I was at the Republican National Committee (RNC) sponsored Say It Out Loud presentation this past Friday in Denver.
There was a good mix of folks there, from the Peoples’ Press Collective, R Block Party, 9/12, as [...]
I was at the Republican National Committee (RNC) sponsored Say It Out Loud presentation this past Friday in Denver.
There was a good mix of folks there, from the Peoples’ Press Collective, R Block Party, 9/12, as [...]
I received an invitation and attended the new Republican National Committee (RNC) outreach program Say It Loud in Denver this past Friday, the 4th time it’s been presented to the general public around the country.
The new GOP surrogate training program is organized into [...]
Word has leaked to the Grand Junction Sentinel that state senate minority leader Josh Penry will formally announce his endorsement of former rival Scott McInnis for Colorado governor. The endorsement was contingent on the McInnis formally agreeing to 20 conservative governing principles.
“These are the principles that swept the GOP [...]
Word has leaked to the Grand Junction Sentinel that state senate minority leader Josh Penry will formally announce his endorsement of former rival Scott McInnis for Colorado governor. The endorsement was contingent on the McInnis formally agreeing to 20 conservative governing principles.
“These are the principles that swept the GOP [...]
The next time Matt updates the Senate rankings, you'll notice that my Florida ranking has been changed from "Leans Republican" to "Solid Republican." I had held some hope that maybe, just maybe, we could take the seat, but that was predicated on Charlie Crist winning the GOp primary, and that [...]

The McInnis campaign and other Republican leaders have been working to unify the party in order to take back Colorado from Democrat control. Mike Rosen writes about this in the Denver Post.
The agenda, modeled on the winning reform recipes of Chris Christie and Bob McDonnell in their New Jersey [...]
Worth watching if you plan to wade into the neverending caucus/assembly/primary process beginning in a few short months.
Denver GOP Caucus And Assembly Intro
View more presentations from Denver County Republican Party.(H/T: elpresidente at PPC)
[...]If you don't live in Pennsylvania, you might not be keeping up with the indictments.
By way of background, Tom Corbett is the current Attorney General of the state. He's squeaky clean, to the best of my knowledge. He's also running on the GOP side for governor. As prognostications go, I [...]
And since reporters love' [...]
Trouble is brewing in Colorado for Republicans with the news that former representative Tom Tancredo (R) is now likely to run for governor in 2010. Tancredo's interest comes in the wake of state Sen. Josh Penry's' [...]
Colorado GOP Chairman Dick Wadhams, in a Westword article, recognizes the problem his party has:
“We want fiscal conservatives to be our standard bearers, because we need to restore our credibility on that issue. We lost that credibility nationally, and we lost it here in Colorado, too, [...]
GOP gubernatorial candidate Scott McInnis has largely cleared the field of Republican competitors - for now - but supporters of a former rival say he must prove his fiscal and social conservatism to win them over.
Following state Sen. Josh Penry's pullout, McInnis' reception as the likely' [...]
Gov. Bill Ritter, a Democrat, this week presented his 2010 budget proposal to the legislature's Joint Budget Committee. Face The State has audio from his presentation as well as analysis from GOP budget hawk Rep. Kent Lambert, R-Colorado Springs.
[...]Next Monday in a Capitol Hill townhouse, a long list of GOP insiders are hosting a luncheon fundraiser for Colorado Senate candidate Jane Norton.
They include lobbyist Judy Black, wife of Charles Black (and Norton's brother in law), who was a top advisor [...]
I’m disappointed that it too so long to get these processed and published, but here are the videos from last week’s GOP governor candidate forum. With Josh Penry’s sudden withdrawal from the race they’re now somewhat dated, but they’re still informative and worth watching for the comments from Dan Maes [...]
Our current survey of Colorado’s political temperature has inspired more than just a series of click-in-the-box responses.
Having read one of our test issue statements — It is important for Republicans to employ a “big tent” policy when considering candidates for office. — Karen Kataline decided to deconstruct the term [...]
Our current survey of Colorado’s political temperature has inspired more than just a series of click-in-the-box responses.
Having read one of our test issue statements — It is important for Republicans to employ a “big tent” policy when considering candidates for office. — Karen Kataline decided to deconstruct the term [...]
This morning I had the opportunity to follow up on this week’s Colorado political bombshell with the man at the center of the storm: state senate minority leader Josh Penry, of whom word leaked Monday that he had decided to withdraw from the Republican primary campaign for governor.
As a [...]
This morning I had the opportunity to follow up on this week’s Colorado political bombshell with the man at the center of the storm: state senate minority leader Josh Penry, of whom word leaked Monday that he had decided to withdraw from the Republican primary campaign for governor.
As a [...]
Colorado state Sen. Josh Penry (R) plans to end his gubernatorial [...]
Josh Penry is set to exit the race for Governor. This will leave Dan Maes and Scott McInnis as the sole remaining GOP candidates. The Washington Post was the first to break the story:
Colorado state Sen. Josh Penry (R) plans to end his gubernatorial campaign and endorse former Rep. [...]
**Update 7–what Penry can do with his campaign war chest
**Update 6–first blog reax: “political blackmail”? Colorado GOP “poobahs” push Penry out?
**Update 5–Penry will stay state-focused:
Rep. Laura Bradford, R-Collbran, confirmed the news with the Daily Sentinel shortly after receiving a call from Penry this afternoon. Bradford said [...]
If you haven't yet seen GOP Senate candidate Tom Wiens on 9NEWS' Your Show with Adam Schrager from yesterday, it's an interview worth watching. Wiens comes across as engaging and comfortable discussing complex issues--we were impressed. We'd post the video here directly but we haven't figured [...]
10:00: The debating on the amendments is over. Voting now on the Stupak anti-abortion amendment, which bars federal subsidies from going to plans that cover abortion, which essentially prevents coverage for abortions in any of the new health care plans.
10:05: NO up 90-73. 11 Dems voting Yes. Some GOP [...]