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Personhood to pot: Initiative petitions due at Secretary of State's office today

On Colorado Day, August 1, we celebrated fifty reasons why Colorado is the greatest state in the country. Today we're celebrating another one (although many politicians would dispute its benefits): the citizen initiative process, which allows residents to land measures on the statewide ballot, right ... More >>

Bernie Buescher Pandora ad wins national award (despite not winning him the election)

​So what if Secretary of State Bernie Buescher didn't win re-election last November. In our book, he's still the coolest cat at the Capitol for being the only Colorado candidate (and one of the few in the country) to advertise on Pandora Internet radio, a move that just scored him a prestigiou ... More >>

Scott Gessler -- make that $cott Ge$$ler -- has been elected as our $hmuck of the Week

Scott Gessler​You know that birthday present you bought for Scott Gessler? He sold it. And that bottle of wine you brought to the party? He sold that, too. In fact, Gessler, Colorado's new Secretary of State, has no problem looking a gift horse in the mouth -- and then extracting the gold fill ... More >>

Mark Udall's State of the Union Kumbayah club: John McCain's in, but not other Coloradans

Mark Udall.​Three Denver blog posts hot off the cyber-press. 5280's Michael de Yoanna notes that John McCain likes Mark Udall's idea of Republicans and Dems sitting together at the State of the Union -- but no Coloradans have signed up. Rude! Colorado Pols: The ever-employable but not all th ... More >>

Dan Maes tops 10 percent, which means he's not the Biggest Loser in CO elections... but close

Dan Maes.​Tom Tancredo was about to concede the gubernatorial race, but many more Colorado contests were up in the air when I walked into the ballroom of the downtown Marriott, site of the Colorado Democratic Party's election party. And what was on the TVs? Not CNN, not local newscasts shunted ... More >>

Reader: Was there an election conspiracy not to send Republican voters mail-in ballots?

​What's an election day without a good election-related conspiracy? A reader contributed a timely theory in response to yesterday's Patricia Calhoun post "Election day warning: Quit looking in the mailbox -- because your ballot's not coming," prompting a quick rebuttal.

Pandora and Bernie Buescher: Colorado's first and only streaming-radio political ads?

​So you're happily listening to your custom-made MGMT station on Pandora Radio when suddenly a dude starts talking to you about elections and stuff and a photo of an earnest-looking guy pops into your track listing. What gives? Welcome to the brave new world of political advertising. Secretar ... More >>

Dan Maes: Will he quit before 5 p.m. today, when Bernie Buescher certifies the CO ballot?

Dan Maes.​How much wiggle-room is there in today's deadline for the state's ballot certification? After repeated questions on Thursday -- prompted by Republican hopes that Dan Maes would drop out of the gubernatorial race -- Secretary of State Bernie Buescher finally issued a statement to cla ... More >>

Dan Maes's next withdrawn endorsements may be from Tea Party groups: Will they stand firm?

​Given that Colorado Secretary of State Bernie Buescher must certify the lineup for the Colorado ballot by 5 p.m. today, the pressure on embattled Republican guv candidate Dan Maes to drop out will grow by the hour. And the strain could be increased by Tea Party, 9.12 Project and other Liberty ... More >>

Signed, sealed and rejected: These political activists are rabble with a cause

Ken Gordon: Unleash the power of the Internets!

"Tweet me right."​Former state lawmaker Ken Gordon is a passionate advocate of online communication, particularly emerging social media, as a powerful tool in the service of democracy. In bursts of electronic energy, known as "e-mails," he's reached out across cyberspace to encourage citizens ... More >>

Marijuana and right-wing politics get together: Mason Tvert and Jon Caldara sign on to lawsuit about ballot petitions

"I agree with Mason Tvert about something? AARGH!"​At first blush (and second) (and third), marijuana advocate Mason Tvert and Jon Caldara, frontman for the conservative Independence Institute, are strange bedfellows. But today, they're partners in a legal love match. They're among the plaint ... More >>

Denver Blogs: Could the Broncos lose Elvis Dumervil, Tony Scheffler, Peyton Hillis, Chris Kuper and Brandon Marshall?

