U.S. Republican Party Politics

Rockies prove to be Giants killers -- sort of

Denver blog posts really mean it. Purple Row's Jay Tymkovich thinks the Rockies' series win over the San Francisco Giants makes a statement. Colorado Pols thinks the lack of viable Republican candidates to challenge Governor John Hickenlooper or Senator Mark Udall means the GOP has no bench. Denv ... More >>

Tom Tancredo offers his own Colorado Compact on Immigration Fairness

"Does the GOP have a death wish?" That's what former congressman, former gubernatorial candidate and longtime rabble-rouser Tom Tancredo asks, in the wake of a number of Republicans signing off last week on the Colorado Compact on Immigration. Tancredo, who left the Rrepublican Party to run for gov ... More >>

Republican candidates in Boulder and Pueblo pursue recounts, despite wide margins of loss

The Colorado Secretary of State's office may have certified election results last week, but that doesn't mean the battle is over. At least not from the perspective of Republican candidates in Boulder and Pueblo, who are considering pursuing recounts. While the races there weren't close, supporters a ... More >>

Reader: If Republicans had backed Amendment 64, young people still wouldn't have gone GOP

In an interview last week, former gubernatorial candidate Tom Tancredo argued that true conservatives should have supported Amendment 64 -- but he doubted that more Republican support would have driven many young voters to the GOP. One reader agrees in language that would likely please the ex-Congre ... More >>

Romney backers accidentally voting for Obama?: GOP cites more reports of machine errors

In a race that remains very much a toss-up mere hours before election day, both sides can agree that a very small margin of voters will decide whether Colorado goes red or blue tomorrow. It is for that reason that some Republican Party officials in the state say they're particularly worried about re ... 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 >>

Red or blue, all eyes are on Colorado this election

Ryan Call, GOP chairman, on women's issues and Todd Akin: Democrats are desperate

In this week's feature, "Purple Haze," we outline how the close fight for Colorado's nine electoral votes could determine the next president of the United States. And a key part of that battle, nationally and in Colorado, involves the women's vote. Here's more from our interview with state GOP Cha ... More >>

Ryan Call, GOP chair, faces improper vote charge from 21-year-old Ron Paul supporter

As the local campaigns for Mitt Romney and Barack Obama compete to attract voters in this key swing state, the Colorado Republican Party is now dealing with its own internal battle, with one national delegate alleging that the state's GOP chairman won an important committee seat in a botched electio ... 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 >>

"Big Bitch" policy divides DA candidates George Brauchler, Leslie Hansen

This week's feature, "Sucker Punch," traces how an assault at a heavy metal concert turned into a habitual criminal prosecution in Arapahoe County, with one of the defendants facing a mountain of time while the other got probation. In the three-way race for district attorney in the 18th Judicial Dis ... More >>

Reader: I'm a Ron Paul fan who can't make myself vote for Mitt Romney

As noted in a William Breathes post, presumptive Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney wasn't pleased by a TV reporter's question about cannabis. The item whipped up plenty o' vitriol, with one memorable comment coming from a Ron Paul supporter.

Marco Rubio is a pretty boy with a caca-eating grin

Ryan Call on why Colorado Republican caucuses mean more than ever

Colorado's first caucuses were modestly attended affairs that didn't have a sizable impact on the presidential choices of either major party. But turnout jumped four years ago, especially for the Democratic caucus that boosted Barack Obama. Predictably, Colorado Republican Party chairman Ryan Call i ... More >>

Ali Hasan could be a Colorado leading man

Pro-Palin blogger Adam Brickley still in SarahCuda's corner

Adam Brickley on "The Colbert Report" last year. Alaska governor Sarah Palin's surprise announcement on Friday that she'll be leaving her office eighteen months early because -- well, just because -- distressed many of the GOP faithful. But it didn't upset Adam Brickley, the Colorado blogger credit ... More >>

Ryan Frazier throws his hat into the Senate race

Ryan Frazier Two-term Aurora city councilman Ryan Frazier has announced that he's formed an exploratory committee for the Colorado 2010 U.S. Senate Race. The development, which Frazier will announce today at a Grand Junction tea party rally, makes the 31-year-old Frazier the first Republican to tak ... More >>

Scott McInnis prematurely pisses on GOP's grave

Is the National Republican Senatorial Committee giving up on Bob Schaffer?

Buddy Moore and the truth about 9/11

Denver Post blogger John Andrews' "full disclosure"

John Andrews' Attack on Rima Sinclair

A Perfect Match

Commercial Break

The Straight-Talk Express Goes to Utah. And Europe.

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.

Bush League

Buried Alive

No Tell Hotel

You Say Ineligible, I Say Illegible

Sideswiped

Clowns to the Left of Me

Marc Holtzman's got a feeling that something in the Grand Old Party ain't right.

Off Limits

No-hassle tassels

Off Limits

See you in the funny pages.

Making Book on Bill Owens

Questions about the religious right are this GOP candidate's cross to bear--or is that bare?

Spin Cycles

Laundered money, the shadow of big tobacco, and a blubbering court reporter: The wild trial over Colorado's Amendment 15.

Life of the Party

Winning the Governor's Mansion could be a religious experience for the GOP.

The Green Candidate

Armed with deep pockets, Terry Walker mounts a bid for governor.

The GOP? In Boulder?

A mainstream Republican starts what could be a strong run to replace David Skaggs in Congress.

Off Limits

God's Own Party

Everything's divine in Arvada, where the GOP has veered sharply to the religious right.

Are You Now, or Have You Ever Been...?

A party leader's "affiliation" comes under fire in the state GOP chairman's race.

Party Crasher

Back from the abyss, Sam Zakhem campaigns for the forgotten man: himself

Ire of Newt

The Speaker's shadow falls on local Republicans.

NEWT'S LOCAL LINK

A COLORADO NONPROFIT FUNNELED GINGRICH'S GOPAC FUNDS.

AGAINST THE WIND

CONTRARY TO POPULAR OPINION, GALE NORTON'S QUEST FOR THE SENATE WILL BE ANYTHING BUT A BREEZE.

OFF LIMITS

OFF THE RECORD

WHOSE DIVORCE RECORDS ARE SEALED? READ ALL ABOUT IT.

A RUN FOR HIS MONEY