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Mercifully, Denver Post Kills ‘Politics West’ In Favor Of ‘The Spot’

(Politics West was a weird little orphan site, but we have high hopes for “The Spot” – promoted by Colorado Pols) Now we know why The Denver Post’s PoliticsWest.com website was a virtual ghost town over the past two months … Denver’s largest newspaper has walked away from its politically themed website, originally undertaken by […]

Romanoff Considers Suicide Switch?

UPDATE: Treasurer Cary Kennedy (mentioned in the story below) very smartly extricated herself from this discussion and endorsed John Hickenlooper a few minutes ago. We can’t verify what KMGH-TV reported yesterday as a sidebar to coverage of John Hickenlooper’s gubernatorial campaign announcement, and then amended, but we think it deserves a brief mention: Hickenlooper decided […]

Norton Gives Dem “Tracker” Bum’s Rush

Looks like all this not-so-flattering video of Senate candidate Jane Norton courting the “Tea Party” movement, from her “Obama cares more about terrorists rights than you” zinger to “loving the passion” of attendees who say President Obama is a Muslim who wants to ‘throw babies out with the garbage’–and a new gold nugget from Norton […]

Wadhams Hit Again With Norton Favoritism Allegations

We’ve been clear from the beginning in our belief that, despite insistence to the contrary, Colorado Republican Party chairman Dick Wadhams was intimately involved in maneuverings last fall to clear the GOP Senate primary field of potential challengers to Jane Norton. Now, our public discussion of that belief reportedly upset Wadhams greatly–he’s repeatedly, angrily denied […]

Hickenlooper Announces Run for Governor

UPDATE #3: From 9NEWS: During an afternoon news conference on the steps of the State Capitol he said, “Some people out there still don’t know who I am. My name is John Hickenlooper and I want to be the next governor of Colorado.” “Sometimes fate has a way of delivering an opportunity right when the […]

So They’re Going To Stop Lying Then, Right?

We don’t have time this morning to link to all the occasions in the last year where Republicans like gubernatorial candidate Scott McInnis have claimed that new oil and gas drilling protections which took effect last spring are “killing the industry” and “costing jobs.” They’ve said it so many times that it would be, well, […]

McInnis Extreme Makeover: The Poll

Left: “Old” Scott McInnis with a ‘stache. Right: The New Scott McInnis™ this weekend. Grecian 5® image courtesy Walgreens.com Settle the question, fashionistas: is gubernatorial candidate Scott McInnis’ new look, with the not-very-subtle hair color and shockingly new gap between nose and upper lip, working for you? We’ve seen studies that show voters are less […]

Republicans Fret Over Hickenlooper Run

UPDATE: Denver Post reports that the last of the big three candidates besides Hickenlooper–Rep. Ed Perlmutter–will not enter the gubernatorial race. Perlmutter may be pulling his name out of the mix in advance of a Hickenlooper announcement, as many politicians do so as not to look like a second choice. If for some reason Hickenlooper […]

Net Neutrality

net neutrality paraphrased from Wikipedia principle that advocates the Internet have no restrictions on content, sites, or platforms, on the kinds of equipment that may be attached, and on the modes of communication allowed…  if a user pays for a certain level of Internet access, and another user pays for a given level of access, […]

Romer (For Mayor?) Abandons “Middle Ground” Medical Pot Bill

As the Denver Post reports: The fight to regulate the rapidly growing number of medical-marijuana dispensaries took a drastic swing toward shutting down the hundreds of Colorado storefronts after state Sen. Chris Romer announced Sunday that a pending pot bill would reflect the wishes of law enforcement groups. The attorney general, sheriff’s organizations and police […]

Will Colorado Media Do Its Job? Republican Rhetoric Meets Reality

( – promoted by Colorado Pols) By now it is a tired refrain, that Republican candidates apparently still view as golden, to bemoan the death of the oil and gas industry in Colorado.  They then lay the perennial and predictable problems wrought by the cyclic and highly volatile nature of commodity economies at the feet […]

Obama to Hickenlooper: Yes We Can

The Denver Post’s Lynn Bartels and Michael Riley tag-team today’s report: President Barack Obama encouraged Denver Mayor John Hickenlooper to run for governor during a call Friday, but the mayor has told friends the family will spend the weekend weighing a decision. Hickenlooper met Friday with key advisers. Obama pledged his support during the two-minute […]

Rep. Casso Gets Caucus Discipline Spanking

As the Denver Post reports: A Democratic lawmaker lost his committee vice chairmanship a day after he cheered Gov. Bill Ritter’s decision not to run for re-election and ripped the governor. Rep. Edward Casso of Commerce City, who has tangled with the governor over union issues, will remain on the Business Affairs and Labor Committee […]

