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Markey outdraws ‘young gun’ Gardner in NRA endorsement showdown

By | 09.17.10 | 9:35 am

The National Rifle Association is bestowing its influential endorsement on Congresswoman Betsy Markey, according to the National Review. That surely comes as a shot to the chest for Markey’s Fourth District opponent, Republican Cory Gardner. Markey is a proud…

Markey certain target of GOP anti-Clean Energy attack ads

By | 06.30.09 | 2:52 pm

National Republican leaders are likely planning to target Colorado’s U.S. Rep. Betsy Markey for her vote Friday in support of the Clean Energy Act. Republicans say the new bill places the environment above people and will cut into the struggling economy. The fact that similar regulatory laws have led to job creation in Colorado in the state’s expanding new-energy economy likely won’t temper the attacks.

Politico reports members of the National Republican Congressional Committee believe vulnerable Congressional freshmen like Markey, who represents the state’s conservative 4th District, may have cast “a career-ending vote.” The NRCC is orchestrating a campaign against against the officials that will feature TV and radio commercials as well as robocalls.

Palin playing chicken with chicken-little GOP

By | 06.08.09 | 3:44 pm

Gov. Sarah Palin is toying with the reeling leaderless Republican Party. The months-long “feud” between Palin and two GOP campaign committees that asked her and then didn’t ask her to appear at a fund raising dinner tonight is reaching new heights of absurdity.