Gessler goes after Buescher with direct-democracy cudgel

Denver attorney and state Republican insider Scott Gessler appears to be building his campaign for secretary of state on opposition to ballot-initiative reform. It’s a move that positions him as a populist champion of citizen lawmaking at a time when broad consensus has built among lawmakers and analysts in favor of reining in the state’s famously loose initiative process.

Musgrave-Markey spat raises question: Are campaign lies a crime?

In Colorado, recklessly making false statements about candidates who are running for public office is a criminal offense. But, years after the strict sanctions were adopted, no one has gone to jail for knowingly lying about their political enemies — indeed many say that making such a case stick would be nearly impossible.

Alan Philp, Eliot Spitzer Spice Up Jeff Crank’s Campaign

It was all fun and games, what with disgraced former New York Gov. Eliot “Client 9″ Spitzer joining both Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama to extend a formal “endorsement” to Republican Jeff Crank at his official congressional Web site.…

Hush, Hush and on the QT: Republicans in Dilemmas; Democrats in Motion

Blue elephants and red money have ignited controversies in the backdrop of the 2008 elections. And if you looked up in the sky, is it a bird or is it a plane? No, it’s Colorado’s governor flying into the Western…

The Trailhead Treads On

Sure the 2006 elections are over and things didn’t go so well for the much-ballyhooed 527, Trailhead Group. In fact, the Denver Post even reported the group’s demise.

Not so fast.

According to recent IRS filings, Trailhead…

The Last Trailhead Standing

I expired in January.

My name, that is.

After reserving the Trailhead Group, LLC with the Secretary of State last year because no one else had, I let it go after 120 days. Too much baggage, I…

No Criminal Charges Against Trailhead

It’s been more than three months since 4th Judicial District Attorney John Newsome said a decision was nearly at hand as to whether he would criminally charge Trailhead Group director Alan Philp over false political ads attacking Democrat John…

Trailhead Plants Political Minefield for DA Newsome

Criticism over potential criminal charges that could be filed against Trailhead Group director Alan Philp in El Paso County for false ads attacking a Democrat are premature — and has resulted in a sharp rebuke from District Attorney John Newsome, who has entered a potential political minefield.

Trailhead Director May Face Criminal Charges

For months Colorado Confidential has been reporting on the various misdeeds and assorted escapades of the Trailhead Group, a Republican political committee that has raised millions of dollars in efforts to boost the candidacies of Republican candidates around the…

Trailhead to the West

The 527 organizations of Trailhead, Colorado Leadership Fund and Progress Colorado have made advertising buys in the Grand Junction area to influence the race for House District 55 between Democrat Rep. Bernie Buescher and Republican challenger, Bob Caskey. Executive director…