Ryan Frazier Drops Senate Bid; Will Challenge Ed Perlmutter in CO-7 [Updated]

By: NightTwister (Diary)  |  October 15th at 01:23 PM  | 

Update: Mount Virtus, People’s Press Collective, and Rocky Mountain Right weigh in on this story. I was part of a conference call last night hosted by Laura Goode, spokeswoman for Ryan Frazier. Ben Degrow and T.L. James were also on the call. Goode immediately confirmed the rumors that Frazier was dropping out of the U.S. Senate race to run for the U.S. House seat in | Read More »

Eric Holder Will Decide if You Belong to a Hate Group

By: NightTwister (Diary)  |  October 9th at 09:42 AM  | 

That is, if HR2647 passes. This bill originally passed the House without the Hate Crimes legislation included, but it was added as an amendment in the Senate. The text of the legislation gives the Attorney General, currently Eric H. Holder, Jr., the right to determine if a group is “associated with hate-related violence against groups or persons or the United States Government”. From the legislative | Read More »

Colorado’s Political Temperature

By: NightTwister (Diary)  |  September 21st at 10:00 PM  | 

Colorado bloggers Ben Degrow of Mount Virtus and Michael Sandoval (a.k.a. El Presidente) of Slapstick Politics have completed their second survey to measure the Colorado’s Political Temperature.  Here are some of the highlights: The biggest winner, making significant gains in both support and perceived strength since our July survey, is gubernatorial candidate Josh Penry The larger shifting field of the U.S. Senate race gives a less | Read More »

Our Current Health Care System is Unconstitutional

By: NightTwister (Diary)  |  August 30th at 09:14 PM  | 

Derec at Live Free Colorado has the story. At an Obama care rally that passed through Denver on Aug. 28th at North High School, Congressman Ed Perlmutter (D, CO-7) asked the audience, with their ocean of pre-printed Health Care Now signs, if they’d heard of the 14th Amendment. From the article by Derec, Yep, according to Ed Perlmutter, the 14th Amendment gives equal protection and | Read More »

NRSC: Rototiller [Updated]

By: NightTwister (Diary)  |  August 30th at 02:44 PM  | 

UPDATE: Buck will not withdraw. Hey all I wanted to reassure everyone that it’s full steam ahead for my campaign for the U.S. Senate. While other candidates may still jump in the Senate race, one thing is clear – our party’s nominee will be chosen by Colorado’s grassroots Republicans, not by political operatives in Washington D.C. See you guys at the next GOP function! UPDATE: | Read More »

Draft Diggs Brown for Congress

By: NightTwister (Diary)  |  August 3rd at 03:04 PM  | 

He can’t make the case for himself… he’s too busy defending us. So let’s see if we can convince him to throw his hat in the ring when he comes home. Isn’t it time we elected a hero to Congress? Diggs Brown is a Major in the U.S. Army Special Forces. He’s currently deployed as part of the Global War on Terror, helping to protect | Read More »

Tea Party Overwhelms Obamacare Advocates in Fort Collins [Updated]

By: NightTwister (Diary)  |  July 29th at 04:41 PM  | 

Video coverage from the event by The Coloradoan Obamacare advocates organized a rally in Fort Collins today. Originally it was going to be near Betsy Markey’s office, but at the last minute they tried to move it to another location, probably because they didn’t want to end up on the wrong end of the numbers. Andrew Boucher of NoCO Politics has the updates. Bottom line: | Read More »

Colorado Political Fundraising Report – Q2

By: NightTwister (Diary)  |  July 17th at 02:16 PM  | 

Face The State has the details, but I’ll give a quick summary here: CO Governor Bill Ritter (D, inc): $409,130 Dan Maes (R): $5,000 Scott McInnis (R) and Josh Penry (R) just entered the race. CO Senate Michael Bennet (D, inc): $1.2 million Ken Buck (R): $330,000 Ryan Frazier (R): $140,000 Cleve Tidwell (R): $0 Luke Korkowski, Tom Wiens, Bob Beauprez are possible entries in | Read More »

Colorado Looks to Neuter Card Check

By: NightTwister (Diary)  |  July 15th at 05:35 PM  | 

Many States, both red and blue, are increasingly looking for ways to avoid federal mandates that continue to flow in from Washington. Some citizens of Colorado are seeking to preempt the possibility of the Card Check legislation now working its way through Congress. Face The State reports that Patrick Davis, a Colorado Springs political consultant and former congressional candidate Jeff Crank have founded the Colorado | Read More »

Repeal Three Unrelated in Fort Collins

By: NightTwister (Diary)  |  March 25th at 07:10 AM  | 

Those of you that are familiar with me know I’ve been dedicating the majority of my time on a local City Council race here in Fort Collins. This is why I haven’t posted anything in almost a month. The race in District 5 in Fort Collins is a race for the very soul of our city. There is a man on our city council that | Read More »

