When Dan Maes’s footnote to Colorado history is written, his downfall will not be attributed to sloppy accounting or historical revisionism. Instead, he will forever be remembered as the candidate who failed to take complete advantage of the similarities between his last name and the Spanish word for corn. Imagine…
Proponents of Amendment 62 hit a roadblock yesterday in their drive to get Colorado voters to approve Amendment 62, an updated version of the anti-abortion measure that voters soundly defeated in 2008. A suit brought by amendment sponsors Gualberto Garcia Jones and Leslie Hanks had claimed that the Blue Book…
In an interview in the October 15 issue of Rolling Stone, President Barack Obama defends his administration’s overhaul of the Department of the Interior amid agency scandals and outrage over the Gulf oil spill — and insists Interior Secretary Ken Salazar will keep his job, calling him “an outstanding public…
Yesterday, Tom Tancredo’s campaign sent out a release noting that Dan Maes had earlier said only candidates polling above 20 percent should be invited to participate in gubernatorial debates and wondering if he’d pull out now that a new Fox News poll puts him below that threshold. But Tancredo operations…
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…
Even as Tom Tancredo was partying with Dog the Bounty Hunter and Dan Maes defendng his firing as a Kansas cop, John Hickenlooper’s been trying not to screw up a scenario that led GOP boss Dick Wadhams to brand him the world’s luckiest guy. But is Tancredo starting to get…
The first incarnation of this year’s Personhood Amendment, which says the term “person” applies to humans from their biological starting point, popped up in 2008, when the face of the proposal was 21-year old Westword cover girl Kristi Burton. This year, Kristi’s playing a quieter role for three main reasons…
Yesterday, GOP guv candidate Dan Maes released documents connected to his firing as a Liberal, Kansas cop in 1985 — a bizarre assemblage of material unlikely to supercharge his faltering campaign. But Colorado Republican Party chieftain Dick Wadhams isn’t worried about other GOP candidates going down with Maes’s ship, and…
A series of letters from Bob Boswell, Republican candidate for state representative, urging lobbyists to “align yourselves and your clients” with his campaign, has prompted widespread cackling on political blogs. The former Western Sizzlin’ operator’s ham-fisted way of seeking donations sounds a lot like he’s putting his yet-to-be-won seat up…
Mayor John Hickenlooper is out with a statement in the wake of Denver DA Mitch Morrissey’s just-announced decision not to file charges in the Denver Jail death of Marvin Booker on July 9. He says the investigation is ongoing, and reveals that his office is working with Booker’s family to…
Dan Maes’s explanations for why he was fired from the Liberal, Kansas, police department in 1985 have prompted plenty of ribbing and incredulity. So today, his campaign has released six documents intended to prove that he wasn’t making up the stories. Trouble is, the items are arguably as embarrassing as…
The political pissing match between Colorado Ethics Watch and Clear the Bench Colorado, which wants to throw the bums off the state’s supreme court, was resolved on Friday in CEW’s favor. Granted, CEW will have to pay some court costs from a July hearing — but Clear the Bench’s Matt…
Last week, we told you about Tom Tancredo’s fundraiser at the Grizzly Rose co-starring Dog the Bounty Hunter and Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio — and judging by photos posted on the Facebook page of Tea Party Brewing, the event itself more than lived up to its advance billing. Look…
There are no national polls gauging Colorado’s 1st Congressional District race. Staunchly Democratic Denver is widely viewed as a lock for incumbent Diana DeGette, who has held the seat since 1997. But there is anecdotal evidence to suggest that Republican newcomer Mike Fallon is picking-up steam…
There’s a strange, split resolution in the political pissing match between Colorado Ethics Watch and Clear the Bench Colorado, which aims to throw the bums off the state’s supreme court. Administrative Law Judge Robert Spencer has ruled in CEW’s favor. But the organization still owes legal fees to Colorado Ethics…
Boeing announced on Monday that it would be entering into a partnership with space tourism company Space Adventures to offer tourists rides on its CST-100 spacecraft. The rides will begin in 2015, and Boeing estimates that a passenger ticket on the spacecraft will range from $20 million to $50 million…
Against all odds, Tom Tancredo seems to be gaining momentum in his third-party gubernatorial run. With pundits essentially writing off Republican nominee Dan Maes, whose recent attempt to raise $500,000 in a day fell over $400,000 short, Tancredo operations manager Cliff Dodge is buoyed by new poll numbers and confident…
Today’s entertainingly pissy political pissing match pits Clear the Bench Colorado’s Matt Arnold, who wants to throw the bums off the state’s supreme court, against Colorado Ethics Watch, which filed a campaign-finance complaint against Clear the Bench in May. The issue? Legal bills Arnold says he’s owed — ones that…
“Hi, I’m Ken Buck! As we move toward the general election, you Tea Party fuddy-duddies who are in a snit over my ‘evolving positions’ need to know that I still want want to have a political relationship with you. However, we can no longer be an exclusive item. In order…
It’s the middle of the afternoon and Mike Fallon is at Pint’s Pub. The Republican candidate for Colorado’s 1st Congressional District wasn’t driven to the bottle by the rigors of campaigning, however. Rather, he’s holding the first in a series of town-hall meetings that will take place at bars and…
Jason Clark learned a hard truth about Craigslist today. The independent candidate for governor found out that no matter how excited one may be about that rare and precious find, buyers have no guarantee that the goods are built for the long haul and have little recourse if the purchase…
Yesterday, Dan Maes spokesman Nate Strauch confirmed that the Maes campaign fell over $400,000 short of its $500,000 fundraising goal on Friday — and this after he raised just $14,000 during the previous reporting period. It’s the latest setback for Maes — and political consultant Eric Sondermann wonders if his…
