Mark Udall

Breaking a 33-Year Stalemate

Jared Polis Endorses Himself

Political ads: already out of control

Mark Udall and Bob Schaffer: the YouTube wars

Slate: Is Colorado blue enough for Obama?

The Colorado officials who bucked the bailout -- and those who went along

Mark Udall rides the Twitter bandwagon

A vote for Mark Udall is a vote for Europarodo

Bob Beauprez re-emerges -- as a pro-Catholic robo-caller for Bob Schaffer

Jay Marvin's anti-Mark Udall rant makes the rounds

Jay Marvin was once the fieriest of radio talk-show hosts, as is made clear in our 1998 feature article, "Double Trouble." By the time of a 2007 Message column, "Progress?," which profiled him in the context of his current station, AM 760, he'd mellowed considerably. But the combative Marvin resur ... More >>

The Westword.com blog shortcut, December 10 edition

It's beginning to feel a lot like blog roundup time. Today in Backbeat Online: • Twelve things every Wu-Tang Clan fan should own. • Mile High Makeout: Dreaming of me. • An extremely entertaining Q&A with Ryan Hendrix of Colourmusic. • Rap Up: Whygee and Sunken State unite for a free EP. â ... More >>

Advice to Mark Udall: Don't take all of Wayne Allard's advice

For the most part, Colorado Public Radio's recent conversation with Wayne Allard doesn't exactly qualify as scintillating: big surprise. But Mike Saccone of Grand Junction's Daily Sentinel, whose "Political Notebook" feature qualifies as one of the better political blogs in the state, zeroed in on ... More >>

The Westword.com blog shortcut, December 16 edition

Only eight blogging days until Christmas. Today in Cafe Society: • The List: Best hotel restaurants. • Happy fifth birthday to Mezcal, which will soon get a sibling. • Is the second Santa Fe Tequila Company drying up? • Smashburger is a smash in Wichita. Today in Backbeat Online: • Eri ... More >>

Off Limits

Shakers and movers

Best Congressional Haiku -- Democrat

Mark Udall

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 >>

Liberty for All

Runners and walkers lace up for freedom.

Next Up

Denver's Museum of Contemporary Art breaks ground on its new building.

Across State Lines

A representative sampling of our congressional candidates.

Sing, You Sinners!

The sounds of silence at CU.

Deliverance

Time's a-wastin' at Rocky Flats.

That's My Boy!

Mo Udall's son Mark climbs into politics. Guess where he stands on environmental issues.

YouTubers ratchet up the guilt on John Elway, other Denver celebs over child soldiers

On April 25, InvisibleChildren.com is staging events in 100 cities to bring attention to the abduction and forced recruitment of child soldiers -- an unspeakably cruel practice that's all too common in many parts of the world. In Denver, participants will gather at the main gate of Coors Field pri ... More >>

Denver Blog: Joe the Plumber? In Denver? A dream come true...

Wikipedia CommonsImagine this guy hammered, with a cig in one hand and a glock in the other. Our daily tour of the Colorogosphere. Send some links, yo. Guns, tobacco, liquor and Joe the Plumber, all at the same event? Count me the hell in. (Colorado Independent) Mark Udall continues to fight for ... More >>

Do Bennet and Udall heart the NRA?

Is that a gun in your pocket? When Michael Bennet was just a baby/his mama told him, son/always be a good boy/don't ever play with guns. But that (weird, re-imagined-by-me Johnny Cash lyric) didn't stop him from voting for them. Now he and fellow Sen. Mark Udall are in trouble -- at least with ... More >>

The Westword.com blog shortcut, July 24 edition

Dressy Bessy is ready for the weekend.​ Damn it's hot outside. Today in Backbeat Online: -Get your video groove on with Dressy Bessy. -Heavenfest taking shape. Wow, that dude in the front looks like he's going to kill me with his pointer finger. -New Informants album. -Freaky Friday, bad rap ... More >>

Denver Blogs: A nuclear flip-flop

Mark Udall​Our daily cast for tasty blogs. If you don't like them, throw 'em back! Udall, McCain: Let's get nuclear up in this bitch! (Colorado Pols) The Rockies actually lost last night, but the umps are a bunch of pussies and didn't call it. (Did I mention I'm a lifelong Giants fan?) (Insi ... More >>

Denver Blogs: Senator calls for end to "Don't Ask, Don't Tell"

Mark Udall doesn't want to ask, and doesn't want you to tell.​The last of the week's local-blog wrangling. Happy Friday, all. Senator Mark Udall on HuffPo Denver: "The time has come to end 'Don't Ask, Don't Tell.'" If a Senate candidate (Ryan Frazier) announces he's now a House candidate an ... More >>

Denver Blogs: Mark Udall promotes the nuclear option

"Trust me, Senator. I have everything under control!"​Local bloggers are easier to love -- because they're so conveniently located. 5280's Michael de Yoanna notes Senator Mark Udall's unstinting support for expanding nuclear energy. It's clean, unless it spills -- in which case it's kinda mes ... More >>

Denver Blogs: It's beginning to sound a lot like Christmas

Put that in your pipe and smoke it, BC.​Here are some local sites you might enjoy visiting. A thread on DenverRadio.net's Comments & Rumors board begins with questions about why no local stations have started playing wall-to-wall Christmas music yet -- and ends with news that KOSI has begun t ... More >>

Mark Udall wanted Stephanie Villafuerte nomination to be more open, his aide says

Mark Udall's staffers swear he wasn't trying to hide anything.​Ever since Stephanie Villafuerte removed herself from the U.S. Attorney sweepstakes via an angry letter in which she expressed frustration about "a needless and extraneous political fight" that has "completely overshadowed the deli ... More >>

Mark Udall confirms arrangement with Senator Jeff Sessions over Stephanie Villafuerte nomination

Mark Udall supports an inquiry into the Cory Voorhis case.​Still no resolution in the case of ex-ICE agent Cory Voorhis, who's fighting to get his old job back years after being sacked for passing information from a restricted database to gubernatorial candidate Bob Beaprez. But an interesting ... More >>

Tom Mauser, Mark Udall and the gun-show loophole: Why no deal?