Elvis, don't leave the building!​It's the first Denver Blogs roundup of the week! In a mock-draft post, Mile High Report's Sayre Bedinger says it's not beyond the realm of possibility that Tony Scheffler, Peyton Hillis, Chris Kuper and Elvis Dumervil could join Brandon Marshall on the train o ... More >>

Shmucks of the week: Haiti charity scammers

"Shmuck" is too kind a term for the type of bogus charity collectors who tend to crop up after disasters of the size and scope of the one currently rolling out in grisly slow motion across Haiti, a country that was hardly in the best shape even before an earthquake struck earlier this week. So is " ... More >>

Denver Blogs: Sometimes you feel like a Nut

​Where, oh, where did those little blogs go? Show us. The Rockies may have lost 7-zip to the Phillies last night -- but hot prospect Christian Friedrich struck out ten in less than six innings for the class-A Modesto Nuts. Glass half full! Glass half full! (Inside the Rockies) Secretary of S ... More >>

Wake-Up Call: Naming names for U.S. attorney

Right before he headed into his lovefest/confirmation hearing for the Secretary of the Interior post, still-Senator Ken Salazar and new Senator Mark Udall sent President-elect Barack Obama the names of three candidates for U.S. attorney, since that post generally goes with the winning party, and Rep ... More >>

Wake-Up Call: New jobs for Andrew Romanoff

On November 5, the day after Democrats scored such a stunning upset in Colorado, I spotted affable, outgoing Colorado House of Representatives speaker Andrew Romanoff at the Saucy Noodle, of all places. He was on the phone with Bernie Buescher, the Grand Junction rep who'd looked to be next in lin ... More >>

Wake-Up Call: Batting clean-up before the legislative session

Now that Michael Bennet has been named to take over for Ken Salazar in the U.S. Senate (no cowboy hat required), Colorado pols can get back to the business of running the state (at least until it's time to start running for whatever seat may be in play in 2010). Today, the Denver Board of Edu ... More >>

Wake-Up Call: Watch the fireworks...over the Senate nomination

Denver's fireworks display won't officially start until 9 p.m. December 31 (with a repeat performance at midnight), but there have already been plenty of explosive discussions over who, exactly, Governor Bill Ritter should nominate to fill Ken Salazar's soon-to-be-empty Senate seat -- and what cov ... More >>

Wake-Up Call: Building -- and budgeting -- for the future

The holidays push most action off the public calendar this week. Tonight at 5:30 p.m., Denver City Council will start the process of stuffing someone's stocking with coal: Over the next few weeks, councilmembers will decide whether to grant landmark status to two, '60s-era Hornbein and Wh ... More >>

Wake-Up Call: Ritter's vote is in for Colorado Secretary of State

At 9:30 a.m. this morning, Governor Bill Ritter will announce Colorado's next secretary of state, the culmination of a six-week process that officially started on the night of November 4, when Mike Coffman was elected to replace Tom Tancredo in the sixth congressional district. Although Ritter had ... More >>

Wake-Up Call: The week ahead, December 15-21

While the Obama cabinet carousel -- Ritter! Salazar (Ken)! Salazar (John)! Michael Bennet! Salazar (Ken, again)! -- continues to go 'round, with a name thrown out each week (although now, with Ken Salazar back in the ring for Interior, we're on repeats) -- Colorado's top Dems will gather at t ... More >>

Wake-Up Call: Mr. Salazar goes to Washington?

Suddenly, all the political pundits are talking about a Salazar going to Washington. Not Ken Salazar, who'd apparently rather stay in his Senate seat than move to the Cabinet (but might be up for a future opening on the Supreme Court, where he'd be the first Latino justice) ... More >>

TV host Aaron Harber on why he should be Colorado's next Secretary of State

Aaron Harber. At present, twenty people have submitted applications for Colorado's Secretary of State job, including several big-name politicos: Andrew Romanoff, the term-limited speaker of Colorado's House of Representatives; Ken Gordon, the majority leader for the state senate; Rosemary Rodri ... More >>

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