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Politico’s Mike Soraghan reports: Democratic leadership staffers scolded freshman chiefs of staff Monday for blindsiding House leaders with a letter protesting the tax on the wealthy designed to pay for President Obama’s healthcare overhaul. “They said that letters like this don’t help anybody,” said a freshman Democratic aide. [Pols emphasis] A bare majority of the […]

Not a very auspicious performance on candid camera for Rep. John Salazar, from FDL Campaign Silo via Squarestate: Like most Blue Dogs, John Salazar doesn’t want to give his position on a health care bill until he extracts enough personal tribute sees it. He initially tells Mike Stark he’s not a member of either party […]

We’re trying to figure out the full meaning of what virtually every paper in Colorado is talking about today–we’ll cite the Durango Herald, though you can pick from your favorite: Gov. Bill Ritter said Thursday he has asked U.S. Rep. Diana DeGette to back off her bill to regulate hydraulic fracturing and that she has […]

Scott McInnis might find this cold comfort, but it seems Canadian mountains are popping up all over GOP websites–the Washington Post’s Al Kamen writes: The U.S. Chamber of Commerce alerted us Monday to an interesting photo on the Web site of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee. Seems, with summer heat bearing down soon […]

From the Colorado Independent: Colorado environmental groups were quick to criticize Democratic Congressman John Salazar Saturday after he joined the two Republican members of the state delegation in voting against the American Clean Energy and Security Act Friday. The landmark climate change bill, which seeks to reduce carbon emissions in the United States 80 percent […]

From the Colorado Independent: As prominent gay activists pull their support and calls for a boycott grow louder, a spokeswoman for U.S. Rep. Jared Polis tells The Colorado Independent the Boulder Democrat still plans to attend the controversial $1,000-a-plate LGBT fundraising dinner for the Democratic National Committee in Washington, D.C., next Thursday. “He is a […]

The Denver Post kicks off today’s inauspicious news cycle for our new Colorado Senate President: State Senate President Brandon Shaffer said he erred when he excluded Republicans from a two-day, taxpayer-paid retreat on conflict resolution and team building. The event last week cost more than $4,300. “In retrospect, I made a mistake,” said Shaffer, D-Longmont. […]