eric sondermann
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SONDERMANN | The crime-induced winter of our discontent
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It was just another wintry, February weekend. With news of six separate shootings across the metro area, resulting in four deaths and an additional number seriously wounded. Welcome to Colorado in early 2022 and the winter of our discontent. This time, the downcast spirit has less to do with a virus or gas prices or…
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SONDERMANN | The day American exceptionalism died
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To be a political columnist and not note the one-year anniversary of Jan. 6 is akin to visiting the Sistine Chapel and failing to look up. Few will forget where they were and how they took in the news on that horrible day. For those of my generation, it was a signal moment on par…
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TRAIL MIX | Prognosticators from across political spectrum weigh in on 2022 election in Colorado
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Heading into the 2022 election year, it’s important to keep in mind a couple of indisputable political realities: Colorado tends to really like its governors, and Democrat Michael Bennet is one of the luckiest politicians on the planet. Those were among the nuggets dispensed by a tripartisan trio of veteran strategists who convened for a…
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COPO PODCAST: Denver mayoral race comes down to how choice is framed, say experts
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The runoff for Denver mayor is coming down to a question of who can best frame the race in the closing days of the campaign, according to two experts on local politics. If challenger Jamie Gillies can portray the vote as a referendum on residents’ anxiety and concerns over how Mayor Michael Hancock has managed…
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Insights: Colorado’s Cory Gardner rides the Trump roller coaster from Yuma to the spotlight
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Coloradans in the U.S. House and the Senate seem to have a handle on this Trump thing. And Colorado Politics is no longer the only institution taking note. And sometimes that means saying nothing at all. Lots of publications have been heaping praise on Colorado Sen. Cory Gardner of Yuma for his willingness to choose his…
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Public TV pundits ponder new name for Colorado Democrats’ annual fundraising dinner
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Maybe the Colorado Democrats should rename the party’s big annual fundraising dinner after Donald Trump, since their enmity toward the Republican president could be the only thing that unites them. Or, if the party is looking to past presidents who didn’t own slaves and are unsullied by sex scandals, how about honoring Grover Cleveland and…
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Colorado tilts left in local elections in the year of Trump
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Well past dark on Tuesday, Dan Thomas dropped off his ballot before the polls closed at the Denver Elections Office just across Civic Center park from his office. “It was on my desk,” he said of his ballot. “I saw it walking out, and I don’t want a black mark that says I’m a bad…
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Yesteryear: Colorado Bushes celebrate inauguration, Clinton revs up Denver Dems
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Thirty-five Years Ago this week in The Colorado Statesman … As the nation celebrated the inauguration of President Ronald Reagan and Vice President George Bush, the veep’s son and daughter-in-law, Coloradans Neil and Sharon Bush, were part of the official fanfare in Washington, D.C. Neil, who moved to Denver the previous summer when he go…
