Author: Dick Wadhams
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Jena Griswold’s record: corruption, incompetence | Dick Wadhams
There is no statewide elected official going back decades who is as breathtakingly corrupt and incompetent as Secretary of State Jena Griswold, who is now running for attorney general of all things. And compliant ruling Democrats know it. Their silence is nothing short of complicity with Griswold’s shameful political grift. CBS Colorado’s political reporter Shaun…
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A daring and fearless rescuer — is afraid of a debate | Dick Wadhams
Victor Marx, the Republican nominee for governor who says he can exorcize demons and who claimed he has fearlessly rescued 45,000 women and children during 150 “high-risk” missions around the world, appears to be intimidated by the notion of debating his Democratic opponent. Colorado has a long history of major-party candidates engaging in general election…
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A Colorado history lesson for Victor Marx | Dick Wadhams
Victor Marx, who narrowly won the Republican nomination for governor by one half 1% after boasting of a massive 44-point lead, is just as misguided on Colorado political history. During the primary, Marx made a clumsy attempt to denigrate his opponent, state Sen. Barbara Kirkmeyer, as a “great candidate for the 1990s” whom he would…
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Another of Marx’s claims — his primary lead — was fake news | Dick Wadhams
Self-declared exorcist of demons and swashbuckling rescuer of 45,000 innocent women and children, Victor Marx narrowly won the Republican nomination for governor despite claiming he had a 44-point lead just weeks before the election. Marx received 39.9% while state Sen. Barbara Kirkmeyer won 39.4% and state Rep. Scott Bottoms was at 21%. Marx won by…
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Add Lynn Bartels to Colorado’s roll call of legends | Dick Wadhams
A few weeks after the Rocky Mountain News shut its doors forever in 2009, more than 600 Republicans gathered for the state party’s annual Centennial Dinner. Lamenting the historic significance of the loss of one of Colorado’s great daily newspapers, the state chairman noted the presence that evening of former Rocky political reporter Lynn Bartels…
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Marx, Bottoms, a primary death wish for Colorado GOP | Dick Wadhams
Colorado Republicans stand on the brink of total irrelevance and embarrassment if they nominate one of the two nonsensical, buffoonish candidates running for governor, Victor Marx and Scott Bottoms. Republicans are already in a very defensive, tenuous position as Democrats have had absolute control of every facet of Colorado state government for the past eight years. Term-limited Gov.…
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Michael Bennet is the $2.5 million corporate man | Dick Wadhams
U.S. Sen. Michael Bennet has learned a lot after 20 years in the Senate. He is an accomplished dancer — at the old Washington, D.C., two-step of saying one thing but doing another. Do what I say, not what I do. Bennet has piously and self-righteously declared he does not seek nor accept corporate contributions for his campaign for governor. For one thing, corporate contributions…
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Colorado GOP plays with fire as primary approaches | Dick Wadhams
Over the next several weeks, the Colorado Republican Party will make consequential decisions that will determine just how relevant it will be in 2026 and beyond. The 600-member Colorado Republican State Central Committee will meet on May 30 to elect a new state chair following the resignation of Brita Horn. The Colorado Republican Primary Election…
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Colorado needs another Bill Owens — who kept up our roads | Dick Wadhams
By Dick Wadhams The silence is deafening within the Democratic primary for governor on the need to build and improve roads in Colorado after 20 years of neglect. The Democratic contestants, U.S. Sen. Michael Bennet and Attorney General Phil Weiser, talk about liberal touchstones such as mass transit and bike lanes that few Coloradans find…
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Voters sour on Dems — as Republicans head for the cliff | Dick Wadhams
By Dick Wadhams The ravages of eight years of total Democratic control of state government and twenty consecutive years of Democratic governors are souring voters on their candidates in 2026 as Colorado continues to decline. Meanwhile, rather than embracing an opportunity to restore some competence and balance to state government with mainstream conservative policies and…