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Durst: Assembling Trump’s Dream Team
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Any politician angling to be president has to appear believable while wearing many hats. The electorate needs to imagine him/her in a pith helmet to lead us through the jungle. A hard hat to connect to blue collar voters. A top hat to conduct formal diplomatic negotiations. A deerstalker to sift through the intrigue. And…
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The Hot Sheet, March 25, 2016
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VOL. 01 NO. 51 | MARCH 25, 2016 | COLORADOSTATESMAN.COM/THE-HOT-SHEET | © 2016 By TCS Publisher and Editor in Chief Jared Wright _@JaredWright_ DENVER — Happy Good Friday, and a very Happy Birthday to my wife, who puts up with the early morning or late night writing of The Hot Sheet on a daily basis. “I have…
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The Hot Sheet, March 14, 2016
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By TCS Publisher and Editor in Chief Jared Wright _@JaredWright_ Monday, March 14, 2016 DENVER — Coming off of our first busy weekend of county assemblies and conventions — with many more to come — here’s something new this week for all you Hot Sheet fanatics: an actual Hot Sheet. Enjoy it here in the browser, on…
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Swallowing hard, Trump rivals vow to back him if nominated
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The Republican establishment and its last best hopes to defeat Donald Trump spent a long and extraordinary day denouncing the billionaire businessman as dangerous, a “phony” and a “con man” unfit for office. Then, when it was all over, Marco Rubio, Ted Cruz and John Kasich swallowed hard and said they’d support Trump if he…
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Cruz, Neville topped one county straw poll as Republicans caucused statewide
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At least 60,000 Republicans turned out at schools, churches and community centers across Colorado Tuesday night for precinct caucuses, party officials said, kicking off the election season with ground-level party business. Attendance was up sharply from two years ago, when an estimated 25,000 Republicans showed up for the biennial neighborhood meetings, and roughly matched the…
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The Hot Sheet, March 1, 2016
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By TCS Publisher and Editor in Chief Jared Wright _@JaredWright_ Tuesday, March 1, 2016 DENVER – The big day has arrived — SUPER TUESDAY. Good luck and stay safe as you make your way out to your caucus locations tonight. “I have learned the difference between a cactus and a caucus. On a cactus, the pricks…
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The Hot Sheet, February 29, 2016
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By TCS Publisher and Editor in Chief Jared Wright _@JaredWright_ Monday, February 29, 2016 DENVER – Good morning and happy Leap Day to you on the eve of Super Tuesday. Here’s to a productive week wherever you might be as we enter this important phase of the election year. “I want to caucus in Iowa. I’ll caucus all over…
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Signs of things to come? Clinton aims focus at Trump
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A speech delivered by a presidential candidate can often serve as a peg on a roadmap. Hillary Clinton’s South Carolina victory night speech was just one of those guiding marks, an indicator of how far this race has come and where it may go. Sending a telling signal, Hillary Clinton used a piece of her remarks in…
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The Hot Sheet, February 26, 2016
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By TCS Publisher and Editor in Chief Jared Wright _@JaredWright_ Friday, February 26, 2016 DENVER – Happy Friday! Easing you into your weekend of … more work, campaigning, selling (seriously give yourself that one day of rest — it’s how we’re built). How ’bout some debate recap! “You may have seen I recently launched a Snapchat…
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The Hot Sheet, February 25, 2016
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By TCS Publisher and Editor in Chief Jared Wright _@JaredWright_ Thursday, February 25, 2016 DENVER – Good morning from all of us here at The Colorado Statesman. Here’s to a productive Thursday for you. “Don’t be in such a hurry to condemn a person because he doesn’t do what you do, or think as you think. There was…
