Every day is seeking to rise to the challenge, 'neath the shadow of the mighty Rockies.
A Tale of Three Candidates
What a telling week this may turn out to be in the race for Colorado's governor and state legislature. In the wake of an overreaching decision from the state Supreme Court: 1. Marc Holtzman's campaign slips further into irrelevancy by clinging to judicial activism in order to stay alive. His lawyers - one of whom argued before the Supreme Court to have Defend Colorado Now's initiative removed from the ballot - are calling on a judge to loosely interpret the law to allow him on the ballot in the first place. 2. Bill Ritter's campaign may want to reconsider its very loud and leadership-lacking "no comment" on this very important and momentous issue. 3. Bob Beauprez, the Republican choice for governor, has been out in front on … [Read more...]
Partisanship in the Courtroom
It is contorted decisions like the one the Colorado Supreme Court made yesterday regarding the anti-illegal immigration initiative that undermine citizens' respect for the judiciary. As has been proven again and again, naked partisanship no longer ends at the courtroom door. And inevitably, when the exalted robes stretch common sense and logic to play partisan politics, it settles nothing. Instead, it ratchets up the pressure of frustrated citizens and elected representatives. Thus today we read in the Denver Post that Republican House Minority Leader Mike May is calling for a special legislative session to address the issue. As the article points out, it is indeed a longshot that such a session would win the needed two-thirds … [Read more...]
Enough Already
While the Marc Holtzman for governor campaign touts a Denver Post article that says a judge has placed their candidate's name on the ballot, they probably won't bring too much attention to the rest of the story: one-half of Holtzman's legal team confesses the narrow chances of finding enough signatures to qualify his candidacy. Here's the long and the short of it: ...[B]ecause the ballot-certification deadline was Friday, a judge ordered that Holtzman be placed on the ballot in case his appeal is successful. If it's not, the judge said, his votes simply won't be counted. Despite all its bluster, does it sound like the Holtzman campaign is really confident about its chances? Or do you sense more of an air of desperation?: [John] … [Read more...]
Mark Hillman on Education Funding
From Peter Blake's Saturday column in the Rocky Mountain News: Hillman, who served as interim treasurer while incumbent Mike Coffman was in Iraq, is running against Cary Kennedy. She's best known for spearheading the campaign for Amendment 23 in 2000. It substantially boosted state spending on public schools and made sure it couldn't be cut for years. Indeed she likes to make funding for education a major platform in her campaign. In addition to promising fiscal responsibility and effective management of the state's investment portfolio - the usual issues in a treasurer's race - she talks about the importance of not cutting school funding. "People all over the state respond to that," she says. And she likes to point out that she … [Read more...]
Graduation Day
Eight months of high-quality speakers, challenging exercises, and tremendous fellowship culminate today with graduation for the 2006 class of the Leadership Program of the Rockies. Are you interested in becoming a conservative leader with greater insights into the benefits of free market capitalism? I highly recommend you apply for next year's class. You won't regret it. … [Read more...]
Progress Now and Commissioner Moloney
The Left-wing propagandists at Progress Now have returned to doing the bidding of the teachers unions and their legislative cronies, as they are now calling on Colorado's Commissioner of Education William Moloney to resign. In his nine years as commissioner, the eminently experienced and qualified Dr. Moloney has been a champion for parents and students in his ongoing work to promote sensible and effective reforms. At the last State Board of Education meeting, a group of superintendents showed up to present a newly published report that said the Colorado Department of Education was not providing sufficient leadership. The next day the Democrats on the State Board of Education went a step further and called on Moloney to resign. It … [Read more...]
Ding, Dong, Zarqawi is DEAD
The media manipulating mass murderer responsible for the deaths of many Americans and Iraqis, Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, has been terminated along with several other Islamofascist terrorist masterminds by a precision military strike today. Good news! While certainly not the end to insurgent violence in Iraq, it is a major blow to the enemies of freedom there and a small step forward for the new democratically-elected government. The best take comes from Blackfive: by Froggy, by Uncle Jimbo, and by Blackfive himself. Other good sources are Austin Bay and Iraq the Model. Meanwhile on the Left, as the Daily Kos sighs "Finally" at the news, some of the moonbat Kos Kid commenters reveal their true tinfoil hat colors. One Christopher Day … [Read more...]
Book Review: Globally Underwhelmed
Joseph A. Klein. Global Deception: The UN's Stealth Assault on America's Freedom. Los Angeles: World Ahead Publishing, 2005. Having served several times as a delegate at my county and state Republican assemblies, one of the resolutions frequently voted on is: "The United States should withdraw from the United Nations." No proposed resolution at my recent county assembly received a smaller vote than that question - 51%, less than the two-thirds needed to be ratified. The globalist-socialist United Nations does not poll very well in the United States generally, but an especially politically conservative group of Colorado Republican activists was basically split on the question of whether we should disassociate entirely from the … [Read more...]
Sinking Ship
Stephen Paulson of the Associated Press reports: Embattled GOP gubernatorial candidate Marc Holtzman said today a judge will have to decide whether he gets into the August primary, but he stopped short of saying he would file a lawsuit or seek a court order. Apparently the Holtzman campaign doesn't have much of a case to make an appeal with the Secretary of State. As the campaign's top deck starts to disappear below the water line, inquiring minds want to know: are there enough lifeboats on the RV? For the few conservatives who are still in distress concerning whom to support for governor, I bid you come to shore and to join your fellow conservatives supporting the state's best political hope this November: Bob Beauprez. … [Read more...]
CMA Yes, FMA No
I may be considered anathema among many fellow Christians and social conservatives, but I agree wholeheartedly with fellow RMA blogger Michael (second time I've linked and quoted him in one week...wow!): I believe marriage is the union of one man and one woman. I believe marriage is a Sacrament, instituted by God, affirmed by Jesus, and not particularly subject to the whim of judges in the state of Massachusetts or any other state. However, the Constitution has granted the right and duty to decide licensing details to the several states. And it is in that forum that such decisions should be made--not Congress. If the Senate were really interested in this issue, it would dedicate this week to passing a long slate of judges out of … [Read more...]
- « Previous Page
- 1
- …
- 221
- 222
- 223
- 224
- 225
- …
- 267
- Next Page »