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Littwin: Bennet must be grinning after the GOP Senate debate

If you watched the Republican Senate debate the other night, you can probably guess what I'm about to say. It wasn't that anyone, even...

Littwin: Why did GOP candidates make nice with Trump?

In what was basically the Republicans' closing argument against the bizarre notion that Donald Trump might actually win the party's nomination, Trump's competitors decided,...

Opinion: Ted Cruz and Marco Rubio’s great Spanglish debate

This past Saturday night, I was watching the NBA 3-point shooting contest when my Twitter feed blew up. Apparently Ted Cruz had chewed out...

Mike Littwin and Greg Brophy on Tuesday’s GOP debate

Mike Littwin 9:31 I think I said somewhere near the middle of the debate that this was the Ben's best debate, defending himself on his, uh,...

Wiretap: Too far? Political campaigns turn to biometrics and neuromarketing

Creepy campaigns No secret: Political campaigns want data on voters. But the days of polling are now moving into a more subtle form of information...

Poor Jeb

Poor Jeb. When they write the 2016 campaign books, the Poor Jeb chapter will inevitably be set in Boulder, the site of the third GOP...

Colorado Latinos to the GOP: ‘Intolerance won’t win our votes’

Even though the pack of Republican candidates were the marquee event Wednesday, Colorado Latino leaders, students and community members weren't about to be upstaged. Hundreds turned...

Martin O’Malley crashes GOP debate to talk gun control

All eyes will be on the Republican presidential candidates later this evening, but this afternoon, one Democratic candidate stole some thunder. Maryland Gov. Martin O'Malley stopped through Boulder...

Littwin: Scott Walker couldn’t keep up with the bigots

The big story from the GOP presidential trail is that Scott Walker, the once-highly-touted candidate whose poll numbers are now hovering just above zero,...