Caption This Photo: Omigosh Cory Gardner!
Proof of life from a reader’s random run-in with Senator Cory Gardner earlier this month at DIA: Jump-scared.
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Trumpcare’s Day of Reckoning
Watch this space throughout the day as new information becomes available on a potential House vote on Trumpcare. —– 1:28 pm: The House punts: NEWS – No AHCA vote today, per GOP source. Still possible tomorrow — John Bresnahan (@BresPolitico) March 23, 2017 —– 1:23 pm: The House has not even begun the process of moving Trumpcare […]
Ken Salazar Out for Governor; Perlmutter Run Looks Closer
UPDATE: Peter Marcus of the Colorado Springs Gazette: U.S. Rep. Ed Perlmutter is expected to announce a run for governor as early as the end of the month, ColoradoPolitics has learned. “If it was up to me, we would announce sooner rather than later,” confirmed Perlmutter campaign consultant Steve Welchert, a high-profile Democratic strategist. Perlmutter’s […]
Former GOP state chair, charged with voter fraud, does the right thing and resigns from radio show
(Promoted by Colorado Pols) The morning after voter fraud charges were filed against KLZ 560-AM morning host Steve Curtis, there he was, on the air, interviewing William Gheen, who’s on a “mission” against illegal immigration. But things changed during the day, as you know if you were one of the lucky people listening to KLZ’s […]
Tom Tancredo Behind Racist Joe Salazar Smear?
UPDATE #2: Salzman still on the case: Jimi MacFarland of N Jeffco TeaParty tells me he posted ISIS Salazar meme, approves of it, but didnt make it. Won't say who did #copolitics — Jason Salzman (@BigMediaBlog) March 23, 2017 For our part, we stand by our original assertion that the Salazar/ISIS graphic was made by […]
Developing: State Rep. Defends Japanese-American Internment
UPDATE: Release from Colorado House Democrats on today’s debate: In the first real floor fight of the session, the Ralph Carr Freedom Defense Act by Reps. Joe Salazar and Daneya Esgar earned initial approval from the House on second reading this morning. The bill protects Colorado state agencies from being forced to participate in overreaching […]
Cynthia Coffman Trolls Race for Governor
Colorado Attorney General Cynthia Coffman is almost certainly not running for governor in 2018, but she would really like it if you would pretend that she might. This is very, very lame… Also notable for #copolitics folks. Coffman also was in town for political meetings. “You know I am at least looking at governor,” she said. — Mark […]
Hickenlooper: Dems Should “Slow Down” Gorsuch Nomination
Quotable quotes from Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper today via the Denver Post’s Brian Eason, in which Hickenlooper shows a flash of contempt for President Donald Trump–and the treachery that led to the nomination of Neil Gorsuch to fill a vacancy on the Supreme Court that former President Barack Obama tried to fill over a year ago: “If […]
The Get More Smarter Show: March 21, 2017
Today on the Get More Smarter Show: your hosts Jason Bane and Alan Franklin talk through the latest in Colorado politics, followed by a detailed interview with Ernest Luning of the Colorado Statesman on the state of the legislature. Welcome back to Ernest, the first-ever repeat guest on the Get More Smarter Show! To skip […]
BREAKING: Ex-Colorado GOP Chair Charged With Voter Fraud
As the Denver Post’s John Frank reports, former Colorado GOP chairman Steve Curtis, now a radio host on 560 KLZ talk radio, has been charged with felony forgery and one misdemeanor count of voter fraud: Former Colorado Republican party chairman Steve Curtis, 57, has been charged with voter fraud and forgery, prosecutors say. Curtis, an AM […]