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You have provided your input, and now here’s our rundown of the 2007 Winners in Colorado Politics. Although 2007 was an off-year for elections, there were still plenty of winners and losers in Colorado politics. Fateful decisions were made that will portend good or ill in the all-important coming year. As with our 2006 roster, […]

We recently discussed the anger in Grand Junction over the recent decision by a prominent GOP attorney (John Zakhem) to support a statehouse Democrat (Bernie Buescher). This appears to have triggered a significant backlash within the Mesa County GOP leadership, with interesting results, as the Grand Junction Sentinel reports: The Mesa County Republican Party is […]

As a central part of the historic flame-out that was the 2006 Bob Beauprez for Governor campaign, Mesa County Commissioner Janet Rowland never really had much of a chance to talk about her vision of how she would serve as Lt. Governor. And maybe that’s a good thing, as the Grand Junction Sentinel reports: Spending […]

As the Pueblo Chieftain reports: Both Sen. Ken Salazar and Rep. Mark Udall intend to press ahead with getting Congress to adopt the recommendations of the bipartisan Iraq Study Group as the best way to withdraw U.S. soldiers from the fighting there – despite recent casualty reports showing that violence against American troops has dropped […]

As the New York Times reports: Three senators who are considered potential swing votes on war policy said Monday that a weekend visit to Iraq left them discouraged about prospects for political reconciliation there and convinced that the United States must quickly shift more responsibility for security to the Iraqi Army. “We must take decisive […]

As the New York Times reports: After short-circuiting consideration of votes on some bipartisan proposals on Iraq before the August break, senior Democrats now say they are willing to rethink their push to establish a withdrawal deadline of next spring if doing so will attract the 60 Senate votes needed to prevail… Some Democrats have […]

The Denver Post’s Politics West blog reported on Friday: Sen. Ken Salazar’s proposal to end the war in Iraq is gaining steam with the U.S. Senate’s top leader, according to the Washington Post. The newspaper reported that a bill co-sponsored by the Colorado Democrat and Sen. Lamar Alexander, R-Tenn., is being re-considered by Senate Majority […]