Author: Lars Gesing
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Sunday Special Report: Former staffers recall ’84 run of Gary Hart
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It doesn’t take all that long for anyone who knew Gary Hart back in the 1980s to utter some semblance of the same old phrase. He came so close to winning. Indeed, in the minds of many, Gary Hart is the subjunctive president, the man who should have been. Much has been made of Hart’s…
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Shades of purple: Why the road to the White House runs through Colorado
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For former Vermont Gov. Howard Dean, that one day back in the fall of 2003 was just another pit stop on the Democratic primary campaign trail. His team had decided it was probably a good idea to stump in liberal Boulder County, Colorado. Dean obeyed. He stood outside the gates of the University of Colorado…
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Clinton organizes for caucuses, raises money in Colorado swing
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BOULDER — Flanked by a power lineup of some of Colorado’s most influential Democrats, including former U.S. Sen. Mark Udall, U.S. Rep. Jared Polis and state House Speaker Dickey Lee Hullinghorst, Hillary Clinton made her first official campaign stop in this college town on Tuesday since announcing her current run for the White House. Speaking…
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Democrats, liberal groups angle for spotlight at Republican presidential debate
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BOULDER — When you host a Republican presidential debate in what is often semi-jokingly called “The People’s Republic of Boulder,” you are going to get just that: a debate, and a passionate one at that. In the days leading up to Wednesday’s primetime event, progressive groups across the state and on the University of Colorado…
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Colorado front and center amid Dem debate’s Vegas razzmatazz
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LAS VEGAS — If you thought Colorado had a prominent role in the most-recent Republican presidential debate — when the state’s marijuana laws prompted Jeb Bush to publicly confess his pot-smoking habits as a youth — the first Democratic debate in Las Vegas on Tuesday put the state in the national limelight on multiple fronts.…
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Gardner, array of presidential candidates search for gridlock cure at NH conference
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MANCHESTER, N.H. — U.S. Sen. Cory Gardner joined a bipartisan parade of eight presidential candidates who heeded the cattle call of the nonprofit organization No Labels on Monday to take part in a day-long retreat devoted to “problem-solving” in a hotel in this New England town. Facing a crowd of about 1,500 undecided voters in…
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Gesing: Opinion researchers preach restraint for horse race journalists
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ELON, N.C. — They are Donald Trump’s raison d’être and cause for major Hillary Clinton headaches: Public opinion polls are the prime driver of much of the 2016 presidential campaign trail news. Media scholars semi-dismissively call such reporting “horse-race coverage.” Who’s ahead? Who’s behind? Who’s going to win? But as cable news anchors hyperventilate in…
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GOP presidential debate: Colorado’s in for a real treat
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The University of Colorado and CNBC will serve as hosts for a Republican presidential primary debate in Boulder on Oct. 28. Colorado Statesman contributor Lars Gesing was in Cleveland on Thursday to watch the frenzy unfold around the first GOP debate. CLEVELAND — Rosemary Flury sits on the patio of the Erie Island Coffee shop…
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Senate approves pair of marijuana testing bills
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The Senate Thursday morning approved two bills that would streamline the testing process for marijuana in the state. Lawmakers approved House Bill 15-1283 on second reading in a voice vote. The bill would require the department of public health and environment to establish a reference library that serves as a guidepost for all marijuana testing…
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Felony DUI bill gets nod in Senate Judiciary committee, moves on to Finance
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The Senate Judiciary committee Tuesday morning unanimously passed a bipartisan bill that would make repeated drunk driving a felony offense in the state of Colorado. House Bill 15-1043, with Senate sponsors John Cooke, R-Greeley, a member of the Judiciary committee, and Mike Johnston, D-Denver, got a 5-0 nod after several victims of accidents involving drunk…