Tuesday, today, is Major Primary Day 2010. Voters go to the polls in California, Iowa, Maine, Montana, Nevada, New Jersey, North Dakota, South Carolina, South Dakota, Virginia, and Arkansas. The Colorado Independent offers a brief primer of four stories to…
Today, Washington Post writer Chris Cillizza featured Colorado Republican state senator Josh Penry in his series “The Rising,” which profiles up-and-coming politicians across the country. In the column, candidate for governor Penry is presented as a maverick, his youth…
The Michigan Messenger caught up today with Rep. Bart Stupak (D-Mich.), who lives at the “C Street” house made famous of late by several current and former residents, including Sen. John Ensign (R-Nev.), Gov. Mark Sanford (R-S.C.)…
State Sen. Penry announced his candidacy for governor to absolutely no one’s surprise Saturday. His campaign website is now live and includes video clips among the material that will help readers “learn more about Josh.” The campaign could have…
Why ask Rudy Giuliani to weigh in on the Mark Sanford infidelity madness unless you’re going to ask him directly about his own infidelity madness? MSNBC’s Morning Joe misses the opportunity. Instead, the host lets Rudy go on about Bill Clinton’s infidelities. Weird. Imagine Clinton sitting in that newsroom and no one ever mentioning “that woman” Lewinsky or that other woman Jennifer Flowers or any of the rest of the other women. Could never happen!
Josh “unannounced candidate for governor” Penry threw down the gauntlet Wednesday to fellow GOP officials, calling for an end to “flim-flam, mealy-mouthed Republicans.” We must provide a “contrast” and not merely be an “echo chamber” for the Democrats if we’re going to win in 2010, he said. What a speech!
Except, aren’t we now witnessing the humiliating fallout of the stridently partisan 1990s Republican Revolution?
Faced with unprecedented budget shortfalls that could tank higher education in the state, forcing campus closings and steep tuition hikes, Colorado lawmakers are leaning on pragmatists Al White, R-Hayden, and Don Marostica, R-Loveland — both of whom labor on the Colorado Legislature’s Joint Budget Committee, which has got to be one of the most difficult and thankless jobs in government.
Welcome to the Möbius strip that is the Iowa presidential caucus.
Our Iowa Independent colleague Chase Martyn has the skinny on recent pre-, pre-, pre-caucus favorability polling on Sarah Palin.
Awash in the sound and fury of today’s anti-tax crusaders — the refusenik governors, the tea party attendees, the screamers of “socialism,” the Ayn Rand-loving libertarians “going Galt,” the op-ed writing de facto leaders of the Republican party, the just plain fools — you would think there was significant disagreement among the U.S. population on the big tax-spending stimulus package.
There’s not.
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