2009: The Year In Scandal

Colorado Ethics Watch released their top 5 ethics scandals of 2009 yesterday–release follows, topping the list is gubernatorial candidate Scott McInnis’ infamous “our 527” voicemail. Those were the good times, back when supporters of Josh Penry handled McInnis’ bedevilment and Democrats made popcorn. Don’t you miss those days? Rounding out their list you have the […]

Tea-party support in the Republican primary

To the Colorado Tea-partiers; Ok, first off I am an ardent Democrat and disagree with 80% (or more) of your political views. We are on opposite teams in every sense of the word. So take this with a grain of salt. But there are a couple of things I think we can agree on. First, […]

Norton’s “Terrorist Rights” Line Looks Really Bad on National TV

MSNBC’s Chris Matthews asks, “what does that even mean?” This is starting to get interesting, folks. We’ve been clear as to why we think Jane Norton is making an effort to appeal to the “Tea Party” contingent of newly-energized Republicans. But there’s a difference between a few red-meat affectations to make the hardcore base happy […]

America’s Great Socialist Past

For almost four centuries, technology has been the great non-ideological driver of Western history, starting with the steam engine. In two key areas, transportation and communications, American economic history, at least since the mid-19th century, has been written as a partnership between government and privately-financed technological expansion. Examples include the building of transcontinental railroads (government […]

Belated Grace?

As news was breaking Tuesday evening that Gov. Bill Ritter would not seek re-election, GOP gubernatorial candidate Scott McInnis could barely contain his glee–the AP reported: GOP gubernatorial candidate Scott McInnis told The Associated Press that polls showed Ritter was too weak to survive a general election. “He was in severe trouble. This guy could […]

Thursday Open Thread on Gov. Race: It Looks Like Hickenlooper

UPDATE #5:No confirmation yet that Hickenlooper is going to run, but last night sources said that the Mayor really wanted to do it but was waiting for Salazar’s decision. Given the fact that Salazar publicly endorsed Hick if he runs, it’s not a stretch to assume that he did so with knowledge of what the […]

Questions, Answers (And Theories) From Ritter Announcement

(Bumped into Thursday for self-evident reasons – promoted by Colorado Pols) After a wild 24 hours that saw more than 500 comments from Polsters in two separate posts, its time to take a look at the questions and answers from one of the more surprising political announcements in recent Colorado history. Here’s what we know, […]

Curry Leaves Door Open to Come Home?

The Grand Junction Sentinel reports the latest in Rep. Kathleen Curry’s odd saga: State Rep. Kathleen Curry faced little criticism during a town hall meeting Tuesday night over her recent decision to leave the Democratic Party and become an independent. Some 30 people, including members of both parties, attended the Glenwood Springs event, and many […]

Wednesday Ritter Withdrawal Open Thread

UPDATE #6: Rep. Ed Perlmutter tells 9NEWS he’ll support Salazar. That’s everybody, right? UPDATE #5: At a press conference this afternoon, Denver Mayor John Hickenlooper did not rule out a run for Governor, stating he would decide in the next few days. Hickenlooper indicated strongly that the forthcoming decision of Ken Salazar would directly affect […]

Hickenlooper Truth Movement

You elevated John Hickenlooper to political sainthood in Ritter Ends Re-Election Campaign. The HickTruther movement starts now. 1. He has pissed off city law enforcement. Recent raise reductions aren’t sitting well with the DPD. The sheriffs don’t like Hick after clashing over pay, firings and arrest powers. Police are the most powerful union in the […]

BREAKING: Ritter Ends Re-Election Campaign

UPDATE #4: Sources are confirming the Denver Post’s list of three equally-weighted possibilities right now to replace Ritter: Hickenlooper, Rep. Ed Perlmutter, and Interior Secretary Ken Salazar. Please note that is not a misprint for Ken’s brother (we asked). Developing… UPDATE #3: Denver Post reports Ritter will announce his decision to withdraw at an 11AM […]

Buffie New Speaker Pro Tempore

Speaker of the House Terrance Carroll announced today that he has named term-limited Rep. Liane “Buffie” McFadyen as Speaker Pro Tempore, replacing no-longer-a-Democrat Rep. Kathleen Curry. Full press release follows. Speaker of the House Terrance Carroll today announced several changes to the House Majority leadership roster. State Representative Liane “Buffie” McFadyen from Pueblo West will […]

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