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From The Colorado Springs Business Journal: All politics, all the time! At least, that’s how it feels if, like me, you’re a political junkie blundering through the blogosphere. It’s as if you’ve wandered into a huge, geeky party where everyone is articulate, analytical, argumentative and obsessively political. It’s as addictive as daytime television, or supermarket […]

( – promoted by Colorado Pols) The Hill reports. When Republican strategist Dick Wadhams took over as chairman of the Colorado GOP last weekend, he inherited a divided party that has been humbled in the last two elections. And as Wadhams tries to put his party back together, his deep personal ties won’t make his […]

The blog “The Fix” at The Washington Post has a brief post today on the U.S. Senate race: Here’s what we know: Rep. Mark Udall (D) and former Rep. Scott McInnis (R) are running for the seat being vacated by Sen. Wayne Allard (R). What we don’t know is whether former Rep. Bob Schaffer, who […]

According to the Durango Herald, former Rep. Bob Schaffer is equivocating on whether or not he’ll make his widely-anticipated Senate run in 2008. One of the top potential candidates for U.S. Senate expressed doubts about running Monday. Bob Shaffer, a favorite of conservative Republicans, said he’s considering a run but doesn’t know if the time […]

Looks like GOP Senate front-runner Scott McInnis is going to have to “work with party activists” a little harder if he wants to avoid that “divisive primary,” the Rocky Mountain News reports: A retired military man might be marching toward the 2008 U.S. Senate race. Retired Air Force Maj. Gen. Bentley Rayburn, a political rookie […]

We don’t know what the hell this event is, but check out the last line of the press release: Sen. Ted Harvey, R-Highlands Ranch, is sponsoring the fourth annual “Douglas County Day at the Capitol” on Monday, Feb. 12, for constituents, business leaders and community and public officials within Senate District 30. The event is […]

Former Rep. Scott McInnis put out word this week that a Republican primary in the race for U.S. Senate – with former Rep. Bob Schaffer – should be avoided: Susan Smith, a spokeswoman for the former Grand Junction congressman, said McInnis was hoping the party will unite behind his candidacy. “The concern is that it […]

As the Grand Junction Sentinel reports: A spokeswoman for presumed 2008 U.S. Senate candidate Scott McInnis said Tuesday the former congressman hopes to avoid a messy, divisive primary in the vein of 2006’s primary battle between Republican gubernatorial hopefuls Bob Beauprez and Marc Holtzman. Susan Smith, a spokeswoman for the former Grand Junction congressman, said […]