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It's getting even nastier than expected in the effort to recall state Sen. Evie Hudak. Accusations are flying across the streets of Arvada, where lawn signs are moved, cameras are slapped epithets hurled. Just another month or so to go.
Obamacare in Colorado is outpacing Romneycare in Massachusetts when you compare 2013 early enrollment numbers here to 2007 early enrollment numbers there.
The Koch think tanks, with no irony, say throwing money at education doesn't work. Well, in reddest of red states Oklahoma, they've thrown a lot of money at kindergarten and preschool and home visits before preschool and it seems to be working.
This is how bad it has gotten. President Obama had to go on TV to apologize for the disastrous Obamacare rollout. It wasn't much of an apology. Now he'll have to apologize for the apology.
Colorado liberals depressed about the disaster that was Amendment 66, take heart: E.J. Dionne says the results of elections around the country show the nation is moving left. It's what he said.
Let's give Cory Gardner credit, he was there first. He had the cancelled health insurance policy letter, which he keeps tucked in his inside jacket pocket during the day and under his pillow (OK, just guessing there) at night.
He's the young star of the Colorado Republican Party, I know, but here's a tip for Rep. Gardner: You can't be Tea Party darling Ted Cruz right now and also be the governor of or a U.S. senator from Colorado some day.
One of the biggest unanswered questions out there is what's really going on with insurance rates and Obamacare. This is the time when you need a smart guy to explain it all. Enter Ezra Klein.
So far, the Republicans behind the inquiries are not letting on that they see the dark humor of a move that would see the people most intent on hobbling the law asking with grave intent how it came to be hobbled.