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Zornio: Vote like democracy depends on it, because it does

by Trish Zornio

Last week, as I listened to the political commentary leading up to the January 6 committee hearing, one thing continued to stand out: Republicans have a good chance at winning big this November. That’s right. According to top political pundits, the party under investigation for promulgating a deadly attack to overthrow a democratic election is […]

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Littwin: You think it’s easy to keep writing about Lauren Boebert? How about too easy?

by Mike Littwin

I know this sounds counterintuitive, but believe me, it’s true. The hardest part of writing about Lauren Boebert is that it’s way too easy to write about Lauren Boebert. You could write about her and some fresh outrage nearly every day, which is, of course, exactly what she wants you to do. Try reading her […]

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Opinion: Ol’ Abe wouldn’t recognize the GOP

by Michael Mazenko

In the early 1960s, Ronald Reagan switched his party affiliation from Democrat to Republican, famously noting, “I didn’t leave my party. My party left me.” The same hollow feeling of abandonment is now felt within the Gipper’s party as many conservative Americans no longer see themselves in the contemporary Republican Party. Republican leadership has slowly […]

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Here’s how to caucus in Colorado when Republicans and Democrats start gathering next week

by Sandra Fish

Colorado’s grassroots nomination process for this year’s election gets underway for Democratic and Republican party members next week. Precinct caucuses, which lead to county, congressional district and state nominating assemblies, are one way to make the June 28 primary election ballot. Candidates may also gather petition signatures, which are due to the Secretary of State’s […]

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Zornio: If Republican leaders won’t change course after Trump, Republican voters will have to

by Trish Zornio

Last month, former state Rep. Cole Wist announced he was leaving the Republican Party. “It’s been 1 year since Jan. 6, 2021,” he said in a tweet. “All downhill from there. Election lies, vaccine misinformation, making it harder to vote, excusing Jan. 6 thuggery, conspiracy theories galore. I tried. I encouraged reason. I urged a […]

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Nicolais: Money drove many Republican operatives toward Trumpism

by Mario Nicolais

When former White House press secretary Stephanie Grisham dropped multiple bombshells about her former boss while promoting her new book, it got me thinking about a question posed by a colleague recently. What happened to Republican political operatives? Specifically, my fellow writer wanted to know why so many center-right Republican operatives fell in line with […]

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A new Colorado congressional map is before the Supreme Court. Now the legal battles begin.

by Sandra Fish and Thy Vo

After months of hearings, debate and tedious district-tweaking, the first Colorado Independent Congressional Redistricting Commission has agreed upon a map to send to the state Supreme Court. Now the legal battles begin.  With the submission of a new congressional map to the court Friday, and the state House and Senate maps set to follow in […]

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Littwin: We’re still waiting for climate change to hit Colorado’s ice-cold 2022 governor and Senate races

by Mike Littwin

As the great baseball philosopher, Yogi Berra, once noted, it’s getting late early out there. The midterm elections are next year, and, as you’ve probably heard, the midterms, at least in modern times, nearly always break in favor of the party not in power, in this case meaning Republicans. You could look it up. But […]