Cain harassment news: Ah the cash, the laughs!

Herman Cain’s presidential campaign is weathering mounting allegations of sexual harassment linked so far only to his tenure as the head of the National Restaurant Association, allegations tied to tens of thousands of dollars in payouts to his accusers. Republican voters, however, are mostly dismissing the story. They’ve filled Cain’s campaign coffers with cash over the last two weeks and they booed the CNBC debate moderators who tried to bring up the scandal during last night’s debate in Michigan. The harassment story has been a source of off-color jokes for conservative-politics pundits like Rush Limbaugh. And in Colorado, libertarian think tank funnyman Jon Caldera couldn’t resist cracking wise on the topic in his weekly newsletter.

VIDEO: Occupy Denver enters third week with numbers growing and spirits high

Something’s happening downtown, what it is ain’t exactly clear. Occupy Denver has no leader. Occupy Denver has no agenda. Occupy Denver has no list of demands. What it does have is passion, anger and so far, a willingness to simply be.

Virginia health reform ruling bolsters case made by Suthers

Colorado Attorney General John Suthers took a lot of heat when he joined with nearly 20 Republican attorneys general to file a lawsuit against the national health care reform legislation just days after it passed. Detractors saw the suit as a bitter move less about law than about political spectacle. Defenders of Suthers told the Colorado Independent that Suthers was vindicated on Monday when a federal judge in Virginia declared a key provision of the health care law unconstitutional.

Lunchtime links: Wealthy Republican lawmakers want tax cuts; Americans want jobs

The Bush tax cuts, which will disproportionately benefit millionaire Washington DC lawmakers in relation to the rest of the nation’s population, are a low priority for Americans, even Republican Americans. Americans want jobs.

Here’s a chart on American…

Millions of U.S. cancer patients forgo treatment due to cost

At least 2 million Americans whose cancer went into remission decided against getting recommended follow up treatment mostly because their health insurance wouldn’t fully cover it. That cost-cutting and life-threatening decision was made by one in six cancer “survivors” in…

Caldara declares ‘game on’ as curtains rise on ‘Obamacare’ opening act

As health reform legislation begins taking effect in Colorado and around the country, the Colorado Secretary of State Thursday deemed the signatures submitted for the “Right to Health Care Choice (pdf)” ballot initiative sufficient. Coming after a series of…

Wall Street Journal wrong: Caldara anti-‘Obamacare’ initiative not yet approved

Wall Street Journal columnist Stephen Moore reveled this weekend in the fact that he could “add Colorado to the list of states that are saying to ObamaCare: not here, thank you.” Moore reported that Colorado Secretary of State Bernie Buescher…

Denver uninsured living nightmare vision of present health care system

As health care reform legislation begins to take shape in states around the country, the Denver Post today presents a picture of how the present unreformed health care system is working for the increasing numbers of the uninsured in…

Caldara submits signatures to land anti-‘Obamacare’ initiative on Nov. ballot

President of the Independence Institute Jon Caldara submitted roughly 130,500 signatures to the Colorado Secretary of State’s office Friday in an effort to land an initiative on the November ballot that would block federal health care reform legislation from…

Buck, Norton alarm media by trading gender barbs; real issue remains Ref C

U.S. GOP Senate candidate Ken Buck mockingly told a crowd at an Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms party this past weekend to vote for him and not primary rival Jane Norton because he doesn’t “wear high heels.” The blogosphere is…