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Littwin: Congress says no. Mexico says no. Maybe it’s time for Trump to...

April 25, 2017, 10:40 am

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...

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Unaffiliated? You can vote in Colorado’s 2018 party primaries. But should the...

May 1, 2017, 3:23 pm

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...

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Littwin: The governor’s race is so big that Democrats are sending in their...

June 13, 2017, 8:14 am

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...

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Littwin: Dems wonder when Trump Effect kicks in and they stop getting kicked...

June 21, 2017, 9:57 am

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...

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Wiretap: This time, it could be Democrats who are ready to shut down the...

October 16, 2017, 7:12 am

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...

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Littwin: Now that Democrats can claim the high ground, what will they do with...

December 7, 2017, 4:40 pm

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...

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Guest Post: Where the left goes from here

January 4, 2018, 10:32 am

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...

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Republicans take afternoon early-vote lead on the eve of Election Day in...

November 5, 2018, 9:24 am

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...

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Littwin: Polis gets full-day kindergarten but does nothing to protect kids...

May 4, 2019, 10:43 am

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...

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Littwin: The Iowa caucuses may have been a disaster for Dems, but don’t tell...

February 4, 2020, 6:35 pm

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...

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