Subject: Jared Polis

• Jared Polis Wants to Represent

  May 22, 2007

• A New Era of Openness

  May 23, 2007

• Jared Polis as a Gay Standard Bearer

  December 17, 2007

• Jared Polis and Me

  July 22, 2008

• Jared Polis Endorses Himself

  August 6, 2008

• Jared Polis Endorses Himself

  August 6, 2008

• Jared Polis' sexuality: no big deal

  August 14, 2008

• Jared Polis' sexuality: no big deal

  August 14, 2008

• The Denver Post's bizarre juxtaposition of Jared Polis and Marilyn Musgrave

  October 6, 2008

• The Rocky's Vince Carroll joins the Jared Polis fan club

  Who'da thunk that liberal Democratic congressman-elect Jared Polis could make conservative Rocky Mountain News editorial-page editor Vince Carroll gush as he does in today's column "Polis Off to Great Start"? Apparently only Carroll himself, who writes, "More than a year ago, I suggested that Polis would prove to be a far more independent member of Congress than the Democratic front-runner at the time, former state Senate President Joan Fitz-Gerald. But I hardly expected him to prove it before h

  December 11, 2008

• Off Limits

  November 7, 2002

• Denver Blogs: What did J.R. shoot?

  Some of the primary ingredients in Denver Blogs are -- yes, it's true -- blogs. Tell us about ones that don't blow here. Get ready for Nuggets man-child J.R. Smith's appearance in tomorrow's NBA All-Star slam-dunk competition by watching his top-ten jams of the season. Or else stuff it. (NuggDoctor) Jared Polis talks about how much he likes the recovery package. Which sounds dirtier than it really is. (ColoradoPols) Justin's Nut Butter is totally safe. Which sounds dirtier than it really is

  February 13, 2009

• Best Movies for Spanish Speakers

  March 25, 2004

• Letters to the Editor

  August 26, 2004

• Jared Polis hits section cover in the Denver newspaper bloggers haven't killed yet

  Jared Polis. That old saw about there being no such thing as bad publicity may be true in a general sense -- but betcha Jared Polis would gladly have done without his appearance on the front of the Denver Post's local section today. "Bloggers Killed Rocky, Polis Asserts" quotes from a speech the Boulder congressman gave at a February 28 event for Netroots Nation, a national progressive organization. "Who killed the Rocky Mountain News?" he asked in a recording that can be heard on this Colorad

  March 3, 2009

• The Real World of Jared Polis, courtesy of CNN

  Jared Polis, looking "real" for CNN. Freshman Boulder Congressman Jared Polis caused a stir yesterday -- both locally and nationally, it seems -- when the Denver Post reported that he told a progressive political group on Saturday that bloggers killed the Rocky Mountain News, an act he hailed as "mostly for the better." Now, we could debate whether Polis deserved the (arguably) bad press and whether his rep will suffer. But we won't. Instead, we'll ask the this burning question: Why wasn't th

  March 4, 2009

• The Westword.com blog shortcut, March 4 edition

  Photo by Mark Manger.Rollin'. Feeling flaky? Today in Cafe Society: • Up Close: Star Kitchen. • A taste of Sudan at Restaurant 4580. • Anthony Bourdain at an altweekly? • Go help the Whole Planet. • Our Weekly Bread: Summerhill Market. • New Belgium's Sunshine Wheat gets canned. Today in Backbeat Online: • Members of Savage Henry involved in bus crash in Missouri. • Last Night's Show: These Are Powers at Rhinoceropolis. • U2 top seller at Black & Read. • Fertility in fallo

  March 4, 2009

• Shmuck of the Week: Jared "Rocky Killer" Polis

  Jared Polis. Here is an example of a condolence e-card you can find at www.bluemountain.com, the online greeting card company originally founded by the parents of Jared Polis, who's now a first-term Congressman from Colorado's second district: Memories keep the one you loved close to you in spirit and thought and always in your heart, today and forever. Thinking of you with sympathy Here's another: When somebody dies, a cloud turns into an angel, and flies up to tell God to put another flo

  March 6, 2009

• Best Behind-the-Scenes Political Power Brokers

  March 24, 2005

• Even more evil: DIA's "Mustang" is worth $2 million

  March 12, 2009

• We'll Always Have Paris

  A local coffee house escapes the smoking ban.

