Ed Perlmutter

Kenneth Faried supports civil unions -- and so do his two moms

Denver blog posts are on the rise. South Stands Denver's Colin D. sends a "Way to go, Manimal!" to Kenneth Faried for appearing in a One Colorado video to support civil unions, with a boost from his two moms. Colorado Pols previews Ed Perlmutter's assault-weapons-ban bill. At Colorado Education N ... More >>

Gun policy: Rep. Ed Perlmutter appointed vice chair on national violence prevention task force

In the contentious debates on gun policy that are likely to remain at the forefront of national politics in the coming months, Colorado is an important player given its history of tragic mass shootings. And on one national task force dedicated to reducing gun violence, U.S. Representative Ed Perlmut ... More >>

Video: Diana DeGette pushes for immediate vote on high-capacity magazine ban

We reported yesterday that Representative Ed Perlmutter, a Democrat, plans to introduce an assault weapons ban on the very first day of the new Congress. But his colleague, Democrat Diana DeGette, is pushing for gun-control action even sooner with a bill to ban high-capacity assault magazines that s ... More >>

Reader: If you need a military assault weapon, you really need a penile implant

Representative Ed Perlmutter wants to introduce gun-control legislation on the first day of the new Congress, and is calling for a reinstatement of the assault weapons ban. Representative Diana DeGette wants to pull the trigger on gun control even earlier -- this week, if possible. She's joined with ... More >>

Gun control: Ed Perlmutter will introduce assault weapons ban on day one of Congress

In the days following the movie theater massacre in July, Representative Ed Perlmutter, whose district then included Aurora, was one of the few local politicians who called for a gun policy change: the reinstatement of the assault weapons ban. He's been working on that legislation for months, but gi ... More >>

Ed Perlmutter camp highlights "fishy" mailer from CoorsTek, former Joe Coors company

As President Obama and Mitt Romney argue about who is a better job-creator, a heated congressional race between incumbent Ed Perlmutter and challenger Joe Coors has also zeroed in on jobs and alleged outsourcing. The latest tiff centers on a mailer from a former Coors company that Perlmutter's team ... More >>

Jill Biden in Colorado: "Nine days left -- I'm sure all of you are just as happy as I am"

It's the final countdown to Election Day and Jill Biden, wife of Vice President Joe Biden, is looking toward the finish line. At a campaign stop at an Obama field office in Lakewood last night, the Second Lady pushed the reelection of the Obama-Biden team as the right choice for women, veterans, stu ... More >>

Joe Coors is Colorado's top political target of outside groups: $1.7 million spent so far

Congressional candidate Joe Coors may be spending big on advertisements this election season -- but so are the allies of his opponent, who are pouring money into the race at very high rates, dominating independent spending across the state. Outside groups have spent a whopping total of $1,728,848.66 ... More >>

Ed Perlmutter, Joe Coors launch attacks during season's biggest Congressional debate

Candidates for Congress fielded questions for hours this morning at a forum in Thorton where six politicians debated the economy and job creation, taxes, energy policy and unsurprisingly, health care -- launching a jam-packed week of political events in Colorado.

Mitt Romney isn't giving up on Denver

Denver blog posts recognize. Colorado Pols on Mitt Romney spending two days in Denver -- Sunday and Monday. He's clearly in a swing state of mind. Purple Row's Bryan Kilpatrick on the public relations disaster that is the Colorado Rockies. WhoSaidYouSaid's Joshua Sharf sees a love affair between ... More >>

From the Archives: "Boycott Coors Beer" protest comic book from 1977

Coors has been a prominent name in Denver since the brewery was founded in the late 1800s, and that history has not been without controversy. A succession of Coors chairmen made no bones about their conservative political leanings, particularly back in the '70s, when a brewery workers' union strike ... More >>

Aurora theater shooting: Ed Perlmutter and the challenge of talking about gun control

When asked about gun laws on Sunday -- two days after James Holmes fired shots into an Aurora movie theater in one of the largest mass shootings in American history -- Representative Ed Perlmutter backed reinstatement of the assaults weapon ban. The comments, on live national TV, made him one of the ... More >>

Aurora theater shooting: Ed Perlmutter wants assault weapon ban reinstated

Denver blog posts are back and better than ever. Colorado Pols on Ed Perlmutter's call for a reinstatement of the assault weapons ban. Coyote Gulch: The current drought is taking its toll on the Arkansas River basin. WhoSaidYouSaid's Joshua Sharf questions Representative Sal Pace's math. Hope he ... More >>

Joe Coors for Congress spends big on Denver TV ads -- especially during The Big Bang Theory

Editor's note: This election cycle, Westword is exploring the public records of television stations for information on how candidates are spending money on ads in Denver. Joe Coors, your average local candidate for Congress who is not a beer, appears to be trying to secure support from an unusual ... More >>

