Littwin: The Iowa caucuses may have been a disaster for Dems, but don’t tell...
If you’re not Pete Buttigieg, and most of us are not, the Iowa caucuses were pretty much a disaster for Democrats, although you’d have to exclude Bernie Sanders, who may well end up the winner in the...
View ArticleLittwin: Polis gets full-day kindergarten but does nothing to protect kids...
Thanks to Jared Polis and the state legislature, Colorado finally has statewide full-day kindergarten, which would be something to celebrate as the legislative session closes — if, that is, we didn’t...
View ArticleRepublicans take afternoon early-vote lead on the eve of Election Day in...
This post has been updated since new numbers came in on the afternoon of Nov. 5, 2018 UPDATE: Colorado Republicans overtook Democrats by about 1,300 votes this afternoon after Democrats surged ahead in...
View ArticleGuest Post: Where the left goes from here
NOTE: The Colorado Independent occasionally runs guest posts from government officials, local experts and concerned citizens on a variety of topics. These posts are meant to provide diverse...
View ArticleLittwin: Now that Democrats can claim the high ground, what will they do with...
Now that Al Franken has resigned, it is fair to note that while this was the right to thing to — and not just so Democrats could claim the moral high ground — the loss of Franken, a good and important...
View ArticleWiretap: This time, it could be Democrats who are ready to shut down the...
Maybe you remember this threat from previous administrations. But the tables have turned. Democrats are now threatening to shut down the government if Republicans can’t agree on compromise legislation...
View ArticleLittwin: Dems wonder when Trump Effect kicks in and they stop getting kicked...
Don’t fall for the spin. Karen Handel’s five-point win in the Georgia special House election was a crushing defeat for Democrats, who learned, once again, that the great majority of Republicans are...
View ArticleLittwin: The governor’s race is so big that Democrats are sending in their...
Now that Jared Polis, the well-known political disrupter, has officially shaken up the Democratic race for governor, at least one thing is clear: No one has any idea how it will turn out. It’s just...
View ArticleUnaffiliated? You can vote in Colorado’s 2018 party primaries. But should the...
Next year, unaffiliated voters —the state’s largest voting bloc—for the first time will be able to help choose the Democratic or Republican nominee in a Colorado governor’s race while still remaining...
View ArticleLittwin: Congress says no. Mexico says no. Maybe it’s time for Trump to...
It has been clear for a while — OK, like forever — that Mexico was never going to pay for Donald Trump’s fantasy border wall. But now it’s also clear, after Trump’s latest failed game of legislative...
View ArticleTwo more Colorado Democrats expected to announce runs for governor by Monday
Democratic Congressman Ed Perlmutter of Arvada and former Democratic State Treasurer Cary Kennedy are expected to launch bids for governor in the coming days. Perlmutter’s people sent out an April 6...
View ArticleLittwin: Half-baked plan dies over twice-baked potato
The defeat was, of course, humiliating — for Donald Trump, for Paul Ryan, for every Republican who had ever promised to repeal Obamacare, meaning every Republican not named Lincoln. It was, after all,...
View ArticleLittwin: Day One DNC— How, 8 years later, FLOTUS brought the house down
You might have been too distracted by how well crafted Michelle Obama’s game-saving speech was on Day One of the Democratic convention to have noticed the subtext, but, believe me, it’s a doozy. This...
View ArticleColorado now has more Dems than Republicans for the first time in 20 years. But…
There are now more registered Democratic voters in Colorado than Republicans for the first time in two decades, according to new data from the Secretary of State’s office. But there’s some context to...
View ArticleWant a presidential primary? Lawmakers vote no, for now.
Super Tuesday caucus chaos left many Coloradans begging their lawmakers to set up a presidential primary. Two efforts to do so tanked this week, with the last bill standing killed by the Senate State,...
View ArticleHospital provider fee bill survives furious House challenge
With just 13 days to go in the 2016 legislative session, the House today held its long-awaited debate on whether to reclassify a billion-dollar hospital program into a standalone enterprise to free...
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