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Somos Republicans seeks to shape Colorado immigration debate

By | 12.10.10 | 11:38 am

A national grassroots organization of Latino Republicans this week announced it is opening a Colorado chapter in order to impact the immigration debate in Colorado.

Poll: Hickenlooper leading in conservative Colorado Springs

By | 09.08.10 | 10:09 am

There are certain things you can count on in Colorado politics. Denver will vote Democrat. Colorado Springs will vote Republican. Well, it may be time to reconsider that, at least in the case of Colorado Springs.

A poll released Tuesday

The great I-70 debate: Guv candidates weigh how to get fast to the mountains

By | 09.03.10 | 12:32 pm

Democratic gubernatorial candidate John Hickenlooper this week floated an interesting idea about how to solve weekend traffic congestion on I-70 between Denver and the mountains.

He said Colorado should look into banning large tractor-trailers during weekend rush hours, perhaps not…

Colo. GOP ‘Platform’ covered by Wall Street Journal, panned by readers

By | 12.01.09 | 10:14 am

The conservative national paper of record, the Wall Street Journal, reported on the Colorado Republican Party “Platform for Prosperity” today, describing it as a “bold move” to win over the “restive tea party activists.” The tea partiers interviewed…

Protester: Send illegal aliens home ‘with a bullet in the head’

By | 08.12.09 | 8:45 am

Fresh off the polarizing campaign against the nomination of Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor, which saw GOP figures like Tom Tancredo accusing the judge of being a Latina racist and a member of a Latino KKK, the teabagger health…

In Tancredo’s Wake, 6th CD Looks Beyond a Single Issue

By | 11.01.07 | 9:17 am

Tom Tancredo, the most divisive politician in Colorado and an embarrassment in the U.S. House of Representatives, will not run for re-election.

Hallelujah. Let the healing begin.

If Health Insurance Veto Stands, Supporters Could Fall

By | 10.16.07 | 9:32 am

The number of votes still needed to override the president’s veto of expanded kids’ health insurance  keeps changing. But 48 hours from a House of Representatives decision that Colorado Congressman Mark Udall calls “the most important this year on the

Tancredo Exploits Children’s Health For Political Gain

By | 07.31.07 | 12:39 pm

You can measure Congressman Tom Tancredo’s hatred of illegal immigrants by his willingness to exploit children.

So when Tom Terrific went after a law expanding health insurance coverage for children of the working poor, he reached a…

Three No’s From Colorado on Clean Drinking Water

By | 03.12.07 | 7:00 am

Let’s visit Washington D.C. where our Colorado Republican Congressional delegation of Marilyn Musgrave, Tom Tancredo and Doug Lamborn make the weighty decisions for the rest of us. Thank goodness, most of the time they are outvoted by the Democratic side…

The Nays Go Nowhere

By | 01.18.07 | 7:00 am

The three Republican Congressional comrades from Colorado, Marilyn Musgrave, Doug Lamborn and Tom Tancredo have taken Nancy Reagan’s advice to “Just Say No” to about every piece of legislation presented by the Democrats. Most likely their negatives will end…