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Colorado Democrats rail against Romney on eve of caucuses

By Scot Kersgaard | 02.07.12 | 10:34 am | More from The Colorado Independent

While Mitt Romney, Newt Gingrich and Rick Santorum campaigned in Colorado Monday, in advance of Tuesday’s caucuses, National Democratic Chair Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz, D-Fla., participated in conference calls with Colorado reporters, as she had on Friday. On both calls, she said that Romney “… has shown time and again More…

Michigan GOP candidates for U.S. Senate agree on most issues in debate

By | 01.30.12 | 10:08 am

The seven Republican candidates vying for a Michigan U.S. Senate seat, currently occupied by Democratic Sen. Debbie Stabenow, met in a mostly cordial forum Saturday at the University of Michigan – Dearborn campus.

In Colorado, Obama links clean energy to national security

By Scot Kersgaard | 01.27.12 | 5:12 pm | More from The Colorado Independent

President Barack Obama Thursday drew repeated applause at a private event at Aurora’s Buckley Air Force Base when he called on the country to work toward energy independence, which he called a matter of national security.

Obama’s push for ‘clean energy’ elicits partisan reaction from Colorado lawmakers

By Troy Hooper | 01.25.12 | 5:46 pm | More from The Colorado Independent

President Obama’s call to increase domestic energy production Tuesday received a rosy reception from Colorado’s lefty lawmakers but was all but ignored by its conservative congressional delegation still smarting from the commander-in-chief’s recent blocking of the Keystone XL oil pipeline.

What to expect from Mitch Daniels’ State of the Union response

By John Tomasic | 01.24.12 | 2:42 pm | More from The Colorado Independent

Popular Indiana Gov. Mitch Daniels has been chosen to deliver the Republican response to President Obama’s State of the Union address tonight. Ideas about how best the government might respond to the limping economy and tackle the enormous federal budget deficit are sure to feature prominently in both speeches. Daniels More…

House GOP bill links payroll tax cut to oil pipeline approval, cuts to unemployment benefits

By Marcos Restrepo | 12.13.11 | 1:02 pm | More from The Florida Independent

A GOP bill that would cut payroll taxes for American workers and approve an oil pipeline also contains changes to federally funded unemployment compensation programs set to expire Dec. 31.

Alabama immigration crackdown snags Mercedes Benz executive

By Scot Kersgaard | 12.06.11 | 12:06 pm | More from The Colorado Independent

It’s well known by now that Alabama’s new immigration laws have proven once again that there are some jobs most Americans just won’t do, such as seasonal farm labor.

As immigrants flee the state and tomatoes rot on the vine, Republican politicians acknowledge More…

Ohio’s increasingly unpopular governor admits he doesn’t read newspapers, hates bad news

By | 11.28.11 | 6:36 pm

In a speech delivered Monday at the Columbus College of Art & Design, Ohio Gov. John Kasich reaffirmed his disdain for the press. “You should know, I don’t read newspapers in the state of Ohio,” he said. “Very rarely do I read a newspaper.”

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