Mark Udall isn't signing on just yet.​Mark Udall seems an unlikely target for Tom Mauser's campaign to close the gun-show loophole -- the subject of full-page ads in the Denver Post and Boulder Daily Camera aimed squarely at the Colorado senator. After all, Udall's derided the loophole for at ... More >>

Mark Udall calls Armenian genocide what it was -- "genocide"

Mark Udall isn't into using synonyms.​In politics, a single word can get in the way -- especially when that word is "genocide." During his presidential campaign, candidate Barack Obama left little doubt where he stood when it came to the events of April 24, 1915, when Turks exterminated somew ... More >>

Immigration reform must happen now, says Denver City Council proclamation

Chris Nevitt has something to proclaim.​The controversial Arizona immigration bill hasn't stopped any folks from coming into this country illegally yet. After all, it won't take effect until July. But it's certainly led to a bumper crop of proclamations, including denunciations by Denver Publi ... More >>

Tim Tebow's the No. 3 Broncos quarterback: One down, two to go

"I'm strapping it on, boys."​Here's three tasty Denver blog samples. On Mile High Report, NavyBSU_fan comments on a report that Tim Tebow is third on the Broncos' QB depth chart, having passed Tom Brandstater. "In other news," he writes, "dog bites man." Ouch! 5280's Michael de Yoanna notes ... 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 >>

Mark Udall, Michael Bennet: Will they support Obama's tax-cut compromise or just say no?

Mark Udall.​Looky here: Three Denver blog posts. Colorado Pols weighs the odds of Mark Udall and Michael Bennet backing or attacking Barack Obama's tax-cut compromise. Denver Egotist measures the Mile High City's awesomeness using Westaf's Creative Vitality Index. Get our your slide rule. I ... More >>

Mark Udall thinks Don't Ask, Don't Tell should go to hell

Mark Udall.​These Denver blog posts were just what the web doctor ordered. 5280's Michael de Yoanna notes that Senator Mark Udall hasn't given up on repealing Don't Ask, Don't Tell. Mile High Mamas' Amber Johnson wonders: Should parents be required to buy plane tickets for children under age ... More >>

Mark Udall lovefest and ten other ways Congress could be more civil

​On Wednesday, President Obama called for a new era of civility in light of the tragic Jared Loughner-Gabrielle Giffords shooting in Tucson, while Colorado Senator Mark Udall suggested that the members of Congress sit together for the State of the Union address rather than separate by politica ... 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 >>

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 >>

Mark Udall's State of the Union plan has reps looking for dates; Dana Perino calls it "silly"

Mark Udall.​At first, even Colorado's reps weren't sold on Senator Mark Udall's idea about Republicans and Democrats sitting together at the State of the Union speech. Now, as Cokie Roberts noted on National Public Radio this morning, the concept's taken on a life of its own, with elected offi ... More >>

Rockbar welcomes spring with new beer garden: Kenny Be's Yard Arteology

Yard Arteology: The study of neighbors through lawn decoration...Figure 97a. City Park: Twelve lovely pilsners growing on a fence.​ The photograph of the impaled beer bottles above proves that yard art is as popular with hotel guests as it is with homeowners. And it can also be said that the c ... More >>

Ty Lawson, Denver Nuggets to run rings around Raptors after tough losses to Orlando, Miami?

Ty Lawson.​We've gathered here today to check out these Denver blog posts. Denver Stiffs' Nate Timmons notes that the Nuggets are at home tonight versus Toronto -- a blessing after a long road trip that ended with defeats to the Magic and Heat. 5280's Michael de Yoanna: Mark Udall is more ha ... More >>

Colorado Rockies nearly getting no hit by everyone: Why the power shortage?

Troy Tulowitzki.​The cyber-world birthed these Denver blog posts. Purple Row's Andrew Martin notes that the Rockies' aren't the only team with hitting issues -- but something gotta give. Free Colorado's Ari Armstrong on why he's not a Libertarian. Colorado Independent's Scot Kersgaard wonde ... More >>

Tim Tebow: Did someone put Hulk arms on this photo, or are those his real muscles?

Tim smash?​Denver blog posts ahoy! Mile High Report links to a Yahoo! item debating whether Tim Tebow's guns in this tweeted pic were Photoshopped. Your call? WhoSaidYouSaid thinks Mark Udall is missing some of us in the great outdoors. Denver Egotist has something for spamees and e-mail th ... More >>

Mark Udall hitting the panic button about debt-ceiling issue -- but are other politicos listening?

Mark Udall.​Three Denver blog posts: our gift to you. Colorado Independent's David O. Williams on Mark Udall's call for senators and reps to do stop fiddling before the U.S. credit rating burns. Denver Egotist offers a way to do Legwork Studio a solid. Free Range Longmont's Mary Pitt on the ... More >>

Mark Udall proud The Daily Show's Jon Stewart agrees with him (VIDEO)

Video below.​Politicians featured in comedy bits on The Daily Show don't usually draw attention to their appearances, given that they tend to come across as clueless bozos. But Senator Mark Udall's office actually wants constituents to watch the following video, about a provision of a defense ... More >>