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What are the real odds of a Hick presidency? Better than Kim Kardashian’s

Mar 8, 2017

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DAN NJEGOMIR Colorado Politics

For what it’s worth just months after Nov. 8’s day of reckoning, go-to online sports book Bovada has posted the latest odds for a wide range of prospective and, in some cases, purely hypothetical presidential contenders in the 2020 race. And our very own Gov. John Hickenlooper – yes, here we go again – comes in at 125:1. For those…
Trump pledges ‘new chapter of American greatness’ in speech to joint session

Mar 1, 2017

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Julie Pace

Heralding a “new chapter of American greatness,” President Donald Trump stood before Congress for the first time Tuesday night and issued a broad call for overhauling the nation’s health care system, significantly boosting military spending and plunging $1 trillion into upgrading crumbling infrastructure. Striking an optimistic tone, Trump declared: “The time for small thinking is…
Q&A w/Greg Brophy: ‘slightly more libertarian…a lot more cynical’

Feb 23, 2017

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DAN NJEGOMIR Colorado Politics

Greg Brophy has racked up plenty of political mileage in his 50 years. The Republican served two sessions in the state House starting in January 2003 before moving up to the Senate, where for nearly 10 years he represented an immense swath of Colorado’s eastern plains. He also made a brief run for governor in…
Obama, Pence to Capitol as health care overhaul fight begins

Jan 4, 2017

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Alan Fram

Donald Trump warned congressional Republicans on Wednesday against letting Democrats dodge blame for problems with President Barack Obama’s health care overhaul, even as the GOP-led Congress takes initial steps toward dismantling the law. “Massive increases of ObamaCare will take place this year and Dems are to blame for the mess,” the president-elect said in three…
More ‘bad dudes’ headed for Colorado? Politicians stand ground against Obama on Gitmo transfer

Nov 30, 2016

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Tom Ramstack

Colorado political officials are pressing forward, asking the Obama administration to abandon a proposal that could send accused terrorists from the Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, detention center to correctional facilities in the central part of the state. Two of the four sites being considered in an upcoming White House report that recommends transferring some of the…
May: The tide turns

Nov 24, 2016

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Clifford D. May

Trump’s victories pale in comparison with the challenges ahead First and foremost: Nothing is more pivotal to democratic governance then holding free and fair elections that lead to a peaceful transference of power. Over the past week, Donald Trump, Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama all demonstrated that they get that. This is an achievement that…
For Trump and GOP, ‘Obamacare’ repeal is complex and risky

Nov 22, 2016

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Alan Fram

Here’s the idea: Swiftly pass a repeal of President Barack Obama’s health care law, perhaps soon enough for Donald Trump to sign it the day he takes the presidential oath. Then approve legislation restructuring the nation’s huge and convoluted health care system – despite Republican divisions, Democratic opposition and millions of jittery constituents. What could…
Littwin: Don’t worry. It’s gonna get worse.

Nov 21, 2016

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Mike Littwin

We’re a little more than a week into the Donald Trump pre-presidency, and things are shaping up pretty much as expected. Lots of chaos. Lots of tweets. Lots of media-bashing. Lots of congratulatory phone calls to Trump from foreign leaders on, yes, apparently unsecured phone lines (and you said irony was dead). After losing the…
TRUMP ELECTED 45TH PRESIDENT, COLORADO UNDERDOGS CELEBRATE

Nov 9, 2016

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Colorado Politics

Hurtling down his track of defying immense odds this election, Donald Trump officially became president-elect of the United States just after midnight Nov. 9, smashing national expectations – and even the most recent polling numbers – as voters eager to shake up the nation’s political establishment chose the billionaire businessman to lead the country. An unexpected Republican nominee,…
Mike Pence refuses to call David Duke ‘deplorable’

Sep 13, 2016

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Scott Bauer

Donald Trump’s running mate Mike Pence refused on Tuesday to say whether he thinks white supremacist David Duke is deplorable, repeating that he’s “not in the name-calling business,” as he tried to brush off the issue as a distraction. Pence was asked at a news conference with House Republican leaders in Washington whether he wanted…