Tag: Ron Paul
Wiretap: Obamacare saving more money; deficits bound to grow
Deficits have been shrinking for years. But according to the Congressional Budget Office, that's about to change. The deficit will plateau, and then as...
Touting military service, Coffman strays beyond conduct code boundaries
In his neck-and-neck re-election race against Ivy League-educated former state House Speaker Andrew Romanoff, Congressman Mike Coffman is leaning heavily on his long service...
Wiretap: Mixed messages from Ukraine crisis
It's a difficult problem for Vladimir Putin: How can he find a way out of the Ukrainian crisis without seeming to compromise? As of...
Obama opens double-digit lead over Romney in Colorado
A poll released today by Public Policy Polling shows that President Barack Obama has widened his lead over Romney substantially in Colorado.
Primary election stats suggest GOP youth-voter catastrophe will continue
Low turnout among youth voters for the Republican Super Tuesday primary contests suggests the GOP is making a major strategy misstep this year, analysts told the Colorado Independent. They said that Republican campaign messages to young people are mostly absent, weak or a turn-off and they called youth outreach efforts uninspired. They said the party looks to be continuing a disastrous trend sure to be exploited in the general election by President Obama, the man whose candidacy drew out young people as voters and volunteers in record numbers in 2008.
Latino voters favor Obama by wide margin, Fox poll indicates
According to a poll released this week, Latino voters are more likely to favor President Obama than any of the GOP presidential candidates.
Gay activists urge Republicans not to support anti-gay candidates
The National Stonewall Democrats, the “national voice of LGBT Democrats” have launched a campaign urging gay and lesbian Republicans to not support “anti-LGBT GOP presidential candidates.”
Santorum Super Tuesday closes with win in Colorado caucuses
Rick Santorum won the Colorado Republican caucuses Tuesday, garnering roughly 40 percent support and defeating runner-up Mitt Romney by nearly 4,000 votes. As see-sawing caucus tallies trickled in after 11 p.m., it became clear Santorum would sweep the three primary contests held Tuesday and revive his flagging candidacy to become the latest "anti-Romney" in the race.
Ahead of caucuses, major Colorado tea party group promotes Ron Paul
In advance of the Colorado Republican caucuses tonight, the Northern Colorado Tea Party-- perhaps the most influential of the state's many tea party groups-- isn't backing away from its constitutional conservative mission. Far from recommending members warm up to presidential frontrunner Mitt Romney, the group has unofficially thrown its support behind libertarian Congressman Ron Paul.
Romney expected to easily carry Colorado GOP caucuses
According to recent polling by Public Policy Polling, Mitt Romney looks primed for another big win in Colorado. He leads Republican voters in the state with 40% to 26% for Rick Santorum, 18% for Newt Gingrich, and 12% for Ron Paul.