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What Would Cory Gardner’s “Upside Down” Look Like?

With a good chance of at least some readers dropping out of society for the next few days to binge-watch the long-awaited new season of Stranger Things on Netflix, even Sen. Cory Gardner is getting into the zeitgeist: Hearing reports of a possible #UpsideDownWorld portal back this week. Not sure if it's true, but @Stranger_Things […]

Get More Smarter on Thursday (October 26)

Keep your guard up, friends: You’re about to hear a lot of tired jokes along the lines of, “If you don’t like the weather in Colorado, just wait a day and it will change!” It’s time to Get More Smarter. If you think we missed something important, please include the link in the comments below […]

Get More Smarter on Wednesday (October 25)

You only have six more days to come up with a good Halloween costume. It’s time to Get More Smarter. If you think we missed something important, please include the link in the comments below (here’s a good example). If you are more of a visual learner, check out The Get More Smarter Show.   […]

Vicki Marble Would Like This Cub Scout Story to Continue

On Sunday, the New York Times published a lengthy story about state Sen. Vicki Marble (R-Fort Collins) that we thought might be the topper to the saga of Marble’s bizarre talk to a group of Cub Scouts in Broomfield two weeks ago. Apparently this will not be the end of the tale, because Marble is making every effort […]

Get More Smarter on Tuesday (October 24)

Happy United Nations Day! It’s time to Get More Smarter. If you think we missed something important, please include the link in the comments below (here’s a good example). If you are more of a visual learner, check out The Get More Smarter Show.   TOP OF MIND TODAY… ► Tennessee Republican Sen. Bob Corker, who […]

Cory Gardner’s Star Fades As NRSC Fundraising Nosedives

Continuing a downward trajectory we’ve been watching for some months now, as reported by Politico’s Morning Score today, for the National Republican Senatorial Committee (NRSC) under chairman Sen. Cory Gardner of Colorado–the organization responsible for preserving the GOP’s Senate majority from challengers to the left and right alike continues to hemorrhage funds, spending more than it […]

Tuesday Open Thread

“Silence is golden when you can’t think of a good answer.” –Muhammad Ali

Vicki Marble’s Cub Scout Fiasco Lurches Into Week 3

This weekend, the New York Times put the capstone on one of the worst weeks of nationwide press for a Colorado state senator that anyone can remember–Sen. Vicki Marble’s grilling by 11-year-old Cub Scout Ames Mayfield that blew up into massive controversy after the kid was booted from his den by the adult pack leader: […]

Rep. Mike Coffman Snared By Opiate-Gate

A CNN story caught our attention regarding trouble for GOP Rep. Marsha Blackburn of Tennessee, now a candidate for the U.S. Senate–but facing fierce headwinds due to her co-sponsorship of legislation now widely blamed for worsening the crisis of opioid pain killer addiction in the United States. This is the same legislation that led to […]

Vicki Marble’s Crazy Cub Scout Talk is Now National News

UPDATE: CNN picks up the story: —– Republican State Sen. Vicki Marble’s spectacularly-strange talk to a group of Cub Scouts in Broomfield, which first appeared on Colorado Pols on Thursday, Oct. 12, has become a national news story after one of the fifth-graders who asked tough questions was kicked out of his Cub Scout Den. […]

Losers and Winners from Q3 Fundraising Period

We’re starting this Q3 review with the “Losers” side of the aisle, because the biggest news from the fundraising cycle is George Brauchler’s financial faceplant. Let’s get to it… LOSERS George Brauchler Once thought to be among the top Republican gubernatorial candidates in 2018, Brauchler’s stunning inability to fundraise will make it difficult for the […]

Get More Smarter on Thursday (October 19)

Mark your calendars — the world is ending on Saturday. It’s time to Get More Smarter. If you think we missed something important, please include the link in the comments below (here’s a good example). If you are more of a visual learner, check out The Get More Smarter Show.   TOP OF MIND TODAY… […]

So Many Want To See Mike Pence, It’s Half Price! Wait, What?

