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CNN cites Polis among Democrats who refuse to challenge Biden
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Colorado Gov. Jared Polis made it to CNN’s list of potential primary challengers to President Joe Biden — though Polis and the other Democrats ruled out running against their party’s leader, according to the article published on Monday. The article said some have talked about Polis as a potential contender in the Democratic primary for…
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BIDLACK | The press is supposed to dish it out, and the prez should be able to take it
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Hal Bidlack Some of my conservative friends expressed their disgust at the actions of CNN reporter Jim Acosta, during that rarest of rare events, an actual presidential press conference. They found Mr. Acosta’s refusal to sit down and shut up to be offensive, and many celebrated when the White House (and by that, of course,…
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Interior Secretary Zinke cites Colorado’s advantages in BLM move
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ROCKY MOUNTAIN NATIONAL PARK – U.S. Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke gripped two hiking poles, citing a gimpy knee from his years as a Navy SEAL and a college football lineman, as he wandered deeper into Rocky Mountain National Park on Sunday. “There’s no reason a trail can’t begin on Forest Service property and go into…
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Coffman: Trump administration is shifting blame on border policy
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The Department of Health and Human Services is suggesting that politicians visiting the U.S.-Mexico border are slowing down family reunifications – and U.S. Rep. Mike Coffman thinks that accusation is absurd. “I think that HHS is already trying to insulate itself by blaming members of Congress for its failures,” the Aurora Republican said Thursday. “Raising…
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NRA’s Dana Loesch in Denver on what’s to blame for school shootings
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The National Rifle Association’s media-star spokeswoman Dana Loesch spoke Saturday night in Denver about failures in the system, local and national, that she believes led to the shooting at a Florida high school in February. “There were things that led up to this,” she told the crowd Saturday at the Western Conservative Summit, which wrapped…
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CIRULI: Roy Moore’s fate shows character counts — while control of the House teeters
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My Dec. 6 blog on the Alabama Senate race opened with, “Alabama Judge Roy Moore is in the first post-Harvey Weinstein, Matt Lauer, et.al. sex scandal election.” His loss in a state that Republicans have held a near total lock on since the early 1990s was a powerful demonstration that character counts.Because of the uniqueness…
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Three Christmas wishes for the news media
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So long as it’s Christmas and we’re allowed to indulge in our unlikely hopes and dreams (like Harvey Weinstein longing to hear “yes,” for example), I’ve put together a wishlist of all the things I want but am unlikely to receive from the national media, including but not limited to, normal non-hysterical news coverage of…
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CIRULI: Fake polls — just a Trump put-down or a real problem?
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At a recent press conference, Sarah Huckabee Sanders brushed back a question from a CNN reporter about a Fox News poll that showed 56 percent of the American people saw President Trump as “tearing the county apart.” She used Trump’s favorite put-downs: “A lot of those same polls told you Donald Trump would never be…
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Hickenlooper splashes cold water on speculation about 2020 presidential unity ticket with Kasich
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Gov. John Hickenlooper appeared to dampen speculation he was considering joining an independent presidential ticket with Ohio Gov. John Kasich, calling it “funny that people expect a political marriage” when two politicians reach across the aisle to work together. “Kasich is dapper & worldly, but knows nada about brewing beer,” Hickenlooper said on Twitter Friday…
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Hickenlooper, Kasich contemplate running as independents on 2020 unity presidential ticket: reports
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Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper, a Democrat, and Ohio Gov. John Kasich, a Republican, are considering mounting a campaign on a nonpartisan presidential ticket in 2020, with Kasich in the top spot, according to reports. The two governors have been appearing together for months at national events and on cable news programs urging President Trump and…
