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Bush celebrated with praise and humor at cathedral farewell

Dec 5, 2018

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The Associated Press

WASHINGTON – George H.W. Bush was celebrated with high praise and loving humor Wednesday as the nation bade farewell to the man who was America’s 41st president and the last to fight for the U.S. in wartime. Three former presidents looked on at Washington National Cathedral as a fourth – George W. Bush – eulogized…
Colorado Democrats bestow BS — that’s Bush-Stapleton — award on Walker Stapleton after interview

Jan 12, 2018

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Ernest Luning

The Colorado Democratic Party on Friday delivered its inaugural “Bush-Stapleton BS Award” to State Treasurer Walker Stapleton, a Republican candidate for governor – purportedly for “the most BS told in a single interview” but maybe also for the chance to print the smiling poop emoji on a fancy-looking certificate. In all, the Democrats count seven…
INSIGHTS: Bannon’s visit with Tancredo sends a message in the governor’s race

Oct 29, 2017

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JOEY BUNCH

It doesn’t matter what Stephen K. Bannon does or doesn’t do for Tom Tancredo. The point is made. The bell is rung. Perception is a headline, and reality is a footnote. The architect of Donald Trump’s political rise visited with the former congressman in Colorado Springs recently. The summit put a new seal of approval…
Brauchler leads GOP gubernatorial fundraising for quarter but lags every Democratic candidate

Oct 17, 2017

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Ernest Luning

Colorado gubernatorial candidate George Brauchler raised more money than any of his Republican primary rivals in the just-completed fundraising quarter, but every Democratic candidate pulled in at least twice as much as Brauchler – and Republican Walker Stapleton nearly equalled Brauchler’s quarterly fundraising in just a couple of weeks, according to reports filed Monday. A…
Super PAC behind Colorado gubernatorial hopeful Stapleton pulls in big bucks from big names

Oct 17, 2017

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JOEY BUNCH

When Better Colorado Now files its quarterly finance report Tuesday, there will be some big dollars and bold-faced names, according to documents obtained by Colorado Politics. The independent expenditure committee reportedly backing Walker Stapleton for governor raised $625,001 between July 1 and Sept. 30. It started the fundraising period with $118,320 in the bank. Just…
Republican George Brauchler declares he’s running for governor of Colorado in 2018

Apr 5, 2017

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Ernest Luning

Republican George Brauchler, the district attorney who prosecuted the Aurora theater shooter, officially launched his campaign for governor of Colorado on Wednesday. Declaring that he will be the grassroots conservative in what could be a crowded GOP primary field, Brauchler said he intends to bring leadership to a state that has languished under what’s amounted…
Republican and Democratic strategists still trying to understand Trump’s victory

Jan 30, 2017

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Peter Marcus

Two top Colorado political strategists – one a Republican, the other a Democrat – agree on at least one thing: that the recent election in which Donald Trump won left them in shock. “It was a very strange campaign. I don’t know that the campaign put us in a place where hope was something that survived,” said…
Trump tickets on sale for Colorado Republicans to have a ball

Dec 26, 2016

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JOEY BUNCH

If you’re like Gov. John Hickenlooper, you’re probably not getting an invitation to celebrate Donald Trump’s inauguration in Washington. The Lincoln Club of Colorado has just the fix, Hick. Republicans will have a ball-a Jan. 20 ball at Marriott Denver Tech Center. The cost is $110 person. That’s a bargain when you figure a Donald…
The Hot Sheet – The savvy pick: One W. Stapleton, Trump passes the joint, the gavel falls on transparency, Miami wishes it were Denver and … MORE!

Dec 8, 2016

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Colorado Politics

VOL. 01 NO. 201 | DECEMBER 8, 2016 | COLORADOSTATESMAN.COM/THE-HOT-SHEET | ©2016 DENVER – Good morning holiday shoppers … Just two more weekends of manic buying before Christmas Day. Yippee! Of course, it’s also the time of year when we’re over-scheduled with office parties, block parties, decorating parties, school parties … every kind of party.…
YESTERYEAR: Bush clears brush, raises big bucks during Colorado visit

Aug 25, 2016

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Ernest Luning

Fifteen Years Ago this week in The Colorado Statesman … More than a year before the midterm elections, President George W. Bush made a stop in Colorado – his first since assuming the presidency – as part of his “Heartland” tour, signaling the start of the political season. Before attending an enormous fundraiser for U.S.…