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Wiretap: Dramas to watch in tonight’s GOP debate

Cruz vs. Trump Storylines to watch at the GOP debate tonight: Cruz vs. Trump. Everyone else vs. Trump. Cruz vs. Rubio. Via The National Review. Who's better? Eugene Robinson...

Littwin: Republican candidates on immigration show party rifts

When the GOP debate was finally over and the Fox Business Network softballs were all put away, the last thing I expected to be...

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,...

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,...

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...

Reader’s view: What Boulder can teach GOP candidates

Boulder County Commissioner Elise Jones weighs in on what Republican presidential candidates can learn from Boulder, the city hosting tonight's debate.  On Wednesday, Boulder is...

Reader’s view: Ed Gillespie’s anti-carbon-tax politics are “seductively simple”

Judy Weiss, a volunteer member of Citizens' Climate Lobby, wrote a response to former Republican National Committee chair Ed Gillespie's opinion piece, "Reader’s view:...

Jeb! brings George W. mile high for an Oct. 18 fundraiser

Jeb! may be struggling to dodge George W.'s reputation for losing wars and torturing detainees who turn out to be nothing more than Middle Eastern. But...

Wiretap: Baltimore-style riots are nothing new, but one thing has changed…

New direction Frank Rich writes that the riots in Baltimore so closely resembled the riots we have had for generation after generation after generation. The...