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Welcome To The Clown Car, Rick Perry

CNN: This time, Rick Perry has nowhere to go but up. Four years after his first presidential campaign was crushed by the weight of his debate gaffe and stump speech mishaps, the governor who spent 14 years presiding over Texas launched his second bid for the Republican nomination on Thursday. “I’m running for the presidency […]

Get More Smarter on Friday (June 5)

As far as we can tell, there will not be another candidate entering the race for President (today). It’s time to Get More Smarter with Colorado Pols. If you think we missed something important, please include the link in the comments below (here’s a good example).   TOP OF MIND TODAY… ► The Colorado Republican […]

Ellen Roberts’ Self-Immolation Continues

UPDATE: Planned Parenthood Votes Colorado slams Ellen Roberts in a new statement: “Sen. Roberts’ positions and votes on choice issues over the last few years have been erratic at times – even opposing teen pregnancy prevention and sex education programs. We no longer consider her to be pro-choice, and understand why she’s having a hard […]

Colorado Republican Party Finds New Chaos Under Steve House

Chaos. On Monday the GOP lost its only decent potential candidate for U.S. Senate when Rep. Mike Coffman (R-Aurora) made it official that he would seek re-election in CD-6 rather than challenge Democratic Sen. Michael Bennet in 2016. Trying to find another potential Senate candidate while avoiding a bitter GOP Primary would be enough to […]

Get More Smarter on Thursday (June 4)

After a seven-day layoff, the NBA Finals finally kick off tonight. It’s time to Get More Smarter with Colorado Pols. If you think we missed something important, please include the link in the comments below (here’s a good example).   TOP OF MIND TODAY… ► Let’s investigate! Colorado Senators Michael Bennet and Cory Gardner want the […]

Egads! Ellen Roberts is Really Not Good at This

State Senator Ellen Roberts (R-Durango) tried, poorly, to float her name for U.S. Senate (or Congress) last month, telling the Durango Herald that she considered herself a “long-shot candidate.” But with Rep. Mike Coffman publicly declining to run for U.S. Senate, Roberts has another opportunity to launch the ol’ trial balloon. It’s not going well. Roberts has been […]

Get More Smarter on Wednesday (June 3)

Colorado is purty. It’s time to Get More Smarter with Colorado Pols. If you think we missed something important, please include the link in the comments below (here’s a good example).   TOP OF MIND TODAY… ► Colorado Senators Michael Bennet and Cory Gardner, along with Rep. Mike Coffman (R-Aurora) are asking the Veterans Affairs Department […]

Get More Smarter on Tuesday (June 2)

90 degrees in Denver today–joke’s on you for complaining about last month’s rain. It’s time to Get More Smarter with Colorado Pols. If you think we missed something important, please include the link in the comments below (here’s a good example). TOP OF MIND TODAY… ► With Rep. Mike Coffman declining to challenge incumbent Sen. […]

Get More Smarter on Monday (Holy Crap it’s June 1)

If you’ve been wondering what Bruce Jenner will look like as a woman…well, the wait is over. Here’s Caitlyn Jenner (and check out this helpful tip sheet from GLAAD). It’s time to Get More Smarter with Colorado Pols. If you think we missed something important, please include the link in the comments below (here’s a good […]

Get More Smarter on Friday (May 29)

Let’s just repeat Memorial Day weekend once more, eh? It’s time to Get More Smarter with Colorado Pols. If you think we missed something important, please include the link in the comments below (here’s a good example).   TOP OF MIND TODAY… ► State Rep. John Buckner (D-Aurora) has died at the age of 67 after […]

Ambush in the Public Interest

(Promoted by Colorado Pols) In an online Denver Post op-ed yesterday, I urged reporters to seek out and interview hiding politicians. I gave some recent Colorado examples, like Rep. Mike Coffman hiding from reporters after he said he wasn’t sure Obama was an American. On Twitter, former CU regent Tom Lucero, a Republican, told me […]

Morgan Carroll CD-6 Buzz Continues To Build

Roll Call’s Alexis Levinson reports today on growing Democratic excitement in Washington, D.C.–and trepidation from Republicans–about a possible run by Colorado Senate Minority Leader Morgan Carroll for incumbent Rep. Mike Coffman’s CD-6 seat: Coffman has proved resilient over his four terms. He has been a top Democratic target since redistricting reshaped his solidly Republican district into a […]

