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Despite the endless accusations of bias against GOP gubernatorial candidate Scott McInnis, we’ve been watching–and fairly reporting–a troubling tendency on the part of Democratic nominee John Hickenlooper to throw traditional Democratic allies under the wheels whenever it’s convenient or politically advantageous. Hickenlooper has seen fit, while alternately promising to “stay out of” contentious legislative debates, […]

For what it’s worth, Rasmussen Reports, uh, reports: The latest Rasmussen Reports telephone survey of Likely Voters in the state finds Republican frontrunner Scott McInnis again with a modest lead – 46% to 41% – over Democratic contender John Hickenlooper. Four percent (4%) prefer some other candidate in the race, and nine percent (9%) are […]

Miles of hinterland come off the table, and many sympathizers–reports the Pueblo Chieftain: Hickenlooper, who owns a lot of property in Denver, said he was behind the ranchers in defending their property rights. “In the end, it’s your property. So as far as I am concerned, I will come down every time on the side […]

Democratic gubernatorial candidate John Hickenlooper will report some $1.1 million raised in the first part of 2010. Release follows, says spokesman George Merritt, “John Hickenlooper did not enter the race for governor until Jan. 16 and still needed to assemble a staff. Thanks to our enthusiastic support across the state, we were able to overcome […]

Following up on yesterday’s big story, about Democratic gubernatorial candidate John Hickenlooper’s troubling habit of turning on his friends for throwaway political points in front of business groups–as we discussed, there were two main points made by Hickenlooper Thursday before the South Metro Chamber of Commerce worth coming back to. The first was his harsh […]

Democrats around the state are scratching their heads over recent statements by gubernatorial candidate John Hickenlooper, reported in the Denver Post today: Denver Mayor John Hickenlooper told a business group Thursday that it’s “crazy” to raise fees or taxes when revenues are down, or for Colorado to be known as an anti-business state. At the […]

Another stump speech joint appearance for gubernatorial candidates John Hickenlooper and Scott McInnis, this time before the Colorado Springs Chamber of Commerce–the Gazette reports: Denver Mayor John Hickenlooper made his first pitch to the Colorado Springs business community Wednesday during a session of dueling stump speeches that included Scott McInnis, the GOP frontrunner in the […]

Not a wealth of coverage of yesterday’s appearances by gubernatorial candidates John Hickenlooper and Scott McInnis at the annual meeting of the Colorado Rural Electric Association, but the Durango Herald has a good story up today: Republican Scott McInnis took swipes at Democrat John Hickenlooper on Monday over taxes and climate change in their first […]

The Grand Junction Sentinel reports: Addressing the 112th National Western Mining Conference one day after the leading GOP gubernatorial challenger did, Hickenlooper told the 200 miners that he, and not Scott McInnis, has the right experience to lead the state. The Democratic mayor said his experience as a geologist who was laid off in the […]