Author: Tom Cronin
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Hollywood and the ‘We the People’ experiment | CRONIN & LOEVY
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Tom Cronin and Bob Loevy There is no one great American political film. Yet there are dozens of provocative films and documentaries that help us understand the American experiment. They tell of our successes and our failings and how long it has taken us to live up to our lofty aspirations of liberty and opportunity…
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Understanding the three ‘acts’ of political influence | CRONIN & LOEVY
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Tom Cronin and Bob Loevy Policy change typically requires leadership, both non-elected as well as elected leadership, in at least three distinct phases. In what can be called Act I, policy ideas are formulated and launched. In Act II, they are spread and support for them is mobilized. In Act III, power brokers and elected…
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Understanding the three ‘acts’ of political influence | CRONIN & LOEVY
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Tom Cronin and Bob Loevy Policy change typically requires leadership, both non-elected as well as elected leadership, in at least three distinct phases. In what can be called Act I, policy ideas are formulated and launched. In Act II, they are spread and support for them is mobilized. In Act III, power brokers and elected…
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Presidential primaries in retrospect | CRONIN & LOEVY
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Tom Cronin and Bob Loevy Our imperfect presidential primary system has given us two imperfect national party nominees for president. Former President Donald Trump won 14 of 15 primaries on Super Tuesday and a handful more this week. Nikki Haley won Vermont and District of Columbia and then suspended her campaign. Biden won easily everywhere.…
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Presidential primaries in retrospect | CRONIN & LOEVY
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Tom Cronin and Bob Loevy Our imperfect presidential primary system has given us two imperfect national party nominees for president. Former President Donald Trump won 14 of 15 primaries on Super Tuesday and a handful more this week. Nikki Haley won Vermont and District of Columbia and then suspended her campaign. Biden won easily everywhere.…
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Colorado’s population boom eases off | CRONIN & LOEVY
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Tom Cronin and Bob Loevy Colorado in recent decades has been a population boom state. But a new study by the Colorado State Demography Office indicates this may be changing — even as parts of El Paso County and greater Denver continue to grow rapidly. From 2010 to 2020 Colorado was adding nearly 75,000 new residents…
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Colorado’s population boom eases off | CRONIN & LOEVY
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Tom Cronin and Bob Loevy Colorado in recent decades has been a population boom state. But a new study by the Colorado State Demography Office indicates this may be changing — even as parts of El Paso County and greater Denver continue to grow rapidly. From 2010 to 2020 Colorado was adding nearly 75,000 new residents…
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How Trump won in 2016, and could do it again in 2024 | CRONIN & LOEVY
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Tom Cronin and Bob Loevy “The Accidental Presidency” is an American-made low-budget documentary film by British filmmaker James Fletcher. It explains how businessman Donald J. Trump captured the Republican Party’s presidential nomination and defeated Hillary Clinton to become the American president in the 2016 election. By majority rule Hillary Clinton won. She captured 3 million…
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CRONIN & LOEVY | Rockies are (mostly) Trump country
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Tom Cronin and Bob Loevy The eight Rocky Mountain states comprise the most Republican region in the United States, voting 57.8% Republican during the current decade of the 2010s. Close behind the Rocky Mountain states, however, is the South — just one-half of one percentage point behind — at 57.3% Republican. With the presidential election…
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CRONIN & LOEVY | Our take on the ballot issues
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Tom Cronin and Bob Loevy Registered Colorado voters should receive mail-in ballots in a day or two. We believe voters should pay almost as much attention to the ballot issues as to the candidates. We offer below our recommendations and forecasts. A few are tough to decide and, as you will note, the two of…