Morse Scrambles to Fight Recall by Calling on Help from Boston, San Francisco

June 19, 2013
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Morse urged out-of-state supporters to help him keep his Colorado Springs legislative seat

Morse urged out-of-state supporters to help him keep his Colorado Springs legislative seat

DENVER–Senate President John Morse issued a national plea for help to out-of-state supporters from Boston to San Francisco as Colorado Democrats went on the offensive Tuesday to save him from a recall vote.

A spokeswoman for A Whole Lot of People for John Morse announced Tuesday that a protest had been filed to nullify the recall petitions within hours after the Colorado Secretary of State’s office declared that the petitions were sufficient to force a recall election.

Meanwhile, Morse urged out-of-state supporters to help him keep his Colorado Springs legislative seat by donating their money and time.

“[A]ny help that you can give us in fundraising or in volunteering, even from around the country, truthfully,” said Morse in a video message. “We can get phone lists to you and things like that and have you help from Boston, Massachusetts, or from San Francisco, California. So thanks for all that you’ve done so far and thanks for all that you’re going to do as we move forward to take on this tiger.” Read more »

Bennet Immigration Plan Hit for Hurting Jobless, Young

June 19, 2013
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SANDERS: "I do not support a huge expansion of the guest-worker program ... at a time when so many people are unemployed"

SANDERS: “I do not support a huge expansion of the guest-worker program … at a time when so many people are unemployed”

WASHINGTON — Sen. Michael Bennet’s chief legislative contribution to the immigration reform bill were his proposals to expand the number of temporary farm and high-skilled workers admitted into the country. But a prominent liberal senator has attacked those provisions as harmful to the pocketbooks of young people and the jobless. Read more »

ANALYSIS: In Local Fracking Wars, Tide Turns Against Green Lobby

June 19, 2013
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It seems that a quiet shift may be taking place in the state's fracking wars

It seems that a quiet shift may be taking place in the state’s fracking wars

DENVER – It seems that a quiet shift may be taking place in the state’s fracking wars.  After badly losing a ballot fight over fracking in Longmont last year, the oil and gas industry and the state’s wider business community are racking up win after win in their fight against anti-drilling activists in cities and counties across Colorado. Read more »

Our View: The Immigration Bait-and-Switch

June 19, 2013
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It has taken the U.S. government longer to build 36 miles of a 700-mile fence than to defeat Hitler and Tojo

It has taken the U.S. government longer to build 36 miles of a 700-mile fence than it took us to defeat Hitler and Tojo

Back in February, we expressed cautious support for bipartisan efforts to strike a compromise on the hot-button issue of immigration.

With each passing day, however, the proposal put forward by a U.S. Senate working group looks more like another immigration bait-and-switch. Read more »

Guest Commentary: Supreme Court Voter Registration Decision Invites Fraud

June 19, 2013
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McNULTY: The Supreme Court has thrown open the door to voter fraud and corruption

McNULTY: The Supreme Court has thrown open the door to voter fraud and corruption

“[T]he Federal Government does not have the constitutional authority to withhold such approval.”

My guess is that the vast majority of Coloradans would agree with these words, penned by U.S. Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas in his dissent to the U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling on Arizona’s voter registration “proof of citizenship” law.  Read more »

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