Romney Woos Grand Junction, Earns Sen. King’s Endorsement

by Kelly Sloan | 6:50 pm, February 6, 2012

For West Slope voters, Romneys biggest applause line came when he spoke of energy, an issue critical to the economy of the region rich in natural gas, coal, and oil shale. In a speech that mostly stuck to the script of his last several appearances, Romney criticized Obama’s record on energy policy, noting that the current President has kept hundreds of acres off limits for production, while subsidizing so-called “green energy” boondoggles – contrary to his call in the State of the Union speech for an “all of the above” policy.

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 [...]

In which the Washington Bureau Chief skews the dataset

by Eileen McGuire-Mahony | 9:00 am, January 16, 2012

FaceBook, a privacy-raping death beast of wide fame, has partnered up with Politico, an semi-upstart publication for Washingtonians and others whose libido is sadly misdirected at subcommittee hearings and such. No, you can’t opt out. What’s being handed from FB over to Politico are your status updates.  In theory, all status updates containing the name [...]

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 1, Surging Independents

by elpresidente | 8:00 am, December 29, 2011

It has been a long year. Rather than an exhaustive recap, allow me, if you will, to take a quick look back on the top stories that came across my virtual workdesk in 2011–stories of original research, investigation, or reporting that I published on the pages of People’s Press Collective, Independence Institute/Townhall, National Review Online, [...]

Governor Appeals Lobato Ruling; State Board May Need Some Holiday Cheer First

by Eddie | 11:40 am, December 22, 2011

Talk about making an important decision before Christmas AND the big snowstorm that hit the Denver area and the foothills. Yesterday morning Governor John Hickenlooper announced that he will appeal the outrageous school finance ruling in Lobato v State:
“…a final resolution of the constitutional and legal issues involved in the case require an appeal to [...]

Ranking the Top Political Stories in Colorado for 2011

by elpresidente | 6:21 am, December 22, 2011

People’s Press Collective has thrown together a quick, informal, and non-intended-to-be-scientific-but-fun-anyway survey for our readers to rank their Top Political Stories in Colorado for the past year. There have been some doozies, which would be an understatement.

Tell Hoover Institution Your Best and Worst Education Events of 2011 (Vote #1)

by Eddie | 1:16 pm, December 5, 2011

One thing December brings is the obligatory year-end lists. If you are even a casual reader of this blog, then you should be interested in taking a moment to vote on the “Best and Worst in American Education, 2011″ — brought to you by the Hoover Institution’s Koret Task Force on K-12 Education.
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