In an interview last week, Ken Buck campaign consultant Walt Klein said he thinks Jane Norton, the well-heeled frontrunner for the Republican senatorial nomination, is running scared. Shockingly enough, Josh Penry, the minority leader of the Colorado Senate and former gubernatorial candidate, who’s just agreed to take over as Norton’s…
Former Colorado congressman Tom Tancredo has been making the Tea Party circuit of late, with his remarks about topics like civics literacy tests prompting conservative heavyweight Dick Armey to call him bad for the movement. But that hasn’t shut him up. The latest kerfuffle: At a South Carolina Tea Party…
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Mark Udall seems an unlikely target for Tom Mauser’s campaign to close the gun-show loophole — the subject of full-page ads in the Denver Post and Boulder Daily Camera aimed squarely at the Colorado senator. After all, Udall’s derided the loophole for at least a decade. Take this statement from…
During the recent debate about a nudity ordinance in Boulder — one enlivened by the controversy over topless gardener Catharine Pierce — Judd Golden, spokesman for the Boulder ACLU, frequently urged city council members to wait to find out what kind of public nudity bill would emerge from the Colorado…
In the Internet age, one of the surest signs that an idea’s popular is if the website affiliated with it crashes. Which is basically what happened shortly after the launch of RechargeColorado.com. The program, funded by the feds, offers up to $500 in rebates to folks buying appliances designed to…
Update, 3:57 p.m.: Crisanta Duran has released a statement about the UFCW Local 7 endorsement. Look for it below the original item. The United Food and Commercial Workers Local 7 has endorsed Mark Thrun, a Denver Health doctor, in the race to represent House District 5. Why is that a…
The Tea Party movement is a proudly grassroots rebellion that’s deeply suspicious of the mainstream media. So perhaps the best way to get a sense of yesterday’s raucous rally at the Capitol, which coincided with Tax Day and featured appearances by the likes of senatorial candidate Ken Buck, is to…
At around 1 p.m. today, toward the end of a Tax Day Tea Party event on the steps of the Capitol that’s just getting underway at this writing, Weld County district attorney and Republican senatorial candidate Ken Buck will step into the spotlight. He’ll do it again at Tea Party…
When Governor Bill Ritter nominated former aide Stephanie Villafuerte as U.S. Attorney, he couldn’t have known the political storm he’d unleash. Opponents linked Villafuerte to ex-ICE agent Cory Voorhis, who was fired for providing information from a restricted database to then-gubernatorial candidate Bob Beauprez. And as the fight got uglier,…
A bill that would legalize syringe exchange programs in Colorado cleared its first hurdle today. The Senate Health and Human Services Committee approved it with two nay votes. Last year, Westword wrote about the state’s lack of legal syringe exchange programs, which swap injection-drug users’ used needles for new ones…
Bloggers in Denver often write blogs about Denver. Funny how that works… Predominantly Orange’s Kim Constantinesco touts Dez Bryant as a Brandon Marshall replacement — and according to Sports Illustrated’s Peter King, Bryant (as well as Rolando McClain and, eeesh, Tim Tebow) are visiting Broncosland today. Coincidence or conspiracy? The…
Blogs about Denver are floating around everywhere. Here are three we grabbed. In his preview of the Nuggets’ final game of the regular season, Denver Stiffs’ Andrew Feinstein notes that a Nugs victory will likely translate to a (very favorable) playoff matchup against Portland. Problem is, the Nuggets hardly ever…
Although Michael Bennet and Jane Norton remain the favorites to face off in the U.S. Senate race this November, both of them have faced strong challenges within their own parties, from Andrew Romanoff and Ken Buck, respectively. Bennet has responded by petitioning for a place on the August primary ballot…
Earlier this morning, we shared comments from Andrew Romanoff spokesman Dean Toda about this weekend’s county assemblies, during which Romanoff extended his delegate lead over Senator Michael Bennet. “We currently lead 57 percent to 41 percent — 16 points,” Toda said. “That’s big.” Sure — but it’s not large enough…
This weekend’s Democratic county assemblies in 21 counties around the state, including many of the largest, didn’t deal challenger Andrew Romanoff the kind of reality check for which many supporters of Senator Michael Bennet may have been hoping. “It was a terrific weekend for us,” enthuses Dean Toda, Romanoff’s spokesman,…
Our interview earlier this morning with Michael Bennet spokesman Trevor Kincaid in advance of 21 county assemblies slated for tomorrow drew a rapid response from Dean Toda, his counterpart for Andrew Romanoff, who’s also seeking the Democratic senatorial nomination. Unlike Kincaid, who thinks tomorrow’s gatherings are equal in importance to…
Tomorrow, Democratic assemblies will be held in 21 counties, including many of the state’s largest — Denver, Jefferson, Boulder, Arapahoe, Douglas — to choose delegates in advance of primaries this August. These gatherings will be a big test for Senator Michael Bennet, who was bested by rival Andrew Romanoff in…
Last week, Boulder District Attorney Stan Garnett confirmed that he was considering a run for Colorado Attorney General against controversial incumbent John Suthers — but first, he wanted to test the water. Apparently, the water’s fine, because Garnett’s jumped in to the race. “It’s going to be a lot of…
Still no resolution in the case of ex-ICE agent Cory Voorhis, who’s fighting to get his old job back years after being sacked for passing information from a restricted database to gubernatorial candidate Bob Beaprez. But an interesting bit of news has surfaced regarding Stephanie Villafuerte, who withdrew her nomination…
It’s that time again, lovers of Denver bloggery. Bronco Talk’s Jonathan Douglas thinks Mike Shanahan wants Brandon Marshall in a Redskins uniform in part because “Mike’s probably one of the few people that Marshall would respect (and trust) enough to accept a payday that’s reasonable (and not over-inflated).” Although Dan…
Former District 1 City Councilor Rick Garcia was most famous for his uncanny ability to turn simple neighborhood problems into even bigger messes. His mid-second-term departure last month to take a job as the director of the regional Housing and Urban Development office is a case in point: It spawned…
