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Rick Santorum's Colorado Win Shows Why GOP Loses Swing Voters
Tweet Share on Facebook February 8, 2012 Comment (2)LAKEWOOD, COLO.—A couple of quick takeaways from former Sen. Rick Santorum's shocker win in last night's Colorado caucuses: One, Colorado Republicans still can't get out from under their own base. They can't get a moderate to win in a primary and they can't get a social conservative to win in the general.
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Mitt Romney and the GOP’s War on Birth Control
Tweet Share on Facebook February 6, 2012 Comment (5)LAKEWOOD, COLO.–The night of the Florida Republican primary, Hotline National editor Josh Kraushaar (@HotlineJosh) Tweeted, "Romney line about religious liberty CLEAR reference to Obama health law on contraceptives. Sleeper issue in general."
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Susan G. Komen Foundation Plays Politics With Women's Lives
Tweet Share on Facebook February 1, 2012 Comment (23)LAKEWOOD, COLO.–As the Associated Press reported on Tuesday, thanks to political pressure, the nation's largest breast cancer charity, Komen for the Cure, is halting its grants to Planned Parenthood's health centers to help mostly low-income women with breast cancer screenings. The grants have provided 170,000 clinical breast exams over the past five years.
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Mitt Romney's 'I Like Being Able to Fire People' Problem
Tweet Share on Facebook January 10, 2012 Comment (6)There's a scene in the movie Up in the Air in which George Clooney's character, a corporate hatchet man who flies around the country firing people on behalf of his merger masters, turns to his eager young apprentice and explains why he's able to avoid romantic entanglements:
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Rick Santorum Even Opposes Birth Control
Tweet Share on Facebook January 6, 2012 Comment (26)LAKEWOOD, COLO. – Former Sen. Rick Santorum's survival as a Republican primary candidate ensures two things: one, an endless stream of inappropriate jokes about sex acts and sweater vests. And two, an entirely appropriate conversation about birth control and public policy.
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Green and Growing Economy Bolsters Obama's Chances in Colorado
Tweet Share on Facebook December 23, 2011 Comment (17)Lakewood - As the economic recovery continues creeping along nationwide, it's actually moving a bit faster in Colorado. According to a report from the Leeds School of Business at the University of Colorado, Colorado is expected to be in the top 10 states for job growth in 2012 and show better overall growth than the rest of the country. Said CU economist Richard Wobbekind, "The broader story here is Colorado entered the recession later, came out of the recession later and now appears to be accelerating past the rest of the country in terms of job growth and recovery."
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What the Kardashians and the Super Committee Have in Common
Tweet Share on Facebook November 21, 2011 Comment (4)LAKEWOOD, COLO. — Maybe it's a Denver thing, or my own feeble protest against reality TV, but this weekend I signed the No More Kardashians petition started by a Denver woman, Cyndy Snider. The petition is now edging towards 160,000 signatures and the No More Kardashians Facebook page has generated well over 4 million page views.
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Colorado, Mississippi, and the Future of Anti-Choice Politics
Tweet Share on Facebook November 9, 2011 Comment (9)Lakewood, CO—There are a couple of takeaways from Tuesday night's rejection of the 'personhood' measure in Mississippi. One, Colorado is not alone in its repudiation of these extremist measures. Voters in Colorado and Mississippi, two very different states have said "No" by double-digit margins. And two, this vote scares the hell out of former Gov. Mitt Romney because it is a huge liability in the general election.
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Rick Perry's Flat Tax: Texas Feudalism Writ Large
Tweet Share on Facebook October 26, 2011 Comment (5)LAKEWOOD, COLO.—The University of Texas sports fan weblog Burnt Orange Nation put it best about Rick Perry in a September 2011 post about conference re-alignment: "Rick Perry? Seriously? The guy who bombed his way through college and couldn't get an A in Cow Parts 101 if you spotted him everything but the udder?"
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Rick Perry's Death Penalty Record is Nothing to Brag About
Tweet Share on Facebook September 9, 2011 Comment (12)LAKEWOOD, COLO.—There were a couple of telling moments in Wednesday's Republican debate. One was when a question about 9/11, and President Obama's decision to attack and execute Osama bin Laden drew not a single clap. The other was when Gov. Rick Perry, with an almost-feral expression on his face, bragged about executing 234 people in Texas, and a large portion of the audience applauded.