  July 13, 2006

• Young Blood

  Rising political powerhouse Jared Polis is rich, tireless and filled with contradictions.

  August 19, 2004

• The Berating Game

  As the controversy continues over Colorado's new report cards, Westword offers this handy guide for the perplexed.

  November 8, 2001

• Know Your Boardmembers

  The graduating class and the incoming members.

  January 4, 2001

• Making the Grades

  Colorado's Board of Education is more powerful than you know -- and it would like to get even stronger.

  January 4, 2001

• Sorry, Jared Polis: You're fired (from your CNN series)

  Jared Polis as he appears on an episode of CNN's "Freshman Year." The last time we blogged about Freshman Year, CNN's You Tube-y reality show about two totally different congressmen picked to serve in the House, we had these predictions for forthcoming episodes: Conservative Utah father-of-three Jason Chaffetz gets drunk in a hot tub; liberal and openly gay Jared Polis of Boulder gets kicked out of a nightclub; and both of them get into a nasty, spit-in-your-face fight with Nancy Pelosi over wh

  May 21, 2009

• The Westword.com blog shortcut, May 21 edition

  "Hey, this burrito is shaped like a really big, fat penis!" Take a bite. Today in Cafe Society: • Quiznos is the sandwich of choice for half-naked playmates. • Eat Here Now! at 910Arts. • Jax puts its fin into the wine game. • Up Close: The Q Worldly Barbecue. • Candy Girls: Sweet Action Ice Cream. • Patio season approaches; share your favorite spots. • D Bar Desserts celebrates its first anniversary with free cupcakes! Today in Backbeat Online: • Mile Hi-Fidelity playlist --

  May 21, 2009

• Jared Polis is having a tough year on TV

  May 28, 2009

• Obama says he "loves" Jared Polis's reality show. Really, prez?

  CNN.comPolis (and his nostrils) at the White House. President Obama and I disagree... about the awesomeness of CNN's YouTube-y reality show Freshman Year, starring Colorado's own freshman congressman, Jared Polis of Boulder. According to Polis, Obama "loves" his show. Me, not so much. (Although I do sorta love to hate it.) If you're not familiar with Freshman Year, it's a show about two totally different congressmen -- Polis, who's liberal and openly gay, and Rep. Jason Chaffetz, a conservativ

  June 11, 2009

• Denver Blogs: Obama continues to be total p#$sy about gay marriage

  Jared Polis, king of queens. Blogs: We read the good ones so you don't have to read the bad ones. Send tips. Polis tells Obama to sack up and repeal the Defense of Marriage Act. (Colorado Pols) Colorado kids are really, really poor. They should get jobs or something. (Kidding!) (Colorado Independent) Wait, what? The Rockies lost? When did we get back to May? (Purple Row)

  June 17, 2009

• Denver Blogs: The Marshall plan

  A cruise through the local blogosphere. Send thy tips. What do fans want the Broncos to do with Brandon Marshall? (Mile High Report) Jared Polis is pissed about the Defense of Marriage Act. But not pissed enough to piss off his fellow Democrats. (Colorado Independent) At CU, being true to your school comes at a price. (Face the State)

  June 18, 2009

• Denver Blogs: Ask, tell, shout it from the trenches

  Jared Polis A leisurely stroll through the local blogosphere. Send tips. Jared Polis and Diana DeGette don't ask but tell Obama to kill Don't Ask Don't Tell. (Colorado Independent) In Aurora, a curious play to discourage new construction. (Face the State) A Denver illustrator whose work you should know. Or at least look at. (Denver Egotist)

  June 23, 2009

• Jared Polis makes the NYT with anti-Obama health care message

  It looks like Boulder Congressman Jared Polis has taken the lead as one of the Democrats to cross party lines and thumb his nose at President Obama's health care proposal. But his concerns don't have to do with health care itself. No, a letter he wrote that was signed by 21 other Democratic congressmen, is concerned with the fate of the wealthy, according to today's New York Times report:

  July 20, 2009

• Hiking, eating brats, shooting potato guns: The fabulous life of Jared Polis

   OK, so CNN.com's Freshman Year -- the internet reality show starring Colorado Congressman Jared Polis -- isn't likely an accurate representation of how Polis spends his time. And he does allegedly visit an Aurora detention center in the most recent episode (although we don't see it, and I'm convinced he actually went sky-diving or did something equally awesome). But still: We see him hiking in Summit County, we see him shooting a bad-ass potato gun, we see him salivating over brats at a st

  July 23, 2009

• Denver Blogs: Who are you, Congressman Polis?

  ​ Your daily recommended dose of blog. Send us links. Is Jared Polis a crony for his rich friends? (Colorado Pols) Or simply trying to help small businesses? (Square State) Tax-cutting petitions circulating. (Face the State)

  July 27, 2009

• So that's why Polis has been so ballsy on health care: He's been making it rain on the Hill

  "I got money in the bank/Shorty what you drink?"​House Democrats are playing nice again, and moving closer to finding compromise on a stripped down version of the president's health-care plan. And wouldn't you know it, just days after irking upperclassmen with his very-un-freshman-like stance on the bill, Rep. Jared Polis (D-A Big Pile of Money) showed up on the Denver Post Op-Ed page this morning urging support for the president's plan: I am happy to say that significant progress has be

  July 30, 2009

• Denver Blogs: Welcome To Camp

  #1 is probably a stretch. No reason not to get excited, however.​ Give us this day our daily blog. And send links. Broncos training camp opens. (Mile High Report) And the Rockies make a move, right under the trade deadline, for some left-handed relief. (Purple Row) Another Jared Polis link? Why not. (Square State)

  July 31, 2009

• Denver Blogs: Are Republicans desperate enough to nominate Bob Beauprez again?

  He's b-a-a-a-a-ck....​Each day about this time, we cruise through the cyber-waters like sharks in search of bloggy chum. If you notice a rich, steaming bucket of news or opinion, scoop it our way. Insiders say Bob Beauprez is running for the U.S. Senate. Be still our beating hearts. (Colorado Pols) The Broncos are slowly building a team. Which is good news, because it's been looking like they were slowly building a catastrophe. (Mile High Report) Some questions for Jared Polis that have

  August 3, 2009

• Jared Polis does beer bong with Stephen Colbert

  The Colbert ReportMon - Thurs 11:30pm / 10:30cEven Better-er Know a District - Colorado's 2nd - Jared Poliswww.colbertnation.comColbert Report Full EpisodesPolitical HumorMeryl Streep It's one of those TV moments when you're thinking, "He won't do that. He wouldn't possibly do that." And then he does it anyway! Second District Congressman Jared Polis appeared on last night's episode of The Colbert Report in the show's first-ever "Even Better Know a District Segment" -- so named because Colbert

  August 18, 2009

• Oh yeah: Jared Polis also hosted a healthcare town hall....

  Before Congressman Jared Polis' constituents got a chance to see him do a beer bong with Stephen Colbert on The Colbert Report last night, they had the opportunity to watch him do something else unusual -- host a healthcare town hall that didn't deteriorate into scarlet-faced, neck-tendon-displaying sound and fury. As captured in this first-rate Boulder Daily Camera video by Jonathan Castner, the throng that showed up to share their views about reform legislation with JP typically stayed on poi

  August 18, 2009

• Commenters mostly laugh off Jared Polis' beer-bonging

  Representative Jared Polis getting his drink on with an assist from Stephen Colbert.​Representative Jared Polis beat Doug Lamborn and Betsy Markey to the healthcare-town-hall punch, staging a session on Monday. Not that the event got much attention. After all, that evening, Polis starred in the first "Even Better-er Know a District" segment on Comedy Central's The Colbert Report, during which he and host Stephen Colbert took turns sucking Coors Light from a beer bong. Yes, it was hilariou

  August 19, 2009

• Stephen Colbert on Jared Polis calling him gay

  A masked Stephen Colbert.​One more quick hit about Jared Polis' beer-bonging appearance on The Colbert Report. On his Twitter feed earlier this week, host Stephen Colbert tweeted the following: "Can't believe Jared Polis called me gay. Ridiculous. In other news, totally fired up for Project Runway premiere this week!" You and me both, brother.

