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Littwin: We’re having the race conversation

If you believe the polls, or watch cable TV news, you may be halfway convinced that race relations in America have somehow grown worse...

Littwin: A Republican wave, a Democratic disaster and a mystery

Was it Hickenlooper or was it Obama? Was it Michael Bennet or was it Harry Reid Was it Ebola or was it ISIS? Was it the six-year itch or a full-body rash?

Hickenlooper campaign allows Beauprez to be formidable foe

The race to be Colorado’s next governor began when Bob Beauprez won the Republican primary in June. The former congressman was considered the moderate...

Michelle Obama rallies crowd to Dems with focus on opportunity

  DENVER — You could have mistaken Thursday morning’s round-the-block line outside the Exdo Events Center for a weekend night, since the venue shares real estate...

Udall ad depicts privacy advocate battling Bush, Obama

  The Mark Udall campaign has taken a break from its reproductive-rights-themed campaign, notoriously labeled "obnoxious" by The Denver Post, with an ad that touts the senator's...

Wiretap: War? What war?

Al Hunt makes the case, first made by Thomas Jefferson, that Barack Obama needs congressional approval to fight the war against the Islamic State.

Beauprez focuses on federal issues in Colorado gubernatorial race

Back in January former Republican Congressman Bob Beauprez said he couldn’t decide wether to run for U.S. senator or governor of Colorado. Nine months later, in the home stretch of his gubernatorial race against incumbent Democrat John Hickenlooper, it appears Beauprez has taken something of a combo approach — bringing federal issues into a race to lead the state, time and time again.

Littwin: Cruelty, shock escalate stakes in Iraq

  NOW we know what could go wrong in Iraq. What could go horribly, horribly wrong. The beheading of journalist Jim Foley by the Islamic State...

Littwin: A sudden calm in Ferguson

  THE story isn't over. A young man is still dead. We still don't know what happened. A community is still outraged. The protests will...

Wiretap: The politics of chaos, Iraq version

With Iraq in chaos, the administration worries about getting the U.S. too involved in the battle against ISIS.