Fiscal hawks squawk happily about throwing billions mindlessly at border security

Conservative talk-radio hosts present themselves as fiscal conservatives, until they land on something they want to mindlessly throw money at. So Colorado’s newbie Congressman, Ken Buck, was right at home on the radio last week when he disclosed that a bill will be introduced by House Republicans “doubling or tripling” the amount of money to […]

Get More Smarter on Tuesday (May 26)

Hey, look at that…the sun is still there, after all. It’s time to Get More Smarter with Colorado Pols. If you think we missed something important, please include the link in the comments below (here’s a good example).   TOP OF MIND TODAY… ► House Republicans may yet put a stop to a trade deal […]

VA Whistleblower Report Shows Lack of Oversight

The Denver Post has more details today about a Veterans Administration whistleblower and an apparent lack of oversight with the VA: A former high-ranking federal Veterans Affairs official responsible for overseeing the troubled Aurora medical center complex figures prominently in a whistleblower’s claims that the agency misspent at least $5 billion yearly through illegal contracts […]

Get More Smarter on Friday (May 22)

A sopping wet Memorial Day Weekend to you! It’s time to Get More Smarter with Colorado Pols. If you think we missed something important, please include the link in the comments below (here’s a good example). TOP OF MIND TODAY… ► Sen. Cory Gardner’s “pay twice” proposal for birth control women can currently receive copay-free under […]

Congress Approves Memorial Day VA Hospital Band-Aid, Wound Still Festering

9NEWS’ Brandon Rittiman reporting now on a last-minute deal to keep construction going at the troubled VA medical center project on the Anschutz medical campus in Aurora…for now, anyway: On the same day Congress is preparing to leave for a Memorial Day break, House Republicans introduced a last-minute temporary patch that would prevent another work […]

Get More Smarter on Thursday (May 21)

Apparently today is Red Nose Day; the first person who can find two friends who know what this means wins a prize. It’s time to Get More Smarter with Colorado Pols. If you think we missed something important, please include the link in the comments below (here’s a good example).   TOP OF MIND TODAY… […]

Get More Smarter on Wednesday (May 20)

The Denver Nuggets ended up with the exact results expected in last night’s NBA Draft Lottery, which gives Denver the #7 pick in the June Draft. It’s time to Get More Smarter with Colorado Pols. If you think we missed something important, please include the link in the comments below (here’s a good example).   […]

Get More Smarter on Tuesday (May 19)

It only looks like Seattle out there. It’s time to Get More Smarter with Colorado Pols. If you think we missed something important, please include the link in the comments below (here’s a good example). TOP OF MIND TODAY… ► The clock is ticking on a congressional agreement to prevent another halting of construction at the […]

2016 Won’t Be Like 2014 (Or 2010)

Famed political analyst Stuart Rothenberg has a smart writeup at Roll Call today on the state of play in Colorado ahead of the 2016 U.S. Senate race–with some perspective that’s quite valuable if you’re using past performance as a predictor of future results: Republican strategists have not given up hope of recruiting a top-tier challenger, […]

Get More Smarter on Monday (May 18)

Just in case you needed any more of a reason to stay away from motorcycle gangs. It’s time to Get More Smarter with Colorado Pols. If you think we missed something important, please include the link in the comments below (here’s a good example).   TOP OF MIND TODAY… ► Republican State Treasurer Walker “Wasn’t […]

Get More Smarter on Friday (May 15)

“When the wolf is trying to get in, you gotta stand in the doorway.” RIP B.B. King. It’s time to Get More Smarter with Colorado Pols. If you think we missed something important, please include the link in the comments below (here’s a good example).   TOP OF MIND TODAY… ► Work on the debacle […]

Get More Smarter on Thursday (May 14)

Today’s forecast calls for possible sightings of the sun. It’s time to Get More Smarter with Colorado Pols. If you think we missed something important, please include the link in the comments below (here’s a good example).   TOP OF MIND TODAY… ► Congressman Mike Coffman (R-Aurora) joined fellow Republicans in voting to approve a 20-week […]

Walker Stapleton Shows (Again) Why He’ll Never Make it to Higher Office

This is State Treasurer Walker Stapleton, Colorado’s “gold standard” when it comes to the stereotypical, fast-talking, bullshitting politician. Stapleton has made such a caricature of himself over the last couple of years that it he hardly seems real. Surely, you think, nobody can truly be this transparently smarmy and exist as an actual human politician…or […]

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