  August 19, 2009

• Dan Caplis wants Jared Polis to apologize for beer-bonging

  Jared Polis sucking one down on "The Colbert Report."​Representative Jared Polis' decision to beer bong a Coors Light during a Monday appearance on The Colbert Report was hilarious, but it also carried the risk of political consequences. As of yesterday morning, commentators in politically correct Boulder were mostly taking Polis' stunt in stride -- but not KHOW conservative finger-wagger Dan Caplis. During his show Wednesday afternoon, he narrated audio from the clip -- it can be viewed b

  August 20, 2009

• 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 sessions are generally becoming less contentious, Polis's latest, staged at the Mary Carpenter Recreation Center in Thornton over the weekend, didn't devolve into screaming sessions about death panels

  August 24, 2009

• Jared Polis' fondness for polar bears and afterbirth

  Jared Polis and a polar pal.​Jared Polis: He's everywhere these days. When he's not sucking down a cold one with Comedy Central's Stephen Colbert, beer-bong style, the Boulder Democrat is pointing the camera at himself as part of Freshman Year, a CNN series in which he and Utah Republican Congressman Jason Chaffetz chronicle their first terms in the U.S. House. Polis' earlier episodes received failing grades from Melanie Asmar, but his latest offering (accessible by clicking here) is a mod

  August 28, 2009

• Denver Blogs: Who dey? We dey!

  Our daily adventure in blog-surfing. More reaction to the miracle in Cincinnati (and another excuse to play the above video). (Mile High Report) Jared Polis is quite effin rich. (Colorado Independent) Conservatives really don't want you hippies looking at their tweets. (Colorado Pols)

  September 14, 2009

• Jared Polis says there's no defense for the Defense of Marriage Act

  Yesterday, Representative Jared Polis joined colleagues Jerrold Nadler and Tammy Baldwin, Dems from New York and Wisconsin, respectively, at a press conference boosting the Respect for Marriage Act. During his microphone time, viewable above, Plis referred derisively to the "thirteen-year-old, so-called Defense of Marriage Act," which would be wiped off the legislative map by the new bill; in his view, DOMA "singles out legally married same sex couples for discriminatory treatment under federal

  September 16, 2009

• The Westword.com blog shortcut, September 16 edition

  ​Picture this. Today in Backbeat Online: • Flier of the Week: Lipgloss. • Heavy Rotation, our top spins for the week of September 14, 2009. Today in Cafe Society: • Amnesia wins the Mix Master Bartender contest, appropriately enough. • Hosea Rosenberg hosts Colorado harvest dinner at Jax Boulder. • Chef and Tell: Paul Reilly of Encore. • Our Weekly Bread: Cafe Options. • Under Fire: Sugar and spice. Today in The Latest Word: • Mario Solis-Marich to stop "boof"-ing the CU

  September 16, 2009

• Denver Blogs: James Dobson's minions focus on another state's families

  In the name of J.D., not necessarily J.C.​Our daily homage to local bloggage. Focus on the Family is spreading its hate in Maine. 5280's on the case. Rep. Jared Polis is speaking out against the what he calls a "sweep of terror" being done on illegal immigrants, Colorado Independent reports. At HuffPo Denver, Erin Rosa says the DEA's assertion that drug cartels are getting rich(er) off of medical marijuana is skunky at best.

  October 21, 2009

• Denver Blogs: Sperm Egg doesn't equal big donations

  Destination: Ovum!​Local blogs for locals like you. Former Colorado Independent staffer Wendy Norris launches Western Citizen, her new online news project, with a story about the tough financial times being faced by backers of the latest personhood amendment. Fetus don't fail them now. John Reidy at South Stands Denver interviews ESPN's Dave Demshek in anticipation of the Broncos' Monday night matchup against Pittsburgh. Be warned: Dave's a Steelers fan. Colorado Pols notes that Jared P

  November 4, 2009