Author: Dick Wadhams
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Hick, much like Trump, harmed rural Colorado | Dick Wadhams
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Colorado’s congressional delegation unanimously opposed President Donald Trump’s recent veto of the Arkansas Valley Conduit water project which had been passed by Congress without opposition. But Trump is not the first chief executive to unilaterally harm communities in rural southeastern Colorado. U.S. Sen. John Hickenlooper was elected governor in 2010 against a discredited Tea Party-driven…
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If only walls could talk in Colorado governor’s office | Dick Wadhams
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Restoring the office of the governor in the Colorado State Capitol to its historic glory was a worthy project despite its cost. There is probably never a good time to spend $2.4 million on such a restoration but it is important to maintain the Capitol as the very symbol of the state that generations have…
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Trump joins Dems’ assault on rural Colorado | Dick Wadhams
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Ruling Colorado Democrats have assaulted rural Colorado for the past seven years under Gov. Jared Polis and the Democratic socialists who drive their massive legislative majorities. They are destroying mining and oil-and-gas jobs while imposing wolves on Colorado ranchers and communities. The First Gentleman tried to appoint a blatantly anti-livestock production activist onto the state veterinary…
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Colorado’s unaffiliated vote is up for grabs in 2026 | Dick Wadhams
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Leaders of both parties often dismiss the stunning increase in “unaffiliated” voters as just a result of automatic registration when getting a driver license or some other government process. It must make them feel better about the plummeting number of registered Democrats and Republicans in the past 10 years. As of Dec. 1, 2025, there…
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Irrelevant Hickenlooper draws a challenger | WADHAMS
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State Sen. Julie Gonzales should be ashamed of herself. Doesn’t Gonzales understand that U.S. Sen. John Hickenlooper is entitled to the Democratic nomination for Senate? Doesn’t Gonzales know that, just like in 2020, Hickenlooper “needs his sleep” and cannot be bothered with some pesky, young state senator who actually knows why she is running? And…
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Polis’ silence deafening on Peters’ prison transfer | WADHAMS
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What is Gov. Jared Polis thinking? As President Donald Trump tries to bully Colorado into releasing convicted and imprisoned Tina Peters to federal custody, a silent Polis appears to have dived under his desk. The U.S. Bureau of Prisons has formally asked the Colorado Department of Corrections (DOC) to release Peters, the former Mesa County…
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Bennet won’t blame Polis for Medicaid cuts | WADHAMS
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Gov. Jared Polis, with the acquiescence of U.S. Sen. Michael Bennet who is the presumptive Democratic frontrunner for governor in 2026, is proposing deep Medicaid cuts that will hurt Colorado’s most vulnerable families and endanger the state’s entire health care system. Meanwhile, Polis and Bennet rail against Medicaid reforms at the federal level that would…
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Super PAC propels Bennet without his fingerprints | WADHAMS
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To listen to U.S. Sen. Michael Bennet, he is the Ivory soap of Colorado politics — 99.44% pure, when it comes to corporate campaign contributions. Actually, Bennet would insist he is 100% pure. Bennet claims he does not seek or accept corporate contributions for his campaign for governor. He made the same claim during his…
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Hickenlooper, Bennet give Polis a pass on Medicaid cuts | WADHAMS
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A day cannot go by without Colorado’s self-entitled U.S. senators loudly condemning President Donald Trump’s reforms of the Medicaid program that go into effect in 2027. But Michael Bennet and John Hickenlooper seem oblivious to the very real and substantive Medicaid cuts that their fellow Democrat, Gov. Jared Polis, is inflicting on the state in…
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Colorado state GOP strives for irrelevance | WADHAMS
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To get an intimate and terribly disturbing look at the decline of the Colorado Republican Party, one should watch the YouTube video from Saturday, Sept. 27. The Colorado Republican State Central Committee met to decide whether to “opt-out” of the 2026 Republican primary election and to nominate candidates solely through the exclusionary caucus-assembly process. Yes,…
