>>> HELLO, I'M KYLE DYER AND WELCOME TO COLORADO INSIDE OUT ON THIS FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 9TH.

THERE'S A LOT TO PROCESS AT THE END OF THIS WEEK.

AFTER THE SUPREME COURT HEARING YESTERDAY REGARDING WEATHER FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP SHOULD BE INCLUDED IN OUR COLORADO PRESIDENTIAL PRIMARY BALLOT WHEN WE VOTE IN THREE AND HALF WEEKS.

FOR SOME INSIGHT, PERSPECTIVES AND DISCUSSION, LET'S WELCOME OUR PANEL PATTY CALHOUN, FOUNDER AND EDITOR OF WESTWORD.

DAVID KOPEL, RESEARCH CHIEF DIRECTOR AT THE INDEPENDENCE INSTITUTE.

MARIANNE GOODLAND, CHIEF LEGISLATIVE REPORTER WITH COLORADO POLITICS AND THE COLORADO SPRINGS GAZETTE.

ALTON DILLARD, COMMUNICATIONS CONSULTANT AND FORMER DENVER ELECTIONS SPOKESPERSON.

THE U.S. SUPREME COURT HAS HEARD ARGUMENTS FROM BOTH SIDES REGARDING THE COLORADO SUPREME COURT RULING THAT FORBIDS DONALD TRUMP FROM BEING ON OUR STATE'S PRIMARY BALLOT BASED ON HIS INVOLVEMENT IN THE ATTACK ON THE U.S. CAPITOL JANUARY 6TH, 2021.

PATTY, LET'S START WITH YOU.

>> I'M NO LAWYER.

I WAS GLUED TO THE SET.

IT WAS SO MUCH MORE FUN THAN SAY WHEN WE WERE -- COLORADO WAS IN THE LIMELIGHT AT THE SUPREME COURT WHEN WE WERE LABELED THE HATE STATE.

NOW WE LOOK LIKE AN INDEPENDENT GROUP.

WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE PLAINTIFFS SUCH AN AMAZING WOMEN.

REPUBLICAN LAWMAKER JUST A LIFELONG PUBLIC SERVANT.

YOU LOOK AT PEOPLE REPRESENTING COLORADO.

WHY THEY WERE QUESTIONING TRUMP'S INVOLVEMENT.

BUT IT MADE COLORADO LOOK INDEPENDENCE QUESTIONING.

I THINK PRETTY GOOD.

IT IS TOO BAD WE ARE NOT GOING TO WIN BUT IT DID LOOK LIKE A VALID CASE.

I'M GLAD THEY PUT IT FORWARD.

>> I'M INTERESTED IN HEARING YOUR THOUGHTS.

>> IT WAS A VALID CASE.

IT WASN'T SOME RIDICULOUS THING.

AS WE TALKED ABOUT BEFORE FOR THE NORMA ANDERSON/KRISTA KAFER WHERE THEIR SIDE IT IS A 50/50 THING.

IT WILL BE -- COULD BE 90.

IT MIGHT BE 8-1.

BUT JUSTICE USED TO TELL HIS CLERKS THE MOST IMPORTANT THING IS THIS.

YOU GOT TO GET TO FIVE.

THEY WILL NOT GET PAST THIS.

TOO MANY PEOPLE THINK OF THE SUPREME COURT JUST AS A POLITICAL BRANCH.

THIS THING SHOWED THE OPPOSITE.

THE JUSTICES WHO HAVE DIFFERENT PHILOSOPHIES WERE COMING TOGETHER IN FINDING THIS CASE WAS UNSUSTAINABLE.

>> I WAS FASCINATED BY THE WAY THE JUSTICES TALK TO EACH OTHER.

THIS IS NOT SOMETHING THAT I PAID A WHOLE LOT OF ATTENTION TO OR WATCH VERY OFTEN OR LISTEN TO VERY OFTEN.

THAT WAS ILLUMINATING.

I WAS FASCINATED BY SOME OF THE ARGUMENTS.

THE ONE THAT STUCK WITH ME WAS ONE MADE BY THE ATTORNEY PRESIDENT HAD TO DO WHETHER OR NOT ARTICLE THREE WHICH THIS WHOLE THING IS BASED ON OF AMENDMENT 14 THANK YOU.

WHETHER THAT APPLIES TO THIS SITUATION.

IF YOU DON'T USE THAT DOES THE PRESIDENT -- THE FORMER PRESIDENT HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO CHALLENGE SOME OF THE OTHER RESTRICTIONS.

THE ONE THING WAS THE PARTICIPATION CLAIR THOMAS.

BECAUSE OF THE LEAD UP TO THE INSURRECTION.

HE HASN'T SHOWN ANY ETHICAL STANDARDS WITH REGARD'S -- REGARDS TO HIS WIFE'S ACTIVITY.

>> JUST HEARING ALL THE LEGALESE AND LATIN THAT GOT DROPPED.

I WAS CONCENTRATING ON THE POLITICAL ASPECT OF THIS.

THINK ABOUT IT IN THE CONTEXT IN THE AMERICAN BODY POLITIC.

YOU HAVE UNAFFILIATED SUE THE DEMOCRATIC SECRETARY OF STATE WHOSE VIEWS ON THIS ARE WELL-KNOWN.

IT GOES UP TO THE U.S. SUPREME COURT.

AND NOW YOU GOT THE DEMOCRATS WHO, I THINK REALLY ARE GOING TO HINGING THEIR -- THEY ARE GOING TO BE HANGING THEIR HAT ON NOVEMBER BECAUSE IT REALLY LOOKS TO ME LIKE THEIR STRATEGY POLITICALLY IS GOING TO BE HOPING FOR A CONVICTION IN ONE OF THESE LOWER COURT CASES.

BUT ALSO KEEP IN MIND WHERE YOU ARE IN THE BODY POLITIC TRUMP SUPPORTERS DON'T SEEM TO CARE.

WE STILL SUPPORT THIS PERSON.

>> PRESIDENT TRUMP SPOKE MOMENTS AFTER THE COURT ENDED FOR THE DAY.

IT IS A CAMPAIGN THING FOR HIM NOW.

>> THE DEMOCRATS ARE PURSUING A CYNICAL STRATEGY REGARDING TRUMP.

ON THE ONE HAND THEY ARE ACCURATELY SAYING DONALD TRUMP IS THE ONLY NOMINEE THAT BIDEN HAS A CHANCE OF BEATING.

IF YOU THINK THAT, YOU SHOULDN'T TRY TO GET HIM TO BE THE REPUBLICAN NOMINEE.

THAT'S WHAT, FOR EXAMPLE, ALVIN BROUGHT THIS CASE AGAINST TRUMP WHEN YOU PAY MONEY TO YOUR MISTRESS YOU PAY OUT OF CAMPAIGN FUND.

THAT CONSTITUTES -- THE JACK SMITH CASE BEING PROCESS.

THAT IS THE SERIOUS CASE FOR HIS INVOLVE IