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Thrilla’ in Granola: Howard Dean, Karl Rove to debate host of topics in Boulder
Karl Rove will visit CU to debate Howard Dean next month Former Democratic National Committee chairman Howard Dean will match up against top GOP political strategist Karl Rove for a debate Feb. 15 on...
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Shocker: Democrat upset with Dick Wadhams
Dick Wadhams, chairman of the Colorado Republican Party. (Photo by RJ Sangosti/The Denver Post) A Democratic blogger weighed in on the dismal state of affairs for his party in South Dakota. In the...
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Former Bush adviser Karl Rove in Colorado Springs for GOP fundraiser
Karl Rove Karl Rove, the former deputy chief of staff and senior adviser to George W. Bush, will deliver the keynote address tonight at the El Paso County Republican Party’s Lincoln Day Dinner. “Rove...
View ArticleDemocrats counter with their own Spanish ad, praising Obama and blasting GOP
Democrats are out with their own Spanish-language ad, which praises President Obama and accuses Republicans of wanting to sacrifice Medicare to pay for tax cuts for the super wealthy. In addition to...
View ArticleKarl Rove’s group greets President Obama in Denver with blistering TV ad
Update: Bill Burton of Priorities USA Action, weighs in on Rove & Co.: “The billionaires and oil companies funding these ads are desperate to stop President Obama’s plan that would ask them to pay...
View ArticlePresident Obama visits Colorado, local TV stations rake in ad cash
It looks like Colorado TV stations are going to benefit from President Obama’s visit to Colorado. First, Karl Rove’s group went up today with an ad buy of $50,000 ripping the president. And now the...
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President Obama borrows more than Michael Bennet’s campaign strategy
Lynn Bartels, The Denver PostAt a gas station in Julesberg in September 2009, Michael Amodeo, spokesman for U.S. Sen. Michael Bennet, state Sen. Chris Romer, D-Denver, and Bennet look over a map...
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Act now, before Karl Rove and his Crossroads cronies eat all the chips
(Mark Cornelison/Lexington Herald-Leader/MCTI'll Have Another with Mario Gutierrez up, wins the 138th running of the Kentucky Derby at Churchill Downs in Louisville, Ky., today. A tidal wave of...
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Norm Brownstein gets his 15 minutes
Lincoln Schatz Colorado attorney Norm Brownstein was selected to participate in a Smithsonian project. Colorado attorney Norm Brownstein was one of 89 political luminaries included in a Smithsonian...
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Real reactions (not canned statements) from the State of the Union address
WASHINGTON — All but Rep. Mike Coffman, R-Aurora, and Rep. Diana DeGette, D-Denver, got back to The Denver Post with real thoughts on what they thought of President Barack Obama’s State of the Union...
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Denver main library set to restore hours with money from de-Brucing tax vote
Denver Mayor Michael Hancock on Saturday will mark the restoration of hours at Denver’s Central Library with a press event and a celebration — the restoration is due to the passage of Measure 2A by...
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Colorado lawmakers debate bills ranging from beer to the state’s most hated tax
Two days of gun bills with hundreds of witnesses have overshadowed plenty of other action under the Gold Dome this week, including: I’M TIRED. Colorado has 60 million waste tires piled up around the...
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Ethel Ritter, who raised a future governor and 11 other children, has died
The Denver Post/Joe Amon Gov. Bill Ritter and his mother, Ethel, before he was to deliver his final State of the State address in January 2010. She died today at the age of 88. When Gov. Bill Ritter...
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The guy carrying all the pot bills doesn’t partake because he “likes reality...
The biggest champion of decriminalizing pot in the U.S. House of Representatives told participants in a social media town hall he doesn’t smoke it. WASHINGTON — Rep. Jared Polis, D-Boulder, is among...
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Governor appoints former Senate President Brandon Shaffer to Colorado Parole...
Former Senate President Brandon Shaffer has been appointed to the Colorado Parole Board, a full-time position that must receive Senate confirmation, the governor’s office announced today. Special To...
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Frank McNulty’s unusual Valentine’s Day
Lynn Bartels, The Denver Post Rep. Frank McNulty and his wife, Shannon, catch some together time at the state Capitol on Valentine’s Day. No swanky, romantic dinner for Rep. Frank McNulty, who spent...
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Colorado lawmakers are packing heat not just at home but under the Gold Dome
CGA Rep. Chris Holbert The Durango Herald today has a fascinating story about one of those things that everybody kind of knows about but few people talk about: Armed lawmakers at the state Capitol. “A...
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Vice President Joe Biden heads to Snowmass to go skiing today
Daniel Petty, The Denver Post Vice President Joe Biden makes a lunch-time stop at Beau Jo’s, a Colorado-themed pizza chain, in Arvada on Saturday, Nov. 3, 2012. He heads to Snowmass this weekend with...
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Pueblo Democrat against 3 of 4 gun bills
Lynn Bartels, The Denver Post Rep. Leroy Garcia, a Pueblo Democrat, supports only one of the four gun bills his party has introduced so far. Freshman lawmaker Leroy Garcia is bucking his caucus when it...
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