Category: Colorado Politics

John Andrews worries too much about the GOP

While my radio show partner, John Andrews, as a “party stalwart” and former candidate for governor, has deep knowledge of Colorado politics, he nevertheless overstates the negative ramifications of the rare situation presented by the 2010 Colorado electi… more »

Dean Singleton: I don't know who I'm going to vote for in Senate race

Interestingly, Denver Post Publisher Dean Singleton just said on the Caplis and Silverman radio show that he has not decided who he will vote for in Colorado's US Senate race even though his newspaper endorsed appointed Senator Michael "Who?" Bennet. S… more »

Tancredo and bombing Mecca

The media and Democrats routinely comment on -- and misrepresent -- Tom Tancredo's now well-known statment about "bombing Mecca." This issue deserves some clarification.  Whether or not you agree with Tancredo's thinking, the full context of his statem… more »

Denver Post owes Bob Schaffer an apology

In 2008, when Bob Schaffer was running for U.S. Senate, Denver Post news editor Curtis Hubbard allowed his propagandist-reporter Mike Riley to run a series of borderline-libel pieces attacking Schaffer for his interest in the Marianas Islands ("CNMI").… more »

Elliot Fladen: The Colorado governor's race debate, animated

I'm not sure just what to make of Elliot turning me into a British Queen for the purposes of this video... For the record, I think it's mostly quite a well-balanced discussion of the issues facing conservative and Republican voters, though Elliot (as h… more »

Backbone Radio, Oct 24, 2010: Down to the wire

Over time, we'll be transitioning our show promos to our new blog site at http://www.backboneradio.net. For now, he're the promo for today's (10/24/2010) excellent edition of Backbone Radio: Please join Christopher Sanders, sitting in for Ross Kamins… more »

Clear the Bench Colorado gets lead story at Human Events

Congratulations to Matt Arnold, Director of Clear the Bench Colorado, for having the lead article today at the web site of Human Events magazine. Please see "Fighting the Progressive Takeover of State Court", Matt Arnold, HumanEvents.com, 10/23/10http:… more »

Two weird names, one bad idea

H/T Lon more »

John Hickenlooper thinks you're a small-minded redneck (if you don't live in Denver)

Colorado's own National Review Online columnist Michael Sandoval has done some remarkable research through the archives, finding a 2009 interview of Denver Mayor John Hickenlooper by transgender reporter Eden Lane following the news that the Matthew Shep… more »

What part of "hoax" does Michael Bennet not understand

I got an e-mail (as did many thousands of others) from the Michael Bennet campaign yesterday containing the following message (fund-raising links edited out):   Dear Ross -- Global warming a hoax? Really? In Fort Collins yesterday, Ken… more »