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Cory Gardner is all about bipartisanship. Says who? The Bipartisan Policy Center

Mar 7, 2018

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DAN NJEGOMIR Colorado Politics

No sooner had Hot Sheet taken note of Colorado Republican U.S. Sen. Cory Gardner’s feature-length profile by Politico this week – depicting him as a pol who can work both sides of the aisle while keeping the White House at bay – than Gardner’s own communications staff sent this press release over the transom: Washington, DC…
Trump hails fallen Colorado Springs soldier, others at Arlington

May 29, 2017

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Darlene Superville The Associated Press

President Donald Trump expressed his nation’s “boundless and undying” gratitude Monday to Americans who have fallen in battle and to the families they left behind, hailing as heroes the hundreds of thousands buried at Arlington National Cemetery, including a soldier from Colorado Springs. In his first Memorial Day remarks as president, Trump told the stories…
YESTERYEAR: Colorado turns blue, kids vote their consciences and Norton talks bioterrorism

Nov 10, 2016

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Colorado Politics

… Ten Years Ago this week in the Colorado Statesman … Colorado turned blue. At the Colorado Convention Center Hyatt, more than a thousand Democrats showed up to cheer the winning candidates. A famous trio of Democratic women took the stage, Senate President Joan Fitz-Gerald, House Majority Leader Rep. Alice Madden, and Democratic state party chair Pat Waak,…
YESTERYEAR: Clinton, Dole storm swing-state Colorado as election looms

Oct 13, 2016

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Ernest Luning

Twenty Years Ago in The Colorado Statesman … With just a month until the November election, crucial swing-state Colorado was in the spotlight and was turning into a crossroads for presidential candidates and other national politicians. President Bill Clinton packed the Red Rocks amphitheater for a rally put together by Alan Salazar, the Clinton-Gore campaign’s…
YESTERYEAR: Democrats defend Hillary Clinton as Bill nominated for second term

Sep 1, 2016

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Ernest Luning

Twenty Years Ago this week in The Colorado Statesman … Democrats dispelled any preconceptions that their 1996 national convention would mirror “the GOP’s tightly controlled production” that relied on “cheerleading youth to generate enthusiasm and whips to silence dissenters,” The Statesman reported from Chicago, where delegates nominated Bill Clinton and Al Gore for a second…
YESTERYEAR: Dole, Kemp make first campaign stop in Denver after boisterous GOP convention

Aug 17, 2016

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Ernest Luning

Twenty Years Ago this week in The Colorado Statesman … Republican presidential nominee Bob Dole and his running mate Jack Kemp – the “American Dream team” – would make their first post-convention campaign appearance in Denver, underlining the importance of Colorado as a crucial swing state in the 1996 election. The Kansas senator gave a…
YESTERYEAR: Lamm flirts with presidential run on Ross Perot’s Reform Party ticket

Jul 7, 2016

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Ernest Luning

Twenty Years Ago this week in The Colorado Statesman … Former Gov. Dick Lamm was remaining a Democrat – for the time being – but would be working hard to help Ross Perot’s Reform Party get its presidential candidate on the ballot in Colorado, and Lamm might be that candidate. “I think it’s really important…
Romer vetoes bill outlawing same-sex marriages, Bain looks for GOP sweep

Mar 24, 2016

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Ernest Luning

Twenty Years Ago this week in The Colorado Statesman … Gov. Roy Romer wielded his veto pen “with open hands urging reconciliation and respect,” rejecting a bill that would have outlawed same-sex marriages in Colorado. Romer said he spent many hours studying the question and, despite an intense campaign waged by supporters and opponents, wound…
The Hot Sheet, February 19, 2016

Feb 19, 2016

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Jared Wright

By TCS Publisher and Editor in Chief Jared Wright _@JaredWright_ Friday, February 19, 2016 DENVER – Good morning from all of us here at The Colorado Statesman, and a very Happy Friday to you and yours. Here’s to a smooth glide into the weekend. “The day cold and fair with a high easterly wind: we were visited…
Yesteryear: GOP gears up for ’96 presidential primary, Hairstreak Butterfly gets Senate nod

Feb 18, 2016

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Ernest Luning

Twenty Years Ago this week in The Colorado Statesman … While the state was only in the “infancy stage” as a player in presidential politics, Colorado’s second presidential primary, in 1996, was shining a spotlight on a state that had been mostly ignored by presidential hopefuls. “Colorado got an enormous amount of attention from the…