Campaigns & Candidates Archives


Ginger Rogers Wouldn’t Approve of Such Tactics

Wednesday, August 4th, 2010

I am a supporter of Ken Buck in the U.S. Senate race. My vote for him did not come automatically or without careful study and consideration. (more…)

Pass the hemlock, please

Thursday, July 29th, 2010

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…)

Ken Buck’s Grassroots Appeal

Monday, May 31st, 2010

Memorial Day weekend in Colorado Springs should include a stroll down Colorado Blvd in Old Colorado City, (more…)

There ARE Rising Stars in the GOP!

Sunday, February 21st, 2010

Barack Obama and Ron Paul had something very much in common during the ’08 campaign. (more…)

Shovel-ready jobs for Republicans

Saturday, February 20th, 2010

George Will was the keynote speaker Thursday evening at the CPAC Convention. Mr. Will is a “Washington Insider” and conservatives (more…)

Sharf running again in HD-6

Monday, October 19th, 2009

Editor: Joshua Sharf, who blogs for us as well as on his own at View from a Height, and who has long helped me on radio, made it official (more…)

Sign up for alerts from Ritter Watch

Wednesday, April 1st, 2009

With Gov. Bill Ritter already positioning for a 2010 reelection bid, and Republican challengers lining up, here’s a handy clipping service (more…)

Hillman: No 2010 candidacy

Sunday, February 15th, 2009

Republican National Committeeman Mark Hillman will not seek any elected office next year, he announced in a mass email to friends (more…)

Partisan in chief

Sunday, February 15th, 2009

Everyone knows that Barack Obama went to Columbia and Harvard Law School, where he was editor of the Law Review. And though he may lack real-world experience — so-called “life experience” — he certainly got a good education. (more…)

Sore winners should lay off Musgrave

Thursday, December 4th, 2008

Republican Congresswoman Marilyn Musgrave, targeted five years ago by the Tim Gill machine for the crime of defending traditional marriage (more…)

Campaign continues against Prop 8

Monday, November 10th, 2008

Californians joined Arizonians and Floridians last week in approving a constitutional amendment affirming that “only marriage between a man and a woman is valid and recognized.” (more…)

Bush fatigue

Thursday, November 6th, 2008

I noted yesterday in a post on my blog entitled “The Morning After” that I believe Obama’s victory on Tuesday was as much a product of the public’s “Bush fatigue” (more…)

America needs civility, not uniformity

Wednesday, November 5th, 2008

Barack Obama has pulled off one of the most remarkable achievements in the history of Presidential elections. (more…)

Coloradans leaned right on ballot issues

Wednesday, November 5th, 2008

While the Colorado losses by Schaffer and McCain are disappointing, we fared better on a number of statewide ballot issues. (more…)

A vote for victimization

Sunday, November 2nd, 2008

I have spent much proverbial ink making the case against Barack Obama, something that hasn’t been difficult for me given the clear (more…)