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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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YESTERYEAR: Democrats defend Hillary Clinton as Bill nominated for second term
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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…
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YESTERYEAR: Colorado Supreme Court overturns death penalty statute
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Twenty-five Years Ago this week in The Colorado Statesman … The lawyer who led a successful constitutional challenge against Colorado’s death penalty law said no one should have been surprised that the Colorado Supreme Court overturned the statute, pointing out that some legislators had warned it was defective when it passed. University of Denver law professor…