In a race against Joe Coors, Ed Perlmutter may want to save his cash

Joe Coors outraises Ed Perlmutter thanks to the generosity of Joe Coors

Denver Blogs is feeling refreshed after a couple days off.... Colorado Pols notes that Joe Coors managed to outraise Ed Perlmutter in the first quarter of 2012 by giving himself $218,000 -- about five grand more than the rest of humanity donated. South Stands Denver's Colin D thinks the Broncos ow ... More >>

Kenneth Faried, Jordan Hamilton, Andre Miller acquisitions earn Denver Nuggets good grades

Kenneth Faried.​Keep those Denver blog posts coming. Denver Stiffs' Andrew Feinstein rounds up positive NBA draft grades for the Denver Nuggets, who worked wonders with only a No. 22 pick coming in. Colorado Pols on one of the Koch brothers' special guests this weekend: Texas guv Rick Perry. ... More >>

Mark Udall's Congressional team-building game plan: Kenny Be's Worst-Case Scenario

Colorado congressional delegation cooperates to contain Washington's hot air.​ Mark Udall, the Colorado senior senator who has recommended a mixed-party seating arrangement to symbolize unity during President Obama's January 25 State of the Union speech, has an extended game plan for continued ... More >>

Gabrielle Giffords tragedy hasn't convinced Ed Perlmutter to end grocery store meetings

Ed Perlmutter.​Just found these three Denver blog posts. Colorado Independent's Scot Kersgaard: Ed Perlmutter hopes to continue holding grocery store meetings despite the Gabrielle Giffords tragedy. Big Media's Jason Salzman chats with 9News's Adam Schrager, who's trading Denver for Wisconsi ... More >>

Viagra for convicted rapists?: Bizarre false claim gets anti-Ed Perlmutter ad yanked (VIDEO)

Ed Perlmutter.​Update: Leslie Oliver, campaign spokeswoman for Ed Perlmutter, says a recent attack ad inaccurately claiming that the 7th District congressman supported supplying Viagra to convicted rapists isn't the first time an outside group called the American Action Network has battered hi ... More >>

John Hickenlooper's race for guv not close at all despite Tom Tancredo surge, says head Dem

Pat Waak.​Yesterday, state GOP chieftain Dick Wadhams weighed in on the upcoming election, predicting much ugliness for Democrats. Shockingly, head Dem Pat Waak has a very different take. She doesn't foresee the kind of Democratic apocalypse plenty of pundits are predicting.

Buck Bailey: Libertarian candidate bristles over debate blackballing, but Channel 12 offers invite

Buck Bailey.​The anti-establishment fever ripping across the country has led to increased interest in third-party and independent candidates. And here in Colorado, these candidates are doing their best to roil election cycle formalities like the debate process, which have historically ignored ... More >>

Mark Udall called Armenian genocide defector by advocacy group in candidate report card

Mark Udall.​In April, Senator Mark Udall marked the anniversary of the 1915 Armenian genocide with a strongly worded statement. But these words didn't satisfy Rocky Mountain Hye Advocates, an organization trying to get all members of the Colorado congressional delegation to support a national ... More >>

Dick Wadhams on health care: "America will be in great political turmoil after the passage of this bill -- and I think that's good"

"No, I'm not being facetious."​The U.S. House's passage of a massive health-care bill President Barack Obama is planning to sign into law today is already having plenty of political impact locally, with the Gun Owners of America targeting Dem Betsy Markey, who voted for the measure (after voti ... More >>

Jersey Shore nicknames for Colorado's political contenders, bro: Guido for Governor!

J-Muscle, indeed.​Is the media beating this whole Jersey Shore thing to death? Definitely. Are we here at Westword going to join in on beatin' up the beat? Damn right. Being the thoughtful and responsible journalists that we are, we decided to use the "Jersey Shore Nickname Generator" to crea ... More >>

Big Papa's BBQ has a smokin' third location

​Big Papa's BBQ will hold the official grand opening of its third location, at 5151 South Federal Boulevard, today -- and there's real reason to celebrate, says John Jensen, the director of operations. In April, the partners had just bought the building, an old Burger King, when their financ ... More >>

Denver Blogs: Does Scott McInnis have a Grecian formula for victory?

Only his hairdresser knows for sure.​Some blogs about Denver, written in Denver. Or at least we think so. Colorado Pols finds evidence that Scott McInnis, who just shaved his mustache and looks as if he's tinted his locks, "has tinkered with his hair color ever since he's been in politics." W ... More >>

Are you sitting down? Good -- because Colorado Democrats have a deep bench

​By now, the rest of the country knows that Colorado Democrats are either very tired or have fat butts. They must, because they keep talking about benches -- deep ones. "The Colorado Democratic Party has a deep bench, there are a lot of people who are able to step in and do this job," Governo ... More >>

Bill Ritter, Scott McInnis and Ken Salazar's statements: Spin-a-go-go!

