ColoradoPols.com - Front Page (Free subscription) | 25/11/2009
We noted yesterday that while the Republican "Contract for Colorado" "Platform for Prosperity" might be a good political move to get voters to believe that the GOP actually has a plan, the meat of the "Platform" was a little weak. We aren't the only ones asking just how GOP gubernatorial candidate Scott McInnis plans to fix Colorado's budget crisis with mystical...
The Huffington Post (Free subscription) | 24/11/2009
DENVER - Colorado Republicans unveiled their small-government, anti-spending agenda Monday at RK Mechanical, a family-owned construction firm that got a contract from the federal stimulus bill.
The Huffington Post (Free subscription) | 23/11/2009
In the backrooms of the Colorado Republican Party Gubernatorial candidate Scott McInnis is bowing deeply to Tom Tancredo. Tancredo has threatened to run for...
The Huffington Post (Free subscription) | 24/11/2009
The 2010 race for governor was joined Monday as Republicans released a four-page conservative agenda and Democratic Gov. Bill Ritter responded with a feisty defense of his three-year record.
Mount Virtus (Free subscription) | 22/11/2009
Word has leaked to the Grand Junction Sentinel that state senate minority leader Josh Penry will formally announce his endorsement of former rival Scott McInnis for Colorado governor. The endorsement was contingent on the McInnis formally agreeing to 20 conservative governing principles. “These are the principles that swept the GOP to victory in New Jersey in [...]
Political Wire (Free subscription) | 23/11/2009
Top Colorado Republicans began lining up behind gubernatorial hopeful Scott McInnis (R), the Denver Post reports. Josh Penry (R), once a candidate himself, endorsed his former GOP rival at a news conference Sunday. And later today, former Rep. Tom Tancredo (R), who had vowed to run for governor, will instead announce his support for McInnis, "largely clearing the path to the...
Denver Post (Free subscription) | 22/11/2009
GOP gubernatorial hopeful Scott McInnis today received the backing of a man who once ranked among his most fierce rivals.
The Huffington Post (Free subscription) | 22/11/2009
State Sen. Josh Penry, R-Grand Junction, will clear up all but one final remaining question from his campaign for governor when he endorses former boss and former rival Scott McInnis today.
First Read (Free subscription) | 23/11/2009
... : Josh Penry, who recently dropped his bid for Colorado governor, endorsed former Congressman Scott McInnis. And Tom Tancredo will endorse McInnis today, the Denver Post writes. Vulnerable Sen. Michael Bennett (D) answered “yes” when asked if, at the end of the Senate debate, he would vote in favor of comprehensive health care reform even if he had compelling evidence...
ColoradoPols.com - Front Page (Free subscription) | 22/11/2009
The Sentinel is reporting: Penry backs McInnis for Governor State Sen. Josh Penry, R-Grand Junction, will clear up all but one final remaining question from his campaign for governor when he endorses former boss and former rival Scott McInnis today. Penry, the Senate minority leader, withdrew earlier this month from the race for the GOP nomination to run against Democrat incumbent...
ColoradoPols.com - Front Page (Free subscription) | 20/11/2009
Rumor has it that Tom Tancredo has decided against running for Governor--not that we ever really thought he would, no matter what he said --and will formally endorse Scott McInnis on Monday in a press conference that will include Josh Penry . For all Tancredo's boasting and blustering, running for Governor is a serious commitment--in both time and money spent--not really something Tancredo...
ColoradoPols.com - Front Page (Free subscription) | yesterday
Just a few days ago, flanked by Republican leadership from former Gov. Bill Owens to Tom Tancredo , presumptive GOP gubernatorial nominee Scott McInnis announced his "Contract for Colorado" "Platform for Prosperity"--an agenda that he and former opponent Josh Penry intended to put an end to vicious Republican infighting and coronate McInnis as the "GOP...
ColoradoPols.com - Front Page (Free subscription) | 24/11/2009
A sampling of opinion in the last 24 hours from the state's conservative blog aggregator, the "I'm so ironic" People's Press Collective --while GOP establishment leaders sing praise for Scott McInnis and the "Platform for Prosperity," is the base picking up the tune? Image courtesy El Presidente of Slapstick Politics I learned from yesterday's front page headline of...
ColoradoPols.com - Front Page (Free subscription) | 24/11/2009
We want to start by acknowledging the burst of uncharacteristically good politics exhibited in the last few weeks by the Colorado GOP. At least in the gubernatorial race, Republicans went from the certainty of a long and bloody primary battle to a cleared field (sorry, Dan Maes ) and the pretense of "unity" around Scott McInnis with remarkable speed. It was quick, but it was...
The Huffington Post (Free subscription) | 24/11/2009
In the wake of the flashy state GOP unity celebration this week in which former U.S. Congressman Scott McInnis eliminated major opposition in his race for governor, Dan Maes says he is determined to stay in the race. Maes is a businessman from Evergreen who has so far raised a mere $16,000 or so in campaign funds. He was mild but firm in speaking to the Denver Post about his plans yesterday....
