As Clinton prepares to speak, reluctant supporters coalesce behind Obama

With Hillary Clinton’s speech at the Democratic National Convention just hours away, many of the New York senator’s committed feminist supporters are softening toward the Barack Obama-Joe Biden ticket.

While steadfast Clinton supporters are clamoring for her nomination on the floor of the convention tomorrow, there are indications that the disappointment and disillusionment of the past several months are slowly melting away as Clinton backers heed the call for party unity.

Schaffer Moves Mountains; Dems Make Typos

In the “You’re Not From Around Here” lesson for today, Republican U.S. Senate candidate Bob Schaffer released his first TV ad bragging about his close ties to Colorado – using the visual backdrop of  Alaska’s Mt. McKinley. The state Democratic…

Grassroots Democrats Worry about Split in Party

It was about as grassroots as one can get in Democratic politics at the Garfield County Democratic convention and assembly in Rifle on Saturday. Many of the delegates were first-time participants in Colorado’s caucus and convention system. The Beltway political…

Caucus Report from Rifle: Democrats Come Out in Force

Rifle is in the heart of the Republican Land. A party quorum in Rifle used to be two Democrats chatting in front of the post office. Since the 1990s, only three to five people had regularly attended Rifle-area Democratic…

Denver Post Endorses Romney, Clinton In An Online First

Early this morning the premier right wing blog Power Line ran an “alert” of a pending online endorsement of Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney by The Denver Post today at noon. And sure enough, at 12:04, The Post…

Top Dem Leader Resigns Amid Sex Allegation

“State Representative Michael Garcia is resigning, effective immediately.  He will release a statement later today.”

4:30 P.M. UPDATE; Garcia has issued a statement, claiming the conduct between himself and the “other party” was “consensual,” though inappropriate given his…

Rocky Promises Doozy, Delivers Snoozy

Someone call 911! The Rocky Mountain News appears to be experiencing a 3-, maybe 4-alarm fire after obtaining a memo in which a Democratic operative roughly outlines wanting to raise $1.9 million for a secret “foot on throat”…

Maverick Senate Campaign Could Be History Before It Hurts Udall

Democrat Mark Benner has declared himself a participant in the U.S. Senate race in Colorado in defiance of the wishes of his party’s hierarchy. But he’s likely to be out of the contest before he hurts fellow Democrat and presumptive…

State Dem Official Hopes to Battle Udall

A member of Colorado’s Democratic executive committee and state central committee said Friday night that he intends to run against Congressman Rep. Mark Udall for the U.S. Senate nomination.