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Mike Littwin

   

Littwin: With the expected Polis recall failure, Colorado GOP keeps its losing streak intact

Everyone knew, and many predicted, that the recall-Polis effort would end not just in failure, but in spectacular failure. But what I didn’t predict —...
Mike Johnston spoke to Democrats ahead of the precinct meetings at Tuesday's Park Hill caucus at the Smiley Middle School in Denver. March 6, 2018. Photo by John Herrick

Littwin: Johnston says he couldn’t find a positive way to answer why-not-Hick question

The only thing that surprises me about Mike Johnston’s decision to leave the U.S. Senate race is that it happened so quickly. The pool is...
Then-Vice President Joe Biden at the 2013 Inaugural Parade in Washington. Photo by Adam Fagen via Flickr: Creative Commons.

Littwin: For Biden, the issue now is when a gaffe is more than a...

You’ve probably heard of Joe Biden’s latest gaffe, which wasn’t actually a gaffe, but something maybe worse. It certainly wasn’t funny. And Biden took...
Gov. John Hickenlooper at his final State of the State address on Jan. 11, 2018. Photo by John Herrick

Littwin: Hick’s DSCC endorsement is a big break — for everyone else in the...

It’s John Hickenlooper’s move. I don’t know if he plays chess or not, but the three-dimensional chess move to make here is to tell...

Littwin: Now the question becomes how (or if) Hickenlooper can be beaten in a...

And so it begins. As long expected, failed presidential candidate John Hickenlooper is now running for the U.S. Senate despite the fact that Hick...
EL PASO, TEXAS - A demonstrator holds a sign depicting an assault rifle at a protest against President Trump's visit, following a mass shooting which left at least 22 people dead, on August 7, 2019. Protestors also called for gun control and denounced white supremacy. (Photo by Mario Tama/Getty Images)

Littwin: Trump caves on guns again — and why that might actually be a...

This may sound perverse, but I’m sort of glad that Donald Trump has done the traditional cave on gun-safety legislation. It took him a...
Former Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper speaks at the U.S. Department of Energy Solar Decathlon 2017 opening ceremony in Denver Oct. 5, 2017. (Photo by Jack Dempsey/U.S. Department of Energy Solar Decathlon)

Littwin UPDATE: Now we wait for Hick’s next move. Hint: It should be about...

Editor's note: This story was updated Aug. 15 to reflect John Hickenlooper's announcement he will not seek the 2020 Democratic nomination for president. This was...
EL PASO, TEXAS - AUGUST 07: Miguel de Anda, born and raised in El Paso, holds a sign reading 'Trump Not Welcome Here' at a protest against President Trump's visit following a mass shooting, which left at least 22 people dead. A 21-year-old white male suspect remains in custody in El Paso which sits along the U.S.-Mexico border. (Photo by Mario Tama/Getty Images)

Littwin: If you’re looking for an inflection point, you’re looking at the wrong president

It’s getting to be that time of year again, when some of the faithless turn hopeful, when some of those desperate to be rid...
EL PASO, TEXAS - AUGUST 04: Jessica (L) and Kalani Windham leave flowers and a candle outside Walmart, near the scene of a mass shooting which left at least 20 people dead, on August 4, 2019 in El Paso, Texas. A 21-year-old male suspect, identified as Patrick Crusius from a Dallas suburb, surrendered to police at the scene. At least 26 people were wounded in the shooting. (Photo by Mario Tama/Getty Images)

Littwin: American carnage. American madness. American denial.

Here we are again. Two mass shootings over a weekend. Three in a week. And yet we seem paralyzed as ever about what to...
DETROIT, MICHIGAN - JULY 31: Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Michael Bennet (D-CO) speaks during the Democratic Presidential Debate at the Fox Theatre. Twenty presidential hopefuls were split into two groups of 10 to take part in the debate sponsored by CNN held over two nights. (Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images)

Littwin: Booker and Warren (who wasn’t there) win debate while Bennet remains a long...

On the second night of the second round of Democratic debates, the clear winners were Cory Booker, who arrived just in time, and Elizabeth...