Author: Dick Wadhams
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Michael Bennet is the $2.5 million corporate man | Dick Wadhams
U.S. Sen. Michael Bennet has learned a lot after 20 years in the Senate. He is an accomplished dancer — at the old Washington, D.C., two-step of saying one thing but doing another. Do what I say, not what I do. Bennet has piously and self-righteously declared he does not seek nor accept corporate contributions for his campaign for governor. For one thing, corporate contributions…
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Colorado GOP plays with fire as primary approaches | Dick Wadhams
Over the next several weeks, the Colorado Republican Party will make consequential decisions that will determine just how relevant it will be in 2026 and beyond. The 600-member Colorado Republican State Central Committee will meet on May 30 to elect a new state chair following Brita Horn’s resignation. The Colorado Republican Primary Election will be held one month later…
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Colorado needs another Bill Owens — who kept our roads maintained | Dick Wadhams
The silence is deafening within the Democratic primary for governor on the need to build and improve roads in Colorado after 20 years of neglect. The Democratic contestants, U.S. Sen. Michael Bennet and Attorney General Phil Weiser, talk about liberal touchstones such as mass transit and bike lanes that few Coloradans find practical to use. Try to…
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Voters sour on Dems — as Republicans head for the cliff | Dick Wadhams
The ravages of eight years of total Democratic control of state government and twenty consecutive years of Democratic governors are souring voters on their candidates in 2026 as Colorado continues to decline. Meanwhile, rather than embracing an opportunity to restore some competence and balance to state government with mainstream conservative policies and candidates, Republicans keep…
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Threats inside and out loom for Colorado’s Republicans | Dick Wadhams
Colorado Republicans made strides in 2024 despite an insidious state chairman who tried to defeat successful Republican candidates. Newly elected U.S. Reps. Gabe Evans, Jeff Hurd and Jeff Crank fought off unethical opposition from their own state party chairman, making the Colorado congressional delegation a 4-4 partisan split. Strong state legislative leadership resulted in the pickup of three seats in the…
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Mum on his own replacement, Bennet disrespects voters | Dick Wadhams
U.S. Sen. Michael Bennet is playing an arrogant game of hide-and-seek with Colorado voters as he seeks to abandon his Senate seat to become governor. Bennet insists that if he is elected governor in November, he will wait until he is inaugurated in January 2027 before he resigns from the Senate so he can unilaterally…
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Colorado’s GOP at its best — and worst | Dick Wadhams
Colorado Republicans are fighting to be relevant in the face of gross mismanagement by Democrats who totally control state government. While the Colorado Republican Party is mired in controversy, several Republican elected officials and candidates represent the very best of what the party should be and how the state should be led. Colorado elected three new Republican members of…
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Dems try to hijack Colorado’s congressional map | Dick Wadhams
Colorado Democrats are hell bent to sideline the Independent Congressional Redistricting Commission in the 2026 election and ultimately steal three Republican congressional seats in 2028 and 2030. A hilariously named group that calls itself “Coloradans for a Level Playing Field” wants to bypass the Independent Commission and the competitive congressional districts it created in 2021…
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Hick, much like Trump, harmed rural Colorado | Dick Wadhams
Colorado’s congressional delegation unanimously opposed President Donald Trump’s recent veto of the Arkansas Valley Conduit water project which had been passed by Congress without opposition. But Trump is not the first chief executive to unilaterally harm communities in rural southeastern Colorado. U.S. Sen. John Hickenlooper was elected governor in 2010 against a discredited Tea Party-driven…
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If only walls could talk in Colorado governor’s office | Dick Wadhams
Restoring the office of the governor in the Colorado State Capitol to its historic glory was a worthy project despite its cost. There is probably never a good time to spend $2.4 million on such a restoration but it is important to maintain the Capitol as the very symbol of the state that generations have…