Last cash dash reported by GOP primary candidates for governor
Republican candidates for governor of Colorado have yet to out-raise moderate Democratic incumbent John Hickenlooper, or differentiate themselves from each other with a fundraising mega-haul.
US Senators Udall, Wyden, Paul push for surveillance reform
"Dragnet surveillance was approved by a secret court that normally hears only the government's side of major cases. It had been debated only in a few secret congressional committee hearings, and many members of Congress were entirely unaware it."
Wiretap: Colorado judge casts wary eye on state marriage ban
District Court Judge Scott Crabtree has become the latest black-robed skeptic of arguments leveled in court against gay marriage. The state's gay marriage ban can't really be about procreation, he said.
Pinball, chickens and father-daughter duets: inside three gubernatorial candidates’ cribs
The piece is light on politics and heavy on personality, though the two aren't so easily separated.
Wiretap: Tea Party victory elevates less hardline majority leader
California Rep. Kevin McCarthy rose as the likely successor to Cantor after Texas hardliners Pete Sessions and Jeb Hensarling bowed out.
Swarthmore President Rebecca Chopp appointed DU Chancellor
Chopp is a renowned scholar of progressive religious movements in America, a likely draw for DU, given the political and innovative history of its own theology program at the Iliff School.
Wiretap: Fracking bans are contagious
Waiting on state legislatures or Congress to stiffen oil-and-gas drilling rules is like waiting for Godot. Nothing happens.
Gardner so far mum on historic Cantor defeat
Let's be honest, when Gardner decided a few months ago to run for Senate, the biggest question about GOP leadership was whether Boehner was going to survive as Speaker, not whether Cantor was going to get knocked off in a 70,000 vote primary.
Conservation groups go after Hickenlooper for water bill veto
“This bill was the result of thousands of hours of coalition work over several years. The governor expressed support and then seemingly out of nowhere he turned around and vetoed it.”
Wiretap: House Majority Leader Eric Cantor suffers historic blow-out defeat
Clearly, there is something terribly wrong with the way top-level Republicans are running their campaigns.