The Colorado Independent

Thursday, June 20th, 2013

Elections/Campaigns

Debate Over Guns, Morse Recall Mired in Cyber Censorship

By | 06.19.13 | 10:47 am

With just weeks to go before the tightest gun controls in the West take effect — required background checks on firearms, with performance fee paid by the buyer or seller and a ban on high-capacity magazines — Morse’s potential recall from his El Paso County District seat has made Colorado a political battleground for a nationwide debate. Much the fight taking place in cyberspace isn’t just about who gets guns, but also who’s getting heard.

Quinnipiac Finds Strong Colorado Support for Death Penalty, Close Guv Race

By | 06.13.13 | 7:52 am

DENVER– Coloradans support the death penalty by wide margins, according to a poll released today by Quinnipiac University (pdf). Pollsters tied the strong views held on capital punishment to the slim margins Governor John Hickenlooper notched against three potential Republican rivals in the same poll.

Supreme Court Declines Denver Abortion-Protest Case, Handing Win to the Offended

By | 06.11.13 | 11:21 am

In the battle between the right to offend with free expression and the right to not be offended by free expression, the U.S. Supreme Court this week handed a win to Americans who don’t want to be offended.

Udall Sends Out ‘I Warned You’ Pitch in Wake of Surveillance Revelations

By | 06.10.13 | 1:56 pm

He made impassioned speeches on the Senate floor, held press conferences and appeared on the Sunday talk shows. For years, Colorado Senator Mark Udall has been telling anyone who will listen that key provisions of the Patriot Act are being used by the the government to tread on citizens’ constitutional rights to privacy.

Report: Oil and Gas Industry Exerts Outsized Political Influence in Colorado

By | 05.30.13 | 2:12 pm

DENVER– A report released today by Colorado Ethics Watch describes oil-and-gas industry spending on state election campaigns and legislative lobbying efforts as disproportionally influential and “shocking.”

Gessler Pays Back Travel Cash, Seeks an End to Ethics Flap

By | 05.23.13 | 6:28 pm

Colorado Secretary of State Scott Gessler on Monday cut a personal check to the Department of State for $1,278.90, looking to put an end to an ethics investigation that has stretched on since the middle of October and that seemed likely to continue attracting headlines and draining public funds for months to come.

On Hot-Button Election-Reform Bill, It’s Gessler Versus the Clerks

By | 05.01.13 | 12:14 am

DENVER — Colorado’s Republican Secretary of State Scott Gessler arrived late to testify at the Senate committee hearing, but he came prepared. A practiced courtroom lawyer, he began slowly. He threw in folksy asides. He answered his own rhetorical questions. And he smiled at the majority-Democratic committee members as he railed against the election-reform bill they all support and that he wants desperately to derail. It was a dramatic moment in Colorado politics that had been building since Gessler took office two years ago.

Patrick Kennedy Looking to Restart Colorado Dialog on Legalizing Weed

By | 01.14.13 | 12:39 pm

You might think the issue of marijuana legalization had been settled, at least as far as Coloradans were concerned. Turns out some people aren’t so sure, and one of them is former Rhode Island Congressman Patrick Kennedy.

Anti-Abortion Activists Refine Messaging in Wake of Electoral Defeats

By | 12.14.12 | 11:09 am

After two GOP Senate candidates saw their campaigns implode when they made controversial comments about abortion and rape, Republicans like Sen. John McCain have been asking their party to just shut up about abortion.

U.S. selling tens of billions in war machinery to turbulent Middle East

By | 12.06.12 | 11:17 am

American arms deals didn’t come up in the “foreign policy debate” held during the presidential campaign just ended. Yet it’s hard not to view them as a major plank in U.S. foreign policy.

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