Denver Blogs: Should Kyle Orton have made the Pro Bowl?

Gather ’round, kids, and read these three Denver blogs. Over at Bronco Talk, Mr. East wonders whose Pro Bowl vote is it anyhow? Along the way, he writes, “One could even argue that Kyle Orton deserves a go instead” of David Garrard, who made the cut. For the first half…

Is Scott McInnis still exaggerating his tea party outreach?

Back in December, Scott McInnis took fire for an appearance on Fox News that portrayed him as the choice of tea party groups in the state — an assertion excused away by McInnis’s camp even as it was disputed by Lesley Hollywood, spokeswoman for the Tea Party of Northern Colorado…

Jared Polis, health-care hero? Democracy For America thinks so

As President Barack Obama prepares to make his first State of the Union address tonight, the promise of a health-care bill actually earning passage looks pretty sick thanks to the election of Massachusetts Senator Scott Brown — a man who Colorado candidates Scott McInnis and Jane Norton desperately wish to…

Golden mayor considers lawsuit over Jefferson Parkway

Last month, we told you about Golden mayor Jacob Smith’s opposition to the Jefferson Parkway, a project he described as a “weird, disconnected road to nowhere.” Nonetheless, the Denver Regional Council of Governments, popularly known as DRCOG, officially made the parkway part of its long-range transportation plan at a meeting…

Tom Tancredo slaps Obama administration for offering temporary protected status to Haitians in U.S. illegally

Last Friday, Homeland Security secretary Janet Napolitano granted temporary protected status to undocumented Haitians living in the United States — a move that deep-sixes deportations to the country, allowing individuals to stay here up to eighteen months. Approximately 200,000 Haitians are expected to submit TPS applications. Given that Haiti has…

Scott McInnis, Jane Norton portray themselves as Scott Brown 2.0

Republican Scott Brown’s comfortable victory last night in the Massachusetts Senate race has proven that, this year, anyhow, Republicans are capable of winning anywhere. Jon Caldara for Congress in Boulder, anyone? No surprise, then, that the state’s two leading Republican candidates — gubernatorial hopeful Scott McInnis and senatorial wannabe Jane…