In long run-up to 2012, Gardner draws heat for anti-environmental record

Freshman Republican Congressman Cory Gardner weathered a drawn out if ultimately not-close Tea Party caucus battle last year and rode the Republican wave to victory over Democrat Betsy Markey.* Less than a year later, he’s again navigating the increasingly rocky electoral waters of Colorado’s sprawling Fourth District.

Ritter At 6: ‘What Was I Thinking?’

Six months into his first term, Gov. Bill Ritter laughs easily when asked what, looking back, he has done to make him now smack his hand to his head and wonder, “What was I thinking?”

“I have…

Ritter Crosses The Six-Month Mark

Colorado Gov. Bill Ritter started out governing largely from the middle, and six months in, is still jogging up the center aisle.

That means he has been accused by some on the right of loving taxes,…