It was just a matter of time before the Second Congressional District race got downright ugly. That time seems to have come in the last week as mail-in ballots for the Democratic primary started arriving at homes throughout the district that spans Adams and Boulder counties and several mountain communities along the I-70 corridor. (more…)

July 2008

Editor’s Note: Read our comprehensive look at the race to fill the CD2 vacated by Rep. Mark Udall.

Never have we struggled more in picking a candidate to endorse in an election.

The Second Congressional District Democratic primary pitting Jared Polis (wealthy philanthropist), Joan Fitz-Gerald (first woman to serve as president of the state’s senate majority) and Will Shafroth (career conservationist) against each other has been an amazing race to cover. (more…)

July 2008

We won’t know until the middle of the month whether our magazine has been credentialed for the Democratic National Convention in August. We are crossing our fingers. (more…)

June 2008

It’s going to be very difficult for either John McCain or (presumably) Barack Obama to run a campaign to the White House this fall and dodge all the smear tactics that will be launched in both their directions without launching into low-ball returns. (more…)

May 2008

If you can’t arrest a gay couple for trying to get married, at least you can fine them 41 bucks and dish out 28 hours of community service. That’s the punishment doled out to Kate Burns and Sheila Schroeder, a couple convicted Wednesday of trespassing for staging a sit in at the Denver county clerk’s office in protest of the Colorado law banning same-sex marriages. (more…)

May 2008