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Both?parties believe that the immigration issue will help them at the polls this November. Only one party is right. Rep. Tom Tancredo, for whom illegal immigration?was?the main issue?long before it became the Republican Party’s cause c?l?bre, maybe doesn’t care who it helps. Apparently, attacking even fellow Republican incumbents?on the issue is a worthy use of […]

Good rundown provided by The Denver Post: After a week of mounting tensions, Republican gubernatorial candidates Marc Holtzman and Bob Beauprez are readying for a Saturday showdown at the state GOP assembly in Colorado Springs. While both campaigns and the state party Thursday downplayed the potential for infighting and voting mishaps, the GOP has taken […]

Despite winning his primary bid, former House Majority Leader Tom DeLay will resign from Congress rather than seek re-election, apparently because of fears that he would lose to Democract Nick Lampson. From the Associated Press: Former Majority Leader Tom DeLay intends to resign from Congress within weeks, closing out a career that blended unflinching conservatism […]

UPDATE: Rep. Tancredo has a late-running committee meeting, so we are moving the LIVE Q&A back 15 minutes. The Q&A will run from 1:15 – 2:15 p.m. Colorado Pols is proud to present another Q&A, this time with Congressman Tom Tancredo, who is also in the process of running for President of the United States. […]

Political reporter Steve Grazier of the Cortez Journal will join us tomorrow for a LIVE Q&A between Noon and 1:00 p.m. Have your questions ready about Western Slope politics.

UPDATE: DeLay Steps Down as Majority Leader. From CNN: Rep. Tom DeLay said Wednesday that he will step aside as House majority leader after a Texas grand jury indicted him on a conspiracy charge. DeLay faces a single conspiracy count stemming from a long-running campaign finance investigation, the county clerk’s office in Austin told CNN. […]

Get your Western Slope politics questions ready for tomorrow, when Rep. Bernie Buescher will join us for a LIVE Q&A from 9:30 – 11:30 a.m.

We have speculated quite a bit about what a Tom Tancredo bid for the White House in 2008 might mean for the Republican Party nationally as it seeks support among newly-powerful minority voting blocs. An AP story yesterday, printed nationally and immediately following this week’s “Nuke Mecca” controversy, is sure to ramp up that discussion […]