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Dave Williams Keeps Doing (Not) His Job
The Colorado Republican Party has a very specific list of responsibilities for the State Republican Party Chairman, which include things like making a budget and hiring staff members. The bylaws of the State Republican Central Committee don’t explicitly include that the GOP Chair’s primary job is to help Republican candidates win elections, but this is […]
Rep. Ken DeGraaf Doesn’t Want Facts, He Wants To Believe
A trip into the fever swamps of conservative conspiracy theorizing can be entertaining as long as you leave a few reality-based breadcrumbs to find your way back. One currently circulating tall tale on conservative social media concerns a “Chinese COVID bioweapons lab” allegedly uncovered in central California. Local media doesn’t appear to have helped the […]
Coffman Ditches “Strong Mayor” Initiative, but Damage is Done
Aurora Mayor Mike Coffman used the occasion of a Friday news dump to announce that his politically-disastrous proposal to turn Aurora into a “strong mayor” city was being dropped on account of the fact that it was killing his chances of being re-elected in November. Okay, that’s not what Coffman said exactly, but it’s not […]
Universal Preschool Program Takes First Steps
Colorado’s new universal preschool program is still being rolled out across the state, and despite a few hiccups for one of Gov. Jared Polis’s signature issues, tens of thousands of families are taking advantage of the opportunity. As Ann Schimke reports for Chalkbeat Colorado, participants in the program are happy to get started: The new […]
GOP Veep Debate: A Sad Spectacle of MAGA Meh
Last night, a group of would-be Republican presidential candidates held a debate in Milwaukee, an event most notable for the absence of the far-and-away frontrunner for the 2024 Republican nomination ex-President Donald Trump. The eight candidates who appeared are all mired in a single-digit pack after Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis’ failure to thrive, with at […]
Republican/Libertarian “Alliance” Gets Weirder Yet
The so-called “alliance” between the Colorado Republican Party and the Colorado Libertarian Party gets more bizarre each week. As we noted earlier this month, the Colorado Libertarian Party (LPCO) now has a questionnaire for both Federal and State level candidates in 2024 who are seeking the group’s support. That support theoretically includes a promise from […]
Colorado’s Couptastic Lawyer John Eastman Booked In Georgia
As the Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports, former University of Colorado visiting conservative scholar and current attorney representing the Colorado Republican Party John Eastman reported to Fulton County Jail today for booking on his range of Georgia felony charges related to the strategy allegedly masterminded by Eastman to overturn Joe Biden’s victory in the 2020 presidential election: […]
Who Else Might Be the Republican Presidential Nominee?
The first debate among Republican Presidential hopefuls will take place on Wednesday evening (7:00 MST) in Milwaukee, the city that will also host the 2024 Republican National Convention. Former President Donald Trump remains the overwhelming frontrunner to capture the GOP nomination for a third consecutive time, but the Big Orange Guy says he won’t be […]
Ruh Roh! Frisch Leads Boebert in New CO-03 Poll
It was just yesterday that we wrote in this space about the idea that Congressperson Lauren Boebert (R-ifle) was caught in the same political death spiral that ended the public lives of previous Republicans such as Cory Gardner and Walker Stapleton. Welp, you can add another log to that fire. According to a new poll […]