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Treasurer Walker Stapleton is running for Colorado governor. What that means.

In early October, Republican State Treasurer Walker Stapleton officially waded into the large field for governor with a low-key weekend announcement on social media...

Wiretap: Why Marco Rubio’s the most extreme GOP candidate

Farthest right Matthew Yglesias writes at Vox that the candidate with the most extreme message is not Donald Trump — but the establishment favorite, Marco Rubio himself. Racing forward No one...

Wiretap: Bush brothers bash back. Donald Trump bashes harder.

Bash brothers The Bush brothers turned into Bash Brothers for one night in South Carolina as they take a few mighty swings at Donald Trump....

Mike Littwin and James Viser live blog the GOP debate

Mike Littwin 9:37: Who won this debate? Trump had, I think, his best debate. He's not a good debater but he's very good, for good and...

Littwin: On why Republicans might settle for unlikable Ted Cruz

  My favorite moment of GOP Debate Night V -- and I know it doesn't reflect very well on me -- came when Ted Cruz...

Littwin: What’s next in a post-Paris world?

We now live in a post-Paris world. And the question, after the unspeakable horror of the attacks, is just what that means. It must be...

Wiretap: Marco Rubio’s rocky road ahead

Dueling buddies Neither Jeb Bush nor Marco Rubio is comfortable attacking the other. But this is apparently what happens when friends run against each other...

Mike Littwin and Josh Penry live blog the GOP debate

Josh Penry 8:30 Thanks for sharing your digital stage Mike and The Colorado Independent. At its best, politics is a hearty argument between friends. Mike Littwin 8:26 Josh, thanks...

Q&A: Dolores Huerta talks GOP debate, Latinos, immigration and organizing

  Dolores Huerta isn’t slowing down. The iconic Latina activist, now in her eighth decade, was in Denver and Boulder this week in advance of...

Wiretap: Video shows white cop flip black student in her desk

Once again Another video, another white cop, another black kid, this time in a South Carolina school in which a schoolroom incident turns into a...