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New poll shows Udall up on Schaffer

Fresh polling that shows Rep. Mark Udall leading his Republican opponent former Rep. Bob Schaffer was released today. The poll, commissioned by CBS4 Denver and...

New poll shows Obama, Udall lead in Colorado

A fresh round of polling by Public Policy Polling shows Barack Obama still leading John McCain in Colorado. And it puts Democrat Mark Udall...

Schaffer calls immigration reform

GOP Senate candidate Bob Schaffer Monday told a largely partisan group of about 25 Eagle County Republicans that he doesn’t believe in comprehensive immigration...

Tax-exempt group funds massive attack ad buy against Udall

Well-known Republican operatives in Denver are behind a shadowy 501c(4) group called Coloradans for Economic Growth that launched a $670,562 negative ad blitz against...

What happens when two Udalls and a Shaffer (sic) walk into...

Salon recently gathered a bunch of big brains to talk about how Democrats may expand their majority in the U.S. Senate by half a...

A lurching Bob Schaffer taken to the woodshed

The latest Fix is in on the Bob Schaffer/Mark Udall Senate race, and it’s not looking so good for Schaffer, a conservative Republican who has, as...

Oil shale as a magic bullet?

Oil shale. It’s the buzz lately for politicians needing an easy explanation of how the U.S. can use domestic resources to end the country of...

Schaffer and Udall punch wildly at first Senate debate

The gloves were off and the punches flew wildly at the first debate between Colorado’s two U.S. Senate candidates, Democrat Mark Udall and Republican...

Slip-ups mar Bob Schaffer

It’s hard to imagine a worse kickoff to a political campaign. For Republican Bob Schaffer, formerly the self-described “Conservative Colorado Congressman” who currently is...

Slip-ups mar Bob Schaffer

It’s hard to imagine a worse kickoff to a political campaign. For Republican Bob Schaffer, formerly the self-described “Conservative Colorado Congressman” who currently is...