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Locally respected magazine 5280 released their rankings of prominent Colorado personalities last week, the “5280 Fifty” ‘most influential.’ We don’t envy the writers charged with assembling these lists, since for one thing they almost never look very auspicious in retrospect. 5280’s last similar rankings were five years ago, and 2005’s 5280 ‘most influential’ was then-First […]

A very brief mention for the Denver Post’s report from..well, some other state mistakenly referred to as Colorado herein: A conservative policy group says Colorado is one generation away from a California-type fiscal crisis, thanks to what it calls excessive taxation, uncontrollable spending and an environment hostile to job growth. Americans for Prosperity Colorado, which […]

Sensing weakness in the two present GOP candidates for Colorado treasurer, Walker “Bush” Stapleton and J.J.”You Know My Daddy” Ament, one of the more colorful figures in Colorado politics, and a proud occasional contributor to the Colorado Pols community, Ali Hasan has thrown his hat in the ring. The Vail Daily reports: Ali Hasan, who […]

The Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee is eagerly circulating the growing number of video clips of Senate candidate Jane Norton, “loving the passion” of the “Tea Party” and their wacky ravings–from “Obama is a Muslim” to “letting babies die on the side of the road,” making her own call to ‘abolish’ the Department of Education look […]

High-powered elections lawyer Mark Grueskin, representing the committee Protect Colorado’s Communities, today filed a complaint alleging significant violations of Colorado law by proponents of Amendments 60, 61 and Proposition 101–better known as the “Dr. Evil” initiatives. Release follows: says Grueskin, “You don’t get three initiatives on the ballot without spending thousands of dollars – or […]

While deliberations continue on who should be nominated to serve as Colorado’s next U.S. Attorney, another name has been suggested to us as a possible ‘consensus candidate’–Boulder County DA Stan Garnett’s name has made rounds in the last few days as a qualified and uncontroversial choice, citing a long record in private practice, local roots, […]

The Colorado Independent followed up Thursday on a piece of legislation we discussed a few days ago in relation to the recent disaffiliation of Rep. Kathleen Curry from the Democratic Party. To briefly recap, we described the bill as “crafted by the insurance industry,” seeking a moratorium on new health coverage mandates of the kind […]

We have finished permissioning the accounts for our two new front page guest editors, Middle of the Road and Danny the Red (hair). It’s a great privilege to live in a blog where governments can transition without intrigue and bloodshed, kind of like America itself. Oh wait, that’s right, we did have a little bit […]

Predictable as sunrise, the Denver Post reports: Coloradans will likely be asked in November to blunt the impact of federal health-insurance reform with a state constitutional amendment that would attempt to undo some of what Congress is trying to pass. Jon Caldara of the Independence Institute said Tuesday that he is still working on the […]

(Your hundreds of thousands of comments are the living history of Colorado politics for five years and counting–we’re very proud – promoted by Colorado Pols) No, it’s not a word count. But how many comments have you made on this site? I’m up to 3,554. My first comment was this one: Pro-economy? I’m the anti-economy […]

WEDNESDAY UPDATE #2: As a Pols reader points out in the comments below, Curry may have missed the deadline to run for re-election as an “Unaffiliated” candidate — meaning she could only run in 2010 as a write-in candidate. WEDNESDAY UPDATE: No election deals for Rep. Curry, Dems will recruit a candidate, and according to […]

The Denver Post’s Lynn Bartels caught up with ex-gubernatorial candidate Josh Penry in the wake of last week’s quashed rumors of Penry getting the Lt. Governor slot on on former rival Scott McInnis’ ticket: “Anyone who knows me knows I would make a lousy lieutenant governor,” Penry said Monday. “I like to be part of […]

Curiouser and curiouser, as the Grand Junction Sentinel reports: State Sen. Josh Penry, R-Grand Junction, said he isn’t interested in joining the ticket of his onetime rival, Scott McInnis, as the candidate for lieutenant governor. “If I were hell-bent on being on the ticket, I’d still be in the race,” Penry said last week when […]

From the Huffington Post, more footage from Senate candidate Jane Norton’s November visit with the Morgan County Republicans: Former Colorado lieutenant governor Jane Norton, one of the five candidates competing in the Republican primary for the state’s 2010 Senate race, is distinguishing herself with her full-hearted embrace of the tea party crowd. Appearing at a […]

Closing out a story we spent a depressing amount of time with last August, the Denver Post: Activist Maurice Joseph Schwenkler, 24, pleaded guilty Monday to a second-degree misdemeanor for smashing windows at the Colorado Democratic Party headquarters last summer. He received one year of probation and was ordered to pay $5,000 in restitution for […]

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The second of three critical votes on landmark health reform legislation went off successfully in the Senate early today, while Denver Post reporter Michael Riley takes a look at how we got there: Sen. Michael Bennet on Monday broke with his party’s leadership on health care, criticizing Democrats for cutting “backroom deals” to ensure the […]