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UPDATED: National Republicans abandoning Schaffer in Colorado

Confirming rumors that have been floating for days, The Atlantic's Marc Ambinder reports Friday morning the National Republican Senatorial Committee is pulling its resources from Colorado and will no longer support Bob Schaffer's Senate bid with its massive advertising campaign against Democrat Mark Udall.

Investigative series on GOP front groups leads to IRS complaint

Three weeks after The Colorado Independent launched a series of reports detailing the shadowy group Western Skies Coalition, the watchdog group Colorado Ethics Watch has filed an IRS complaint asking for an immediate investigation into whether Western Skies, along with three other 501(c)4 nonprofits, are truly engaged in “social welfare” activities — or if their activities are actually more akin to hard core politicking.

Pro-war, anti-tax groups launch two Udall attack ads

An aging hippie standing outside a smoke-filled van joins an attack on "eminent domain abuse" as two high-spending outside groups launched new attack ads against Democratic Senate candidate Rep. Mark Udall this week.