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Clinton organizes for caucuses, raises money in Colorado swing
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BOULDER – Flanked by a power lineup of some of Colorado’s most influential Democrats, including former U.S. Sen. Mark Udall, U.S. Rep. Jared Polis and state House Speaker Dickey Lee Hullinghorst, Hillary Clinton made her first official campaign stop in this college town on Tuesday since announcing her current run for the White House. Speaking…
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Democrats, liberal groups angle for spotlight at Republican presidential debate
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BOULDER — When you host a Republican presidential debate in what is often semi-jokingly called “The People’s Republic of Boulder,” you are going to get just that: a debate, and a passionate one at that. In the days leading up to Wednesday’s primetime event, progressive groups across the state and on the University of Colorado…
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Colorado front and center amid Dem debate’s Vegas razzmatazz
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LAS VEGAS — If you thought Colorado had a prominent role in the most-recent Republican presidential debate — when the state’s marijuana laws prompted Jeb Bush to publicly confess his pot-smoking habits as a youth — the first Democratic debate in Las Vegas on Tuesday put the state in the national limelight on multiple fronts.…
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Gardner, array of presidential candidates search for gridlock cure at NH conference
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MANCHESTER, N.H. — U.S. Sen. Cory Gardner joined a bipartisan parade of eight presidential candidates who heeded the cattle call of the nonprofit organization No Labels on Monday to take part in a day-long retreat devoted to “problem-solving” in a hotel in this New England town. Facing a crowd of about 1,500 undecided voters in…
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Gesing: Opinion researchers preach restraint for horse race journalists
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ELON, N.C. — They are Donald Trump’s raison d’être and cause for major Hillary Clinton headaches: Public opinion polls are the prime driver of much of the 2016 presidential campaign trail news. Media scholars semi-dismissively call such reporting “horse-race coverage.” Who’s ahead? Who’s behind? Who’s going to win? But as cable news anchors hyperventilate in…
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GOP presidential debate: Colorado’s in for a real treat
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The University of Colorado and CNBC will serve as hosts for a Republican presidential primary debate in Boulder on Oct. 28. Colorado Statesman contributor Lars Gesing was in Cleveland on Thursday to watch the frenzy unfold around the first GOP debate. CLEVELAND – Rosemary Flury sits on the patio of the Erie Island Coffee shop…
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What happens to political debate if we live only among like-minded people?
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Ask yourself this question: When you go knock on your neighbor’s door, when you see your friends in a café in town, when you pick a new place to live – how much diversity do you encounter? Not very much, argues Bill Bishop. The journalist and author wrote “The Big Sort,” an observation of how…
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Biden praises state’s workforce plan, plugs free community college progam
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Vice President Joe Biden came to Denver Tuesday afternoon to make a case for the Obama administration’s post-recession economic policies and affordable education as a key component of the nation’s economic recovery. He also touted the White House’s push for free community college education. “Six out of 10 jobs in the next decade require something…
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Senate approves pair of marijuana testing bills
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The Senate Thursday morning approved two bills that would streamline the testing process for marijuana in the state. Lawmakers approved House Bill 15-1283 on second reading in a voice vote. The bill would require the department of public health and environment to establish a reference library that serves as a guidepost for all marijuana testing…
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Felony DUI bill gets nod in Senate Judiciary committee, moves on to Finance
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The Senate Judiciary committee Tuesday morning unanimously passed a bipartisan bill that would make repeated drunk driving a felony offense in the state of Colorado. House Bill 15-1043, with Senate sponsors John Cooke, R-Greeley, a member of the Judiciary committee, and Mike Johnston, D-Denver, got a 5-0 nod after several victims of accidents involving drunk…
