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Steve House: Stop fighting over support for Trump, look to future of state GOP
Calling the dispute a “useless exercise” and a distraction, Colorado Republican Party Chairman Steve House said Monday he wants the candidates competing for his job to stop arguing about who supported Donald Trump when, and whether they did so with sufficient gusto. Instead of debating what happened last year, House told The Colorado Statesman, the…
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Republican state chair candidates hurl charges over Trump support
The race for Colorado Republican Party leadership heated up this week as state chair candidates Jeff Hays and George Athanasopoulos each questioned his opponent’s depth of support for Donald Trump. Hays, the outgoing chairman of the El Paso County Republican Party, and Athanasopoulos, who lost a bid last year challenging U.S. Rep. Ed Perlmutter, are…
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Nicolais: State RFRA bill dies a faster, quieter death
A perennially contentious proposal, this year’s religious freedom restoration bill, HB 17-1013, died a faster, quieter death than in years past. Sent to the state House committee on State, Veterans, and Military Affairs – a Democratic “kill committee” – in January, the bill’s fate was a foregone conclusion. While the political tumult over the bill declined dramatically,…
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House says he won’t seek another term as GOP chair
Colorado Republican Party Chairman Steve House isn’t seeking a second term heading the state GOP, and he isn’t going to run for governor, either, he said Monday. Instead, House said in a statement he plans to focus on improving the health care system and raise money to support next year’s Republican nominee for governor. House…
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May: Trump’s first 100 days
A unique opportunity to start making America sovereign, secure and economically dynamic again It’s apparent that Donald J. Trump was – to employ a neologism coined by President George W. Bush 16 years ago – misunderestimated. But those who gave odds that he couldn’t transform from a successful businessman into a successful politician are now betting he…
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The Hot Sheet – Pistol packin’ teachers, GOP ends Tweet-gate, electors have HIGH hopes, must see ‘conservative’ TV and … MORE!
VOL. 01 NO. 206 | DECEMBER 15, 2016 | COLORADOSTATESMAN.COM/THE-HOT-SHEET | © 2016 DENVER – As our grandmothers used to say, “It’s going to be a Merry Christmas for the electric company!” You might also say the same for the attorneys involved in the rogue Hamilton ‘faithless’ Electors legal maneuvers. With billable hours at stake,…
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Colorado readies to decide balance of power
Colorado was supposed to be a swing state again this year, starting at the top of the ticket. But as the results roll in from the state’s first presidential election featuring a nearly all-mail voting, the races may turn out to be tighter the further down the ballot you go. Voters will be waiting Tuesday…
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May: The president should not tie his successor’s hands
It’s not for Obama to decide how the next administration deals with the Palestinian-Israeli conflict You’re probably familiar with the old story about the inebriated guy looking for his wallet at night under a streetlight – not because that’s where he dropped it but because what would be the point of poking around in the dark?…