Help Us Roast The Pig! [Updated]

By: NightTwister (Diary)  |  February 16th at 01:34 PM  | 

UPDATE: Join Joshua Sharf, myself, and others from noon to 1pm MST for a Pork Roast Special Blogtalk Radio show outside the Museum of Nature and Science in Denver. Tomorrow, February 17, 2009, President Obama will be at the Museum of Nature and Science in Denver, CO to sign into law the largest spending bill in our nation’s history. The stated reason for signing the | Read More »

Cherokee Trail H.S. Student Owns Up, Talks to State Legislature

By: NightTwister (Diary)  |  February 10th at 12:33 PM  | 

As reported yesterday by Warner Todd Huston at RedState, Cherokee High School senior Marie Marrow was suspended for having Young Marines drill team practice rifles in the back of her SUV on school grounds, which have been used there for the past six months. In an article at the Rocky Mountain News, not only accepts responsibility for what happened, but also went to Denver to | Read More »

Bob Bacon Tries to Make Transparency Disappear

By: NightTwister (Diary)  |  February 3rd at 08:16 PM  | 

Colorado Republican Senator Ted Harvey, R-Highlands Ranch introduced a bill during the current Senate session that would require schools in the State to put their checkbooks online. Budget and spending transparency has been a hot issue for the past couple of years, and after it came to light that the Jeffco School District spent money on Carnival cruise tickets, constituents are demanding it. State Senator | Read More »

Getting Connected in Colorado [Updated]

By: NightTwister (Diary)  |  January 24th at 04:38 PM  | 

Updated with new Conservative Colorado Radio section, Google group and blogroll additions. Political activism is more than waxing philosophical and eviscerating politicians on blog sites and broadcast email messages. Real political activism is hard, time-consuming, and often boring, repetitive work. It means going to city council, county supervisor, and school board meetings. It’s walking precincts, making phone calls, and attending local political meetings. It also | Read More »

When is a Hiring Freeze not a Hiring Freeze?

By: NightTwister (Diary)  |  January 15th at 02:29 PM  | 

When it’s a government hiring freeze, of course. H/T to Rossputin.com Back in September of 2008, Colorado Governor Bill Ritter announced a statewide hiring freeze in an effort to deal with a mounting state budget shortfall. Investigative reporter Jessica Fender of The Denver Post reports that the governor’s office estimates that it has frozen 463 spots and has saved the state $12 million. Yet her | Read More »

An Ordinary Man

By: NightTwister (Diary)  |  January 13th at 10:54 AM  | 

An ordinary man lost his life in Iraq this past Saturday. Staff Sgt. Justin Bauer, 24, of Berthoud, Colorado, was killed by an explosion near his patrol. He was a husband, a son, and a brother. He was a standout lineman and wrestler for Berthoud High School only a few years ago. I’m a Jr. High and High School football referee, and I see ordinary | Read More »

Anti-Terror Rally to Support Israel’s Right of Self Defense

By: NightTwister (Diary)  |  January 11th at 12:05 PM  | 

Promoted by Jeff. This is a great opportunity to engage in local activism. Another is this protest in the Bay Area, which is being planned apposite domestic terrorist Bill Ayers’ coming visit. -JE On December 27, 2008, Israel began defensive attacks against Hamas in the Gaza Strip. Hamas has been attacking Israel with multiple daily rockets sent into their cities, even though both sides had | Read More »

Another Forty Years Wandering in the Wilderness

By: NightTwister (Diary)  |  January 8th at 01:46 PM  | 

Colorado Republicans have taken a severe beating over the past four years. During this time, the following elected government entities went from Republican to Democrat control. * Governor (2006) * State Senate (2004) * State House (2004) * Both U.S. Senators (2004, 2008) * 3 U.S. House seats (2004, 2008) In addition, in 2008, for the first time since 1992, Colorado’s electoral votes went to | Read More »

Liberty On The Rocks

By: NightTwister (Diary)  |  January 6th at 12:43 AM  | 

This Wednesday night, Jan 7, 2009, at 7pm I will be at the Uptown Tavern in downtown Denver to meet with other like-minded people who support limited government at Liberty On The Rocks. What is this Liberty On The Rocks, you ask? They meet on the first and third Wednesday nights of the month. This would be a great opportunity for Colorado RedStaters to get | Read More »

Boulder Liberals Against Choice

By: NightTwister (Diary)  |  December 12th at 04:53 PM  | 

Education Choice, that is. The State of Colorado released the School Accountability Report this week. Four of the top five high schools are charter schools, including Fort Collins’ Ridgeview Classical School which came in at number three with a score of 2.33. Eight of the top ten middle schools were also charter schools, including Liberty Common School in Fort Collins. Both of these schools have | Read More »