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Governor to lawmakers: Party strife undermines democracy

Gov. John Hickenlooper gave his sixth State of the State address celebrating bipartisan cooperation in front of a sharply divided General Assembly. U.S. Rep....

Wiretap: Who cares about the national debt?

National debt The main thing to understand about the Paul Ryan compromise with Democrats on the new budget deal is that, with $700 billion added...

Democrats debunk spin around redistricting measure, saying the effort is decidedly...

  Democratic leaders are decrying the continued effort to push a statewide redistricting ballot measure that they say will break up minority voting blocks in...

Wiretap: Local communities can regulate guns

Local control We can regulate guns at the local level, too. Even the Supreme Court says so, if you don't count Clarence Thomas and Antonin...

Redistricting initiative would “destroy the Latino vote in Colorado”

  A ballot measure submitted for the 2016 election to set up a bipartisan commission to redraw boundaries for both congressional and legislative districts would weaken...

Hillary Clinton woos Colorado coal communities

  This story originally appeared on High Country News.  Candidates for the Democratic nomination for president are scrambling to show that they care about the coal...

Littwin: Clinton’s Benghazi hearing: Tragedy or farce? Why choose?

If you somehow missed all 11 hours of the much-hyped, made-for-TV, Benghazi- committee grilling of Hillary Clinton, you don't need to go to the...

Wiretap: Both parties aren’t just in crisis. They’re in a time...

Bipartisan issue Sure, the GOP seems perilously split. But Matt Yglesias at Vox argues the Dems are in crisis too. Time machine Republicans and Democrats have one thing in common,...

Wiretap: Republican pundits say Hillary Clinton won the debate

Game over Focus groups be damned, the Republican commentariat seems to have conceded the Democratic race to Hillary Clinton. Charles Krauthammer says in The Washington...

Wiretap: In Trump vs. the Koch Brothers, the Donald is winning

Trump vs. Kochs How Trump is beating the Koch Brothers. Via The Daily Beast. Broken machine Those who keep waiting for Trump/Carson/Fiorina to fall and Bush/Rubio/Kasich to rise...