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‘We’re Screwed,’ GOP Panelists Agree

By | 03.27.08 | 2:45 pm

Bush has failed and the Republican Party is divided, in ruins and with little hope for the next election cycle — all according to some of its own members.

President’s Vetoes Leave Congress Settling for “Good” Instead of “Perfect”

By | 12.17.07 | 8:00 am

Democratic U.S. Sen. Ken Salazar calls it “not letting the perfect be the enemy of the good.”

That has become Salazar’s way of dealing with a president who has become as much an obstructionist as an advocate.

Here’s a Shocker: Shock Value Doesn’t Work

By | 09.27.07 | 10:34 am

There’s probably something to be said for shock value, but after watching the aftermath of college newspaper editor David McSwane’s decision to run an editorial that said “Taser This – F*** Bush,”  it’s difficult to know what.

McSwane, editor…

No Turn on Iraq Until 2009, Udall Predicts

By | 09.12.07 | 10:11 am

Only one way exists to change the direction of the war in Iraq before January 2009, Colorado Congressman Mark Udall said. Though Democrats control both the U.S. House and Senate, the fate of a strategic shift in the next…

Bush Manual “Rallies” Partisans to Crush Dissent

By | 08.24.07 | 2:31 pm

The October 2002 Presidential Advance Manual reads like something from a banana republic. It recommends preemptive strikes and partisan "rally squads"  to stomp out dissent.

The Bush administration has used the advance manual liberally to stifle constitutionally protected…

Bush’s SCHIP Shenanigans Don’t Affect Colorado – Yet

By | 08.24.07 | 8:30 am

First, the good news. President George W. Bush’s latest pandering to private insurance companies will not affect Colorado’s program to provide treatment to kids whose parents can’t afford health insurance.

Then, the bad news. The president’s new restrictions…

Beauprez Allows Bush Out in Public

By | 09.24.06 | 12:52 pm

It wasn’t long ago that being chummy with President Bush was a boon for Republican candidates. When the president came to town to raise money for GOP hopefuls, he was also counted on to rally support among voters. Now, it’s…

Congress OK’s Building “Adobe Wall”

By | 09.15.06 | 11:04 am

It was almost 20 years ago at the Berlin Wall that the headstone of Republican conservatism, President Ronald Reagan, spoke these words:

“General Secretary Gorbachev, if you seek peace, if you seek prosperity for the Soviet Union and Eastern

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