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A Storified view of Colorado caucus night

An annotated compilation of images, tweets and videos rounded up from around the state as voters from some 3,200 precincts filed into schools and other public buildings around the state.

In Senate run, Gardner may be hard-pressed to sell far-right record

Republicans here generally seem to be banking on Gardner as a political type that has been missing in the ranks as late. The hope is that he can sell a brand that has increasingly skewed old, hardcore, inflexible and threatening.

‘Viva Tancredo’ campaign hitting early snags

At this point, the single photograph might have gained as much attention as has the entire "Viva Tancredo" campaign.

The other, shorter, better Colo. GOP primary guv debate

The Twittersphere hosted an alternative that featured alter-ego (mock) versions of the candidates and of righty radio show host Peter Boyles, who acted as moderator. Fun!

Somos Republicans seeks to shape Colorado immigration debate

A national grassroots organization of Latino Republicans this week announced it is opening a Colorado chapter in order to impact the immigration debate in Colorado.

Poll: Hickenlooper leading in conservative Colorado Springs

There are certain things you can count on in Colorado politics. Denver will vote Democrat. Colorado Springs will vote Republican. Well, it may be...

The great I-70 debate: Guv candidates weigh how to get fast...

Democratic gubernatorial candidate John Hickenlooper this week floated an interesting idea about how to solve weekend traffic congestion on I-70 between Denver and the...

Colo. GOP ‘Platform’ covered by Wall Street Journal, panned by readers

The conservative national paper of record, the Wall Street Journal, reported on the Colorado Republican Party "Platform for Prosperity" today, describing it as a...

Protester: Send illegal aliens home ‘with a bullet in the head’

Fresh off the polarizing campaign against the nomination of Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor, which saw GOP figures like Tom Tancredo accusing the judge...

In Tancredo’s Wake, 6th CD Looks Beyond a Single Issue

Tom Tancredo, the most divisive politician in Colorado and an embarrassment in the U.S. House of Representatives, will not run for re-election. Hallelujah. Let the...