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Gov. John Hickenlooper gave his sixth State of the State address celebrating bipartisan cooperation in front of a sharply divided General Assembly. U.S. Rep....
Democratic leaders are decrying the continued effort to push a statewide redistricting ballot measure that they say will break up minority voting blocks in...
A ballot measure submitted for the 2016 election to set up a bipartisan commission to redraw boundaries for both congressional and legislative districts would weaken...
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Candidates for the Democratic nomination for president are scrambling to show that they care about the coal...
Bipartisan issue
Sure, the GOP seems perilously split. But Matt Yglesias at Vox argues the Dems are in crisis too.
Time machine
Republicans and Democrats have one thing in common,...
Game over
Focus groups be damned, the Republican commentariat seems to have conceded the Democratic race to Hillary Clinton. Charles Krauthammer says in The Washington...
Trump vs. Kochs
How Trump is beating the Koch Brothers. Via The Daily Beast.
Broken machine
Those who keep waiting for Trump/Carson/Fiorina to fall and Bush/Rubio/Kasich to rise...