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(Denver Post, Aug. 1) The other day in Starbucks I overheard Reagana, a personal trainer and Tea Party mom, debating with McDole, her CPA and a moderate Republican. “You can still support McInnis after everything we know about him? With Colorado on the brink, you’re telling me he’s the governor we need?” Doggedly but without enthusiasm, McDole pointed out the GOP veteran’s experience as a legislator and congressman, his litany of endorsements, his feisty campaign style and fundraising prowess. As for plagiarism, heck, Joe Biden did it, Dr. King did it, (more…)

Though the Tea Party movement is not a cohesive entity, its component parts this year have been grappling with a central existential question: To be, or not be, a third party?  (more…)

Hundreds, soon to be thousands, who believe that freedom is in the balance are adding their names to the Lone Tree Declaration, (more…)

By Jay Ambrose

(Scripps Howard Syndicate, June 13) Just maybe, possibly, conceivably we’ve come to a non-violent revolutionary moment in America, and here’s one reason I think so: A Denver area conference. Called the Western Conservative Summit 2010, it impressed me not just because of the recitation of principles to which I subscribe — individual liberty, limited government, constitutionalism, strength in the face of our enemies — but because of the mood conveyed by both the audience of some 600 and more than a dozen speakers. Their disposition struck me as cheerful, positive and informed more by an idea of mission than anger at the other side. (more…)

For a governor who will turn Colorado right, Republican businessman Dan Maes is “the man for the moment,” says John Andrews in the July round of Head On TV debates, reacting to the implosion of previous front-runner Scott McInnis. Susan Barnes-Gelt has scathing words for both GOP contenders while ignoring John Hickenlooper, her fellow Democrat. John on the right, Susan on the left, also go at it this month (more…)

Segment 3Ross Kaminsky

Segment 2 Ross Kaminsky and guest Tom Tancredo

Segment 1 Ross Kaminsky and guest J. Christian Adams

Segment 1 Ross Kaminsky and guest J. Christian Adams
Segment 2 Ross Kaminsky and guest Tom Tancredo
Segment 3Ross Kaminsky

Segment 2 Christopher Sanders

Segment 1 Eyal Rav-Noy

Segment 1 Christopher Sanders with Guest Eyal Rav-Noy
Segment 2 Christopher Sanders

RNC Chair Michael Steele’s recent comments on Afghanistan – which he derisively called “Obama’s war” while questioning the potential for victory – found pockets of support across the political spectrum.  (more…)

Hour 3 John Andrews and Freedom University

2nd Hour Kaminsky and Krannawitter