Colorado Republican Party

Dean Singleton: The Republican Party is dead in Colorado

Denver blog posts have a lot going for them. Big Media's Jason Salzman sees nothing wrong with the Denver Post's Dean Singleton saying the Colorado Republican Party is dead -- but he knows others might disagree. Denver Stiffs' Andrew Feinstein: Why is the Denver media so negative toward the Nugget ... More >>

Election night 2012: The best red, white and boo watching parties

Want to watch the 2012 election results as they come in but don't want to sit at home alone, screaming at the television? Or maybe you just want to celebrate an end to political campaign ads (until next election). Whatever your reason or affiliation, there's an election-watching event for you tonigh ... More >>

Strategic Allied Consulting: Could controversial voter firm still have Colorado ties?

The Colorado GOP last month cut ties with a controversial voter-registration firm accused of fraud. But Nathan Sproul, the consultant behind the firm, Strategic Allied Consulting, has since popped up elsewhere, continuing voter canvassing work across the country. And in Colorado, some Craigslist adv ... More >>

Latino politicians criticize GOP for criticizing Obama on new immigration policy

With the fight for Latino votes in the presidential race heating up nationally this week, Colorado GOP leaders recently criticized President Obama in this space for playing politics via his new policy easing back on deporting undocumented youth. Today, local Democrats struck back by criticizing the ... More >>

Video: Rachel Maddow wonders if Rick Santorum win in Colorado matters

The headlines say that Rick Santorum, of all people, was the big winner yesterday among wannabe Republican presidential nominees thanks to victories in the Colorado and Minnesota caucuses and the Missouri primary. But his prize didn't come in delegates, since none were at stake in any of the contest ... More >>

Dan Maes was Running Without Cowboy Boots, got kicked to the curb

​A year ago, one-time gubernatorial favorite Scott McInnis was grappling with charges of plagiarism -- leaving the path clear for darkest of dark-horse candidates Dan Maes to win the Republican nomination for governor. He was soundly trounced in November by John Hickenlooper, but at least he ... More >>

John Elway not satisfied with Tim Tebow, wants to upgrade Broncos' quarterback position?

​Denver blog posts? Got 'em here. Mile High Report fan poster Jumpslash believes John Elway isn't satisfied with current Broncos QBs. Who might he target? Colorado Pols thinks the feud between Dick Wadhams and Ted Harvey over the future of the Colorado GOP is getting nasty. Colorado Indepen ... More >>

Matt Arnold for Republican Party chair: Will he succeed Dick Wadhams with Army of Darkness?

GOP role model?​Matt Arnold, the man behind Clear the Bench Colorado, has announced his intention to succeed Dick Wadhams as Colorado Republican Party boss -- and it promises to be a take-no-prisoners bid. The profile photo on his campaign Facebook page showcases a chainsaw-wielding Bruce Camp ... More >>

Colorado's GOP hopes to strike while the irony is hot

Dick Wadhams's exit from Republican chair race to help Ted Harvey and party conservatives?

Ted Harvey.​The Colorado Republican Party didn't just lose the governor's race in November -- it also lost over a hundred bonus members of the State Central Committee, which will vote for the new party chair next month. Incumbent chair Dick Wadhams was going for that slot again -- until his M ... More >>

Dick Wadhams, not running to lead Republicans in CO, is tired of carping, conservative strategies

​Yesterday morning, I was talking to Dick Wadhams, the chair of the Colorado Republican Party, about the upcoming State Central Committee meeting, where he would be going for a third term. Yesterday evening, I was talking with Wadhams about his sudden announcement that he would not run again.

If the GOP goes down the toilet, at least Republicans can get gigs regulating toilets in Colorado

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 >>

John Hickenlooper is "the luckiest guy in the world," says Colorado GOP boss Dick Wadhams

Dan Maes.​At this point, Dan Maes has the Republican governor's nomination, endorsements from conservative heavy hitters like Hank Brown and not very much money -- which is why Colorado Republican Party head Dick Wadhams's $250 donation made local news. But while consultant Katy Atkinson sugge ... More >>

Hasan family members largest reported donors to tax-cutting measures: Link to Douglas Bruce?

Ali Hasan​Members of the Hasan family, the wealthy backers of Colorado GOP causes, whose award of a $300,000 fellowship to Scott McInnis erupted last week in a plagiarism scandal, are also the largest single donors to three tax-cutting initiatives on the November ballot. The measures -- Amen ... More >>

John Hickenlooper attack ad -- and a helpful connection to Scott McInnis campaign

John Hickenlooper: "Stripes" from Republican Governors Association on Vimeo. Colorado Republican Party boss Dick Wadhams told us on Monday that he'd heard about impending attack ads aimed at John Hickenlooper potentially dealing with the gubernatorial hopeful's disinterest in spelling out where his ... More >>

Dick Wadhams: Amendment 54 deserved to die -- and so do other campaign-reform measures

Dick Wadhams isn't shedding any tears over Amendment 54.​Colorado Republican Party boss Dick Wadhams isn't shy about speaking plainly. Note that as other leaders were tip-toeing around the controversy involving Governor Bill Ritter and his U.S. Attorney nominee, Stephanie Villafuerte, Wadhams ... More >>

Dick Wadhams portrayed as Hitler in new pro-John Hickenlooper video: Typecasting?

Colorado Republican Party chieftain Dick Wadhams is a guy who loves getting under the skin of his opponents, as in this interview, when he gleefully danced on Bill Ritter's political grave. As such, he should take it as a compliment that a new (and thoroughly unofficial) pro-John Hickenlooper video ... More >>

Smear campaign by Peter Boyles, Denver Post alleged in internal DA's office memo

Peter Boyles isn't shrinking in the face of the latest criticism against him.​The war of words continues in the continuing saga of Cory Voorhis and Stephanie Villafuerte. Last week, Colorado GOP head Dick Wadhams sent a letter to Denver police chief Gerry Whitman asking about documentation of ... More >>

Scott McInnis unity platform fix is in

Where Scott McInnis leads, all of his former rivals plan to follow.​Last Thursday, Tom Tancredo confirmed in this space that he was part of a group coming up with a unity platform Republican Scott McInnis could use against Bill Ritter in the 2010 gubernatorial campaign -- and that if all went ... More >>

Wake-Up Call: A very civil insurrection

​At a round of town-hall meetings on health care that kick off today, first-term congresswoman Betsy Markey will hand out copies (abridged) of a George Washington favorite, "Rules of Civility & Decent Behavior in Company and Conversation," originally a 110-item list of Jesuit guidelines for ci ... More >>

Is ProgressNow getting a taste of April Fool's Day revenge?

Somewhere, Dick Wadhams is laughing. Earlier today, the liberal ProgressNow Colorado organization sent out its regular e-mail news digest under the signature of Dick Wadhams, head of the Colorado Republican Party, complete with a goofy pic of Dick at the top. Happy April Fool's Day! But something n ... More >>

Wake-Up Call: Ward without end, and other long-running controversies

News is busting out all over today -- and not just in Denver District Judge Larry Naves's courtroom, where Ward Churchill may take the stand in his case against the University of Colorado, now starting week two. Or on the Auraria campus, where veteran newshounds of the Rocky Mountain News will un ... More >>

Is it Peter Boyles, Peter Boils or Boil Peters?

Peter Boyles. The name game took a loopy twist after Colorado Media Matters published an item last Wednesday attacking KHOW talk-show host Peter Boyles for referring to Congresswoman Diana DeGette as "Vagina DeGette" and "Vagina DeJet," for reasons that are too dopey to explain -- although CMM did ... More >>

More from yesterday's State Capitol Obama protest: Michelle Malkin with "Swastika Guy"

The photos captured by Melanie Asmar for "Colorado Conservatives' Porkiest Anti-Stimulus Protest Ever," a blog about a State Capitol rally yesterday, were plenty weird -- but as a commenter to that post pointed out, they were nowhere as jaw-slackening as the image above, captured by ProgressNow Co ... More >>

Dick Wadhams has a greeting for Barack Obama

Dick Wadhams. Sweeping defeat in the 2008 elections hasn't made Colorado Republican Party boss Dick Wadhams any less feisty. On behalf of the state GOP, Wadhams purchased enormous advertisements in both the Rocky Mountain News and the Denver Post featuring the banner headline "COLORADO REPUBLICANS ... More >>

Jon Caldara on today's Barack Obama protest

In addition to buying a full-page ad needling President Barack Obama, who's in town today to sign a $787 billion economic-stimulus bill, Colorado Republican Party chairman Dick Wadhams is also taking part in a protest at the Colorado State Capitol co-starring a number of big names in local conserv ... More >>

Dick Wadhams's formula for a GOP comeback: Hit harder, faster!

Since figuratively getting their heads handed to them during last November's election, Republican operatives have been trying to figure out how to get off the mat prior to the next big vote less than two years from now, thereby setting the stage for a real comeback in 2012. According to "Republica ... More >>

John Lynch for Governor? GOP chief floats former Bronco's name

Scott McInnis prematurely pisses on GOP's grave

A Boulder Daily Camera headline that really sucks

Dick Wadhams on the loose

Dick Wadhams on the loose

The Rocky Mountain News Almost Lets George Carlin Swear

The Denver Dailies Gear Up For the Olympics

The Curse of Coors

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McCain Wagons West

Big Deal for Big Head Todd

The Hillary’s suddenly alive with the sound of good music.

Republicans Say DNC Will Be a Grand Ol' Party

Colorado Republican leader Dick Wadhams thinks the 2008 Democratic National Convention will help his party, too.

No Tell Hotel

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Better late than never

Memorable Spin

Tilt-a-Whirl World puts a twist on Lakeside

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Things to do in Denver when it's dead

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Letters

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A COLORADO NONPROFIT FUNNELED GINGRICH'S GOPAC FUNDS.

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WHOSE DIVORCE RECORDS ARE SEALED? READ ALL ABOUT IT.

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