Tag: republican party
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Lincoln – Pragmatic, persistent, partisan coalition-builder | Tom Cronin
Abraham Lincoln was assassinated 161 years ago this week, six days after Confederate General Robert E. Lee surrendered at the Appomattox Court House in Virginia. Lincoln was 56 years old. Lee was 58 years old. Lincoln, generally regarded as our best president, fascinates us still and teaches us still. A valuable new, well-written book has just…
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Colorado is a blue island in a red wave | Vince Bzdek
More than 90% of all the counties in the United States shifted in favor of former President Donald Trump in the 2024 presidential election, according to several new analyses of election results. An extraordinary map created by The New York Times shows a sea of red arrows indicating movement toward Trump, with Trump improving on…
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Youth at the polls: Quiet and ‘uncomfortable’ times for young Colorado Springs voters
“Are you registered?” was the repeated question from volunteers with the nonpartisan League of Women Voters of the Pikes Peak Region at their get-out-the-vote booth inside the University of Colorado Colorado Springs student center. The responses varied from “Already mailed in my ballot” to “How do I start?” as students filtered through on their way…
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One of the biggest surprises at the DNC — all the Republicans | Vince Bzdek
One of the things that struck me most about the Democratic National Convention last week was the number of Republicans there, with prominent speaking roles. Former U.S. Rep. Adam Kinzinger of Illinois spoke in prime time Thursday night. “I am proud to be in the trenches with you as part of this sometimes awkward alliance…
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The Trump shooting: An aftermath as disturbing as the incident | SONDERMANN
Vince Lombardi once described football as “a game of inches.” The same is true for a number of other sports. Until Saturday evening, I had not thought of politics in quite that vein. But here we are with the narrowness of a single inch or less all that saved America from a fifth presidential assassination.…
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Deconstructing the simple, insulting notion of the Trump voter | SONDERMANN
This week in Milwaukee, Donald Trump will join a rare group of only four Americans who have received their party’s presidential nomination in three consecutive elections. The others were Andrew Jackson, Grover Cleveland and Franklin D. Roosevelt who, of course, set the record at four. Whatever his flaws and outrages, or in some cases because…
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Just whose Republican Party is it, anyway? | Vince Bzdek
It’s gratifying to see the Colorado Republican Party begin to take the necessary steps to restore credibility to the party after voters rejected Dave Williams and his reign of chaos in the recent primary election. Williams lost the Republican primary for the 5th Congressional District resoundingly to Jeff Crank. And now both the Republican State…
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Churches launch ‘God Loves Pride’ response to GOP Chair’s Dave Williams’ ‘God Hates Pride’ email
In response to Colorado Republican Chairman Dave Williams’ anti-LGBTQ+ email from the state party he sent last week to supporters titled, “God Hates Pride,” members of First Congregational United Church of Christ in Colorado Springs enthusiastically chanted “God Loves Pride,” as they marched as a group in this past Sunday’s Pride parade. They and hundreds…
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Who took the right and wrong out of politics? | Vince Bzdek
Three snapshots of the state of politics in 2024: • Last week, Dave Williams and the increasingly isolated leadership team of the Colorado Republican Party urged Coloradans in a social media post to “burn all the Pride flags” and evoked a notorious anti-gay slur in a mass email that said “God hates Flags.” Attorney General…
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Colorado lawmakers eye $2 billion spending hike; wildlife officials release map showing wolf travel; Denver bans sugary drinks from children’s menus | WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW
Today is March 28, 2024, and here’s what you need to know: Colorado lawmakers propose $2 billion budget hike Colorado lawmakers are proposing to spend $40.6 billion in the next fiscal year — $2 billion more than last year — driven by bigger allocations for health care, a significant expansion in the state’s workforce and…