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Wrong side of polls, wrong side of history

The polls are really bad for congressional Republicans in the wake of the shutdown crisis, but it's history -- the kind still being written -- that may be the party's biggest problem.

Wiretap: Obamacare 1.0, gay marriage, Pueblo pot shops

The president gave a speech about Obamacare's much-worse-than-glitch problem. He said it was bad, but that things will improve once the IT team shows up. Feeling better?

Wiretap: Teaching Republicans how to talk about gays

Is it too soon to talk about 2014? Of course not. According to the Washington Post, Republicans are already trying to tutor their candidates how to talk about gays. You think word has gotten to Colorado?

Wiretap: Sound and fury and billions of dollars

The shutdown/default drama is finally at an end. And it ended just the way everyone figured it would.

Cruz staffer tweet-whines about health care choices

Colorado political observers will recognize this as a Rep. Cory Gardner-style dig at Obamacare. As was the case with him, all Carpenter has to do is surf to an exchange website. She's got time, she's on furlough.

Paul Ryan: Another Tea Party hero become dog

Remember when Paul Ryan was the boy-prince of the throng at Red Rocks, the conservatives' conservative with the Atlas Shrugs budget-slashing plan to beat all budget-slashing plans?

Wiretap: A Tea Party shutdown-solution proposal

The shutdown/debt ceiling negotiations continue. At the World War II Memorial, Tea Partiers protest with Ted Cruz and Sarah Palin. "Put the Quran down," President Obama!

Shutdown strategy report: Obamacare popularity boosted; House GOP popularity tanked

You didn't have to be in the room to know what happened at the big White House shutdown confab Thursday.

Wiretap: Shutdown Day 9, Obamacare still law, not going anywhere

It's Day 9 of the shutdown and we're no closer to a settlement than on Day 1. President Obama had a news conference calling out Republicans. John Boehner had a news conference calling out Obama.

Littwin: And the freedom fighters roared

The crackup is coming. You don't have to be a political genius to spot it. Everyone knew it was coming eventually. The only surprise is that the fault lines are moving so quickly.
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