while Tancredo gets a free pass.  And least […]

Ask a Rich Guy

Dear Rich Guy, I recently attended a Michael Bennet “High Dollar” fundraiser for $1,000.  I asked Senator Bennet why he would raise taxes on the wealthy during these recessionary times.  I had the feeling that Senator Bennet did not appreciate how devastating a 3-4% increase on my marginal tax rate would be.  I mean how […]

How Talk Radio won the 2010 midterms for the Republicans

( – promoted by DavidThi808) How Talk Radio won the 2010 elections for the Republicans. I first sounded the alarm about the power of Republican control of the public radio airwaves at the height of the Obama honeymoon blush and BTP, (Before the Tea Party) A lively debate on this blog ensured.  This is what […]

It’s the issues, stupid.

(We interrupt our regularly scheduled coverage of the ongoing Republican Victory Party hosted by H-Man for this dash of cold water on Tea Party fantasies. – promoted by Voyageur) Yes, Republibags are jazzed up about birth certificates, taking health care away from sick children, and putting Wall Street crooks back in the driver’s seat, but […]

In a Quandry Over Michael Bennet

( – promoted by DavidThi808) I’m really struggling with what to do about Sen. Michael Bennet.  Nine months ago, before I learned where he was getting his money and how that was influencing his votes, I was a Bennet supporter.  I even attended a caucus training session for Bennet.  Then, when I came to the […]

Finally Seeing The Light

(Veteran polster Harry Doby seems the light and admits the right wing noise machine is right — we need to stop whining about getting people back to work and cut taxes for the super rich again.  I can only assume he’s serious;-) – promoted by Voyageur) Reading for oh, maybe the 100th time, that Keynesian […]

Tom Tancredo Interview

This was a surprising interview. I expected to mostly be discussing illegal immigration and why that was the key issue in the race. Instead I found Congressman Tancredo to be primarily concerned with the lack of integrity in Dan Maes and secondarily concerned with the state of our public schools. And yet, Tom’s instinct is […]

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