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GOP consultant Dustin Olson stresses authenticity, ability to connect with stories

Sep 22, 2016

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Ernest Luning

Republican political consultant Dustin Olson has been at the center of national politics and numerous local campaigns – he and his wife, Carolyn, just celebrated the 10th anniversary of Olson Strategies & Advertising, their Colorado-based firm – but it was a few days he spent touring Civil War battlefields and shopping at Wal-Mart with a comic…
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…
Pence makes first visit to Utah as Trump’s VP candidate

Sep 1, 2016

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Michelle Price

Mike Pence used his trip to Utah on Thursday to try to sell Donald Trump to Republican voters in the Beehive state suspicious that the GOP presidential candidate may not share their conservative views. Pence, who is popular with Utah’s Republican officials, told business leaders and politicians in Salt Lake City that it has been a privilege for him…
Cook: Why I’m supporting Donald Trump

Aug 30, 2016

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Kristina Cook

It is obvious to all observers that this presidential election cycle is the strangest in recent history. Both parties faced contentious nomination battles, and the primary season has proven to be incredibly divisive, factionalizing both Republicans and Democrats. During the months leading to the Republican National Convention, I supported Ted Cruz and engaged in many…
Trump turns to conservative flame-thrower to run campaign

Aug 17, 2016

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Nancy Benac

Donald Trump’s new campaign CEO is a flame-thrower in cargo shorts. Steve Bannon’s career path has been an improbable journey from Goldman Sachs insider to conservative filmmaker to media provocateur to campaign chieftain. The shaggy-haired Harvard MBA partial to shorts and Timberland boots is moving to the Trump campaign from the top of Breitbart News, a conservative website that…
Colorado, national conservatives reflect at Denver RedState Gathering

Aug 15, 2016

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Michael McGrady The Center Square

In an unorthodox election year, conservative Republicans had something to get pumped up about this last weekend in Denver. While some pollsters claim Colorado has lost its political classification as a battleground state this election cycle, RedState.com, an unabashedly conservative blog, chose Colorado’s biggest city to rally – and in some cases even console –…
If Trump can’t get along with GOP, how will he govern?

Aug 9, 2016

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Steve Peoples

Beyond the immediate fallout from his rocky relationship with party elders, there’s a longer-term reality for Donald Trump: Should he win the presidency, he’ll have to work closely with the same GOP leaders he’s vilified on the campaign trail. He has taken modest steps in recent days to ease tensions, yet a growing chorus of experienced…
Noonan: New voters give political parties existential challenges

Aug 4, 2016

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Paula Noonan

Colorado’s Republican and Democratic parties face enormous challenges integrating an increase since 2012 of 315,000 active voters into their networks. Current July data show Democrats and Republicans almost even in active voter registration, at 980,352 for Democrats and 988,410 for Republicans. Unaffiliated voters remain the largest group at 1,003,628 active voters. Democrats gained the most…
Trump suggests general election could be ‘rigged’

Aug 2, 2016

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JONATHAN LEMIRE

Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump suggested Monday that he fears the general election “is going to be rigged” – an unprecedented assertion by a modern presidential candidate. Trump’s extraordinary claim – one he did not back up with any immediate evidence – would, if it became more than just an offhand comment, seem to threaten…
The Hot Sheet, July 22, 2016

Jul 22, 2016

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Jared Wright

VOL. 01 NO. 136 | JULY 22, 2016 | COLORADOSTATESMAN.COM/THE-HOT-SHEET | © 2016By TCS CEO and Editor-In-Chief Jared Wright DENVER – Happy post Republican National Convention, er, Donald Trump Law and Order … Day. To those traveling back from Cleveland, stay safe. And keep the law and order while you’re at it. Read on for your daily briefing…