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PPP poll has Bennet topping Buck among key independent voters

By | 10.05.10 | 10:46 am

The nail-biter U.S. Senate race pitting Democratic Sen. Michael Bennet against Republican Weld County D.A. Ken Buck will be won or lost among independent voters with views in the middle of the political spectrum, according to a new…

McCain may soften immigration stance if he wins next week’s primary

By | 08.20.10 | 8:54 am

Sen. John McCain was once one of the major Republican supporters of immigration reform, arguing for comprehensive legislation as recently as 2008. Faced with accusations of supporting amnesty for illegal immigrants, McCain has moved to a much tougher immigration stance during his Republican primary. But after the primary vote next Tuesday, will the old McCain come back?

Colo. primary weekend preview: Fuming McCain rails against DADT repeal

By | 08.06.10 | 7:00 am

Arizona Senator John McCain is coming to Colorado this weekend to campaign for GOP U.S. Senate candidate Jane Norton, who was a leading member of his presidential campaign team here in 2008. McCain lost the Colorado primary in a

Norton baffles by turning to McCain in final primary push

By | 08.03.10 | 6:21 pm

U.S. Senate candidate Jane Norton is teaming up again with John McCain, this time for a campaign swing on the last weekend of the GOP primary. Norton’s betting that Colorado GOP voters will be more turned on by McCain’s hawkish stand on the Afghanistan war than they will be turned off by the record of lukewarm conservativism that steered them away from his 2008 presidential candidacy in droves.

‘American hero’ Petraeus faints at Senate hearing

By | 06.15.10 | 10:06 am

The commander of U.S. forces in the Middle East and South Asia fainted after ranking Republican John McCain called him one of the great American heroes. General David Petraeus is a lean, mean 57 year old but he got all…

WATCH: Ryan Frazier ad pitches him as the anti-Obama

By | 05.19.10 | 12:02 pm

Aurora City Council Member at Large Ryan Frazier is the top GOP candidate looking to unseat CD7 Congressman Ed Perlmutter. Viewers could be forgiven for not putting that together based on Frazier’s new slick video campaign ad, which targets…

Lunchtime links: Bennet dominates, McInnis worries, McCain waffles

By | 04.26.10 | 1:15 pm

Sen. Michael Bennet is a giant among dwarves. See the pie charts that prove it.

Lawyer-lobbyist gubernatorial candidate Scott McInnis said he didn’t reveal a whole lot of tax return information this weekend because he was afraid…

Norton trots out false talking point: Financial reform equals taxpayer bailouts

By | 04.20.10 | 4:52 pm

ABC News Top Line interviewed Colorado Republican U.S. Senate candidate Jane Norton on the coming push to pass stricter regulations designed to prevent the kinds of Wall Street abuses that led to the financial global crisis and recession. …

Fed lawmakers speak out for and against harsh Arizona immigration bill

By | 04.20.10 | 2:45 pm

On Capitol Hill, Prominent Latino Reps Luis Gutierrez (D-Ill.) and Raul Grijalva (D-Ariz.) denounced Arizona’s controversial immigration bill and urged Gov. Jan Brewer (R-Ariz.) to veto the legislation. The bill, passed by the state Senate yesterday and due

Tom Tancredo: Sarcastic twitter blogger

By | 04.07.10 | 10:22 am

Former Colorado Congressman, anti-illegal alien firebrand, talk-radio host, Republican candidate thorn-in-side Tom Tancredo has taken his long mockery of newly non-mavericked Arizona Sen. John McCain onto the Twitter. It’s rich.