Author: Dick Wadhams
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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…
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Trump joins the assault on rural Colorado
Ruling Colorado Democrats have assaulted rural Colorado for the past seven years under Gov. Jared Polis and the Democratic Socialists who drive their massive legislative majorities. They are destroying mining and oil and gas jobs while imposing wolves on Colorado ranchers and communities. The First Gentleman tried to appoint a blatantly anti-livestock production activist onto…
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Colorado’s unaffiliated vote is up for grabs in 2026 | Dick Wadhams
Leaders of both parties often dismiss the stunning increase in “unaffiliated” voters as just a result of automatic registration when getting a driver license or some other government process. It must make them feel better about the plummeting number of registered Democrats and Republicans in the past 10 years. As of Dec. 1, 2025, there…
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Irrelevant Hickenlooper draws a challenger | Dick Wadhams
State Sen. Julie Gonzales should be ashamed of herself. Doesn’t Gonzales understand that U.S. Sen. John Hickenlooper is entitled to the Democratic nomination for Senate? Doesn’t Gonzales know that, just like in 2020, Hickenlooper “needs his sleep” and cannot be bothered with some pesky, young state senator who actually knows why she is running? And…
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Go. Polis’ silence deafening on Peters’ prison transfer | Dick Wadhams
Hed: Polis’ silence deafening on Peters’ prison transfer | Dick Wadhams Pull quote: As long as Colorado Republicans are defined by stolen election conspiracy theories as promulgated by Trump, Peters and a host of other Republican leaders, unaffiliated voters who make up half of Colorado’s electorate will be repelled from voting for Republicans despite their…
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Bennet won’t blame Polis for Medicaid cuts | Dick Wadhams
Gov. Jared Polis, with the acquiescence of U.S. Sen. Michael Bennet who is the presumptive Democratic frontrunner for governor in 2026, is proposing deep Medicaid cuts that will hurt Colorado’s most vulnerable families and endanger the state’s entire health care system. Meanwhile, Polis and Bennet rail against Medicaid reforms at the federal level that would…
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Super PAC propels Bennet without his fingerprints | WADHAMS
To listen to U.S. Sen. Michael Bennet, he is the Ivory soap of Colorado politics — 99.44% pure, when it comes to corporate campaign contributions. Actually, Bennet would insist he is 100% pure. Bennet claims he does not seek or accept corporate contributions for his campaign for governor. He made the same claim during his…
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Hickenlooper, Bennet give Polis a pass on Medicaid cuts | Dick Wadhams
A day cannot go by without Colorado’s self-entitled U.S. senators loudly condemning President Donald Trump’s reforms of the Medicaid program that go into effect in 2027. But Michael Bennet and John Hickenlooper seem oblivious to the very real and substantive Medicaid cuts that their fellow Democrat, Gov. Jared Polis, is inflicting on the state in…
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Colorado state GOP strives for irrelevance | WADHAMS
To get an intimate and terribly disturbing look at the decline of the Colorado Republican Party, one should watch the YouTube video from Saturday, Sept. 27. The Colorado Republican State Central Committee met to decide whether to “opt-out” of the 2026 Republican primary election and to nominate candidates solely through the exclusionary caucus-assembly process. Yes,…
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CO voters sour on Dems, snubbed by state GOP | Dick Wadhams
Since their total takeover of state government in 2018, Colorado Democrats have ridden high on the anti-Trump hog while driving the state into decline. Gov. Jared Polis and his massive legislative majorities are increasingly influenced by self-proclaimed Democratic Socialists. Colorado’s budget has exploded, creating a structural deficit they refuse to responsibly deal with. Their only…