UPDATE #2: Denverite’s Erica Meltzer updates as the Colorado GOP weaves all over the road: However, later in the afternoon, GOP Executive Director Shana Banberger, said that tickets sold have already exceeded expectations of 400 attendees. She described the initial information as “inaccurate” without clarifying what, specifically, was wrong. (I’ve asked for that clarification, and […]

Gardner on Bannon Insurgency: This is Fine!

Bloomberg News tracks the growing Republican unease over Steve Bannon, the former White House chief strategist now masterminding what appears to be a nationwide insurgency against the “establishment” GOP–after toppling appointed GOP incumbent Sen. Luther Strange of Alabama in favor of freak-right icon Roy Moore, and at least some manner of contact with prospective Colorado […]

Why Hasn’t Patrick Neville Removed Fake News from his Facebook Page?

“BREAKING: Quarterback Colin Kaepernick tells CBS he’ll stand during the national anthem if given chance to play football in NFL again.” If I were Colorado State Rep. Patrick Neville (R-Littleton), I would have shared that news, delivered via Facebook by the Associated Press, on my Facebook page. I mean, it was reported by CBS and […]

Colorado Christian U To GOP: Hands Off Weed Money!

Ernest Luning of the Colorado Springs Gazette follows up on one of the week’s more curious local political stories, a fundraiser for the GOP’s Senate Majority Fund 527 attended by members of the budding (pun) marijuana industry–an interesting change-up for a party that includes Attorney General Jeff Sessions, far and away the biggest threat to […]

Get More Smarter on Friday (October 13)

Today is the second, and final, Friday the 13th of 2017. It’s time to Get More Smarter. If you think we missed something important, please include the link in the comments below (here’s a good example). If you are more of a visual learner, check out The Get More Smarter Show.   TOP OF MIND […]

Columnists shouldn’t have trumpeted outlier poll showing free speech is “deeply imperiled” on campuses

(Promoted by Colorado Pols) The Denver Post has run two guest opinion columns (by a local columnist here and by a syndicated columnist here) relying heavily on a dubious study, financed by the right-wing Koch Foundation and conducted by a UCLA professor, which concluded that “freedom of expression is deeply imperiled on U.S. campuses.” Yikes! I’ve been seeing conservatives […]

Vicki Marble and the Cub Scout Tapes

State Sen. Vicki Marble (R-Broomfield-ish) is no stranger when it comes to making what we could charitably call “controversial” statements, but she really raised lowered the bar for herself this week while speaking to a troop of Cub Scouts in Broomfield. We’ll get to that Broomfield scout meeting in a moment, but first a little primer […]

Thursday Open Thread

“I firmly believe that a story is only as good as the villain.” –Clive Barker

Gardner Blues Continue As NRSC Fundraising Stalls

A story in the Phil Anschutz-owned Washington Examiner today, widely considered a bellwether conservative mouthpiece, makes no attempt to contain the growing frustration from high-ranking Republican donors over the failure by the GOP-dominated federal government to accomplish any of their agenda items since President Donald Trump took office: Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell is holding off […]

Get More Smarter on Wednesday (October 11)

Today is not international fried chicken day or anything else; for once, it’s just a day. It’s time to Get More Smarter. If you think we missed something important, please include the link in the comments below (here’s a good example). If you are more of a visual learner, check out The Get More Smarter […]

THEIR OWN WORDS: Right-wing radio host interviews right-wing Colorado lawmaker

Maybe the headline doesn’t strike you as news? Still, Denver radio host Peter Boyles’ interview today with Colorado State Rep. Dave Williams (R-Colorado Springs) is worth reading. And you can listen to the KNUS interview below. BOYLES: We have dubbed him the Half-blood Prince. If you remember back when Dave Williams was not allowed to […]

Get More Smarter on Tuesday (October 10)

Well, then, that’s enough snow for now. It’s time to Get More Smarter. If you think we missed something important, please include the link in the comments below (here’s a good example). If you are more of a visual learner, check out The Get More Smarter Show.   TOP OF MIND TODAY… ► President Trump is […]

“Every Dollar Counts”—Special District Pain Stories Begin

After last week’s failure of a special session of the Colorado General Assembly to correct a drafting error in a fiscal policy bill passed earlier this year, an error costing special tax districts millions of dollars combined in lost revenue from marijuana sales taxes, the next phase of reporting is starting to come out—documenting the […]

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