"I'm gonna talk -- but I'm not really gonna say anything."​Update, 2:26 p.m.: Republican Senate candidate Jane Norton has jumped into the commenting-on-Bill Ritter fun. Look below for her take. Update, 2:13 p.m.: New statements just in about Ritter's withdrawal from Senator Mark Udall and Rep ... More >>

Wake-Up Call: Frazier's congressional run no trial balloon

​Ryan Frazier made a smart move, even though his announcement last Thursday that he was switching from a run for the U.S. Senate to go for the 7th Congressional District seat currently occupied by Ed Perlmutter was completely overshadowed by a certain silver balloon. But someone took notice: ... More >>

How frightened should Democrats be of House (not Senate) candidate Ryan Frazier?

Ryan Frazier seen leaning to the left. It's a camera trick.​Earlier today, former U.S. Senate candidate Ryan Frazier officially became current House candidate Ryan Frazier, announcing his intention to challenge Representative Ed Perlmutter in the 7th Congressional District during an appearance ... More >>

Last night's healthcare rallies not raucous enough to earn much coverage

At this point, there have been so many rallies about healthcare that they tend to garner relatively little media attention unless they devolve into histrionic scream fests along the lines of one that greeted Congressman Ed Perlmutter a few weeks back. Witness last night's series of pro-reform get-t ... More >>

An under-pressure Michael Bennet promotes his healthcare approach

Senator Michael Bennet's brief stint as a United States Senator hasn't proven scintillating to date -- hence former Colorado House speaker Andrew Romanoff's reported eagerness to make a run for Ken Salazar's old seat himself. But at least his staff made a smart decision about promoting his Friday a ... More >>

Yesterday's climate-legislation rally not so spontaneous

Arguments continue about just how grassroots protests against healthcare reform like a recent shoutfest at an Ed Perlmutter event really are. But such displays of disaffection are positively organic in comparison with the rally about climate legislation that took place yesterday in Greeley. The Gre ... More >>

Attendees actually let Jared Polis talk during latest health care town hall

When he's not doing beer bongs with Comedy Central's Stephen Colbert, Rep. Jared Polis has been staging health care town halls during the August recess -- more of them than colleagues such as Betsy Markey, Ed Perlmutter, Mike Coffman and Doug Lamborn. And while it's far too early to say that such s ... More >>

Colorado Crimes: Obamacare supporter claims car vandalization politically motivated

Some of the damage meted out against a ProgressNow Colorado staffer's car.​Yesterday, we shared a video of protests that took place at a healthcare town hall staged by Representative Ed Perlmutter at a Brighton King Soopers -- an event at which feverish, easily manipulated Obamacare haters car ... More >>

Ed Perlmutter gets an earful at health-care meeting in Brighton

On Friday, we shared a video in which folks protesting healthcare reform in Pueblo compared Obamacare to Pol Pot and Adolph Hitler -- and this brand of overheated rhetoric is hardly isolated to that community. Over the weekend at an event in Brighton, pro-healthcare reform rep Ed Perlmutter was gr ... More >>

Conflict-of-interest accusation against Ed Perlmutter regarding green banking

Ed Perlmutter. Did Colorado Representative Ed Perlmutter, a Democrat, insert a provision in a climate-change bill to benefit so-called "green" banks like one he helped found in San Francisco? That's the charge leveled by an article in the Washington Times. The measure in question, according to the ... More >>

The Westword.com blog shortcut, July 16 edition

Photo by Lori Midson"Are you sure we're empowering ourselves by doing this?" This shortcut is a stripped-down version. Today in Cafe Society: • Jonesy's EatBar staff bears their cleavage for a good cause. • Tonight: Twenty bucks, twenty wines at the Table Mountain Inn. • Mulberries to pack u ... More >>

Ed Perlmutter does a pretty mean cartwheel... for a Congressman.

Say what you will about Ed Perlmutter. The 1st term Democrat representing Colorado's 7th District really knows how to cartwheel for votes, as you can see in the video above. It's unclear why the crowd at this Memorial Day Parade in the mean streets of Commerce City started chanting "Cartwheel! Ca ... More >>

The Westword.com blog shortcut, May 26 edition

Trouble Andrew. Is it almost the weekend again? Today in Backbeat Online: • Over the Weekend: Trouble Andrew at the Bluebird. • Over the Weekend: Iwrestledabearonce at the Marquis Theater. • Over the Weekend: Moderat at Beta. • ManeLine breaks in the Deuce's live stage as first local hip-h ... More >>

Wrong again! Ritter to announce Senate candidate tomorrow

I haven't been so wrong about a political pick since I predicted that then-Lieutenant Governor Joe Rogers would lead a crowded pack in the Republican primary for the congressional seat ultimately claimed by Democrat Ed Perlmutter. Governor Bill Ritter just announced that he'll hold a news conferenc ... More >>

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