VIDEO: Rove’s American Crossroads running anti-Obama ads in swing states

American Crossroads Grassroots Policy Strategies, a 501(c)(4) group conceived by former Senior Bush Advisor Karl Rove and former RNC chair Ed Gillespie, is running ads this week criticizing President Obama’s handling of the economy in New Mexico and other swing states.

Pulitzer Prize winning journalist reveals he’s undocumented

Jose Antonio Vargas, who wrote for the Washington Post and shared a Pulitzer Prize for the paper’s coverage of the Virginia Tech shootings, came out as an undocumented immigrant in a New York Times Magazine story that went live this morning.

Progressive groups unveil deficit-reduction plan

Our Fiscal Security, a partnership of progressive policy organizations Demos, the Economic Policy Institute and the Century Foundation, unveiled a deficit reduction plan Monday, devoting more attention to revenue increases than other proposals and keeping an…

Crossroads, Crossroads GPS release new ads in Colorado, Florida

Two groups conceived by former Bush White House Senior Advisor Karl Rove and former RNC chairman Ed Gillespie have new independent expenditure ads opposing Sen. Michael Bennet (D-Colo.) and supporting Florida candidate for U.S. Senate Marco Rubio (R). The ads…

Hickenlooper still leads big as Tancredo surpasses Maes

Denver Democratic Mayor John Hickenlooper leads the Colorado gubernatorial race by 21 points, according to a Rasmussen Reports poll released Tuesday. But more surprising, in second place is American Constitution Party candidate Tom Tancredo, with Republican candidate Dan Maes…

Bennet opposes Obama infrastructure spending proposal

Sen. Michael Bennet became the first Democrat Wednesday to oppose President Obama’s new economic stimulus proposal for not using unspent stimulus funds to pay for it. Obama proposed $50 billion in new infrastructure investment at a speech in Milwaukee…

Rasmussen: Buck, Bennet tied; Hick holds big lead

Republican Weld County District Attorney Ken Buck and Democratic Sen. Michael Bennet are in a virtual tie in the race for U.S. Senate in Colorado, while Denver Mayor John Hickenlooper has a 12-point lead over his Republican opponent, Dan Maes,…

New Reuters poll has Hickenlooper, Buck leading comfortably

Just over two weeks into the general election season, Republican Weld County District Attorney Ken Buck leads Democratic Sen. Michael Bennet by a 49-40 percent margin in the Colorado U.S. Senate race, according to a Reuters/Ipsos poll released today.…

Rove groups run anti-Bennet ad in Denver, Colorado Springs

Correction: This article has been amended to reflect that Karl Rove and Ed Gillespie formed, and continue to have ties to, American Crossroads GPS. They do not run the organization as originally stated.

American Crossroads GPS, a 501…

Maes on MSNBC says bike sharing just ‘one piece of a larger UN program’

Colorado Republican gubernatorial candidate Dan Maes went on MSNBC Monday to explain his view that Denver’s bike-sharing program, B-Cycle, was part of a larger strategy of UN control.

Maes said he was just trying to differentiate himself from Democratic…