Here’s a shock: In the GOP straw poll held on Friday, gubernatorial candidate Josh Penry absolutely crushed Dan Maes, who hardly anyone realizes is still running, including, probably, members of his own family. As for Scott McInnis, the leader in name recognition and a new poll he likes better than…
The last of the week’s local-blog wrangling. Make it count. Broncos Country has spoken, and what they’re talking about is a nice little touchdown win on Sunday. (Mile High Country) David Sirota on the problems with Obama’s electoral meddling. (Huffington Post Denver) More on Denver’s position as the world leader…
Representative Mike Coffman is usually a pretty cool customer — but he’s made little effort to mask his anger at Colorado Ethics Watch’s Chantell Taylor, who he’s accused of her own ethical violations in a letter to the state Supreme Court. Back in April, after members of the Independent Ethics…
Yesterday, Representative Jared Polis turned to Twitter to let his followers know about the latest episode of his CNN series Freshman Year, “featuring our new puppy Gia!” However, he didn’t mention another addition to the family — a swank condo at 1655 Walnut Street in Boulder, which turned up in…
Earlier this week, Scott McInnis spokesman Sean Duffy griped that a new survey showing Josh Penry leading SM in the gubernatorial race was unscientific (which the folks behind it acknowledged) and dismissible because it was conducted by a Penry supporter (which they disputed). Now, the complaint’s in the other mouth…
We search local blogs for decent reading. Here’s today’s selection: Your hot European ski instructor is about to get way less European (and thus way less hot) thanks to Obama. Further proof he’s not American! Let’s see that birth certificate, chief! (Colorado Independent) Former Governor Lamm wants to ration your…
Last week, an e-mail string inadvertently sent to the press by a member of Michael Bennet’s staff suggested that the senate appointee sees fellow Democrat Mark Udall as something of a rival. But that didn’t stop him from joining Udall and a group of eight other freshman senators to deliver…
Flipped over to KHOW en route to the office this morning, arriving at the dial spot just in time to catch ten minutes of the most incomprehensible radio I’ve ever heard in my life. Host Peter Boyles noted that he’d posted a video on his page of the outlet’s website…
Gubernatorial candidate Josh Penry sure must be proud of the comically over-edited video included in our blog about his campaign yesterday — and he’s equally fond of a poll showing him 17 points ahead of challenger Scott McInnis, even though Sean Duffy, McInnis’ spokesman, dismisses it as an unscientific poll…
Our daily hunt for ripe, juicy local blogging. Terry Schiavio’s brother is very mad at our president — and wants to pull the plug on our “culture of death.” (Sorry. I tried. I really did.) (Colorado Independent) How to live cheaply without being cheap. (5280) Is a proposed impound-your-car law…
The latest sport among the right-wing loonocracy involves targeting minor members of the Obama administration and hammering away at them relentlessly until they’re given the boot. Among the latest folks to get such treatment: National Endowment for the Arts communication director Yosi Sergant, who was reassigned after Fox News’ Glenn…
Don’t accuse Scott McInnis spokesman Sean Duffy of letting his guy get battered without mounting a rapid defense. Shortly after the publication of a blog about an informal, unscientific survey showing Josh Penry ahead of McInnis in the Republican race for governor, Duffy rang up to dismiss the poll as…
Is there a more high-maintenance public figure in Colorado than Douglas Bruce? Doubt it. Yesterday, Bruce went to court over a trespassing charge leveled against him in August, when he was collecting signatures for a ballot measure outside a Costco store. According to the Colorado Springs Gazette, the judge tossed…
Governor Bill Ritter may be trying to establish his fiscal conservatism amid the necessity to make even deeper budget cuts — a strategy that closely echoes the one being used right now by Josh Penry, who seems to be emerging as Ritter’s likely Republican opponent in the 2010 election. The…
At yesterday’s press conference discussing the need to make up for an additional $240 million shortfall in 2009-2010 state revenue, Governor Bill Ritter immediately emphasized fiscal caution. “As is our practice,” he said, “we will be balancing our budget with the more conservative of the forecasts.” That’s a shot across…
“John Hickenlooper’s Budget-Cut Pitch,” a blog published last Wednesday, pointed out that Denver’s mayor had cannily put the onus on unions representing police officers when it came to trimming costs. The key line in a letter to Denver residents read: “There will be no wage increase for police, fire and…
Our daily swing through the local blogosphere. Is that a fat lady I hear singing? And is that fat lady wearing a Rockies jersey? (Purple Row) The Family Research Council wants to oust Betsy Markey, which means the Family Research Council is much more evil than its name infers. (Colorado…
Andrew Romanoff’s got more than an uphill battle when it comes to winning the 2010 Democratic nomination for the U.S. Senate. His angle of ascent’s as vertical as it can be, what with the White House throwing its support behind Bill Ritter nominee Michael Bennet. With that in mind, he’s…
Right now, Democrat Jared Polis is the Colorado congressional leader when it comes to using new media, sometimes to excess; note that last week, Polis’ staff uploaded more than twenty healthcare stories about his constituents to YouTube. But Republican Mike Coffman seems ready to give JP a run for his…
Our own Joe Tone thinks the Newsweek cover headline “The Case for Killing Granny” is evidence that the folks at the mag have lost it, and maybe they have. After all, author Evan Thomas makes a Colorado reference in illustrating the healthcare disparities (according to him, the average cost of…
We read local blogs so you don’t have to, although you should, ’cause many of them don’t suck. Turning trash into electricity: Yet another way that life imitates Back to the Future. (Colorado Independent) Malcom Glenn doesn’t think you should be surprised by Obama’s endorsement of Michael Bennet. (Which you…
No denying that Internet multi-millionaire turned Congressman Jared Polis is a believer in new technology. During the past day or so, his office has posted videos on YouTube in which he can be seen talking on the floor of the U.S. House about the personal healthcare stories of real Coloradans…
