Sen. Udall: “Legitimate Argument” to build Keystone Pipeline in “National Interest”; Obama Administration Approved 2009 Pipeline for Economic, Strategic Reasons

by elpresidente | 12:34 pm, February 6, 2012

Colorado’s Democratic Sen. Mark Udall and President Barack Obama don’t appear to be on the same page when it comes to the recently sidelined Keystone XL pipeline that the Democratic administration rejected permitting for in January: “‘I think there is a legitimate argument that it’s in the national interest to build the pipeline,’ said Udall, [...]

Romney Up in Latest PPP Poll, Santorum In Second; Gingrich Falters

by elpresidente | 2:18 pm, February 5, 2012

If Public Policy Polling’s latest poll in the GOP Presidential caucus holds up on Tuesday, the former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney will once again win with Colorado’s caucus-going Republicans, 40 to 26 percent over former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum. Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich, who led in the PPP poll in December by 19 points [...]

Occupy Denver Plans to ‘Occupy the Colorado Caucus’ on February 7

by elpresidente | 2:54 pm, January 19, 2012

We’ll have to see what the fizzling “Occupy Denver” folks have planned–“more details will be available soon”–but with only Republicans holding their precinct caucuses on February 7, the potential for things to get interesting could certainly be there, especially at Denver county caucus locations: Stay Tuned for February! We are already organizing events for February [...]

PPC Trainings Are Back!

by elpresidente | 5:09 pm, January 16, 2012

Note: New location for Independence Institute Are you ready for 2012, digitally speaking? People’s Press Collective announces “Digital Fundamentals” classes and seminars. ***Detailed Registration Information below*** What: PPC Digital Fundamentals training course Where: New offices of Independence Institute When: January 21 and January 28, 2012 from 9am-12noon (and more to come) Cost: FREE MUST RSVP [...]

PPC’s Top Colorado Political Stories of 2011

by elpresidente | 5:40 am, December 30, 2011

Last week, People’s Press Collective put out a call on Facebook for our readers’ suggestions for top political stories in the state of Colorado for 2011. Several dozen stories were crowdsourced, and I took the additional editorial step of combining similar stories into single entries, such as our first place story for 2011, the decennial [...]

EP’s 2011 Recap: Part 6, Having Fun on the Campaign Trail

by elpresidente | 1:00 pm, December 29, 2011

Part of the residual effect of having been a professional journalist and blogger is the credibility and the credentials to hit the campaign trail and cover prospective candidates. It just so happened that several candidates for the highest office in the land managed to traipse their way through Colorado in 2011, stumping and picking up [...]

EP’s 2011 Recap: Part 5, A Fistful of Pace

by elpresidente | 12:00 pm, December 29, 2011

This one is more of a peering-into-2012 story. If this doesn’t end up as a campaign ad, our side will be negligent in their duties. Aspiring 3rd Congressional District Democratic candidate, former House Minority Leader Rep. Sal Pace (D-Pueblo) had some strong words for those who might oppose unions and their Big Labor agenda way [...]

EP’s 2011 Recap: Part 4, Driving a Stake Into Prop 103

by elpresidente | 11:00 am, December 29, 2011

Conventional wisdom be damned. When you have the opportunity to really kill a tax increase, GIVE IT EVERYTHING YOU’VE GOT. Given the Colorado Model and the mixed results of what should have been a great year in the 2010 midterms, nothing should be taken for granted in this state. Probable defeat by dougle-digits? Make it [...]

EP’s 2011 Recap: Part 3, The Battle of BlogCon11

by elpresidente | 10:00 am, December 29, 2011

MIC CHECK!!! Turning briefly from straight-out investigative reporting or blogging, one of the highlights of my year was working with the fabulous Tabitha Hale, formerly New Media director at FreedomWorks, to put together a panel on ‘Building a State Blog Network’ for the group’s BlogCon11 conference held fortuitously in Denver in November. Simply being listed [...]

EP’s 2011 Recap: Part 2, Exploding The Myth of Green Jobs

by elpresidente | 9:00 am, December 29, 2011

Challenging the myth of former Gov. Bill Ritter’s fabled “New Energy Economy” was no small task, but thankfully this endeavor paid off more than its fair share of earned media dividends, and cemented my collaborative efforts with one of my favorite writers and mentors, Amy Oliver. Way back in February, a hot tip was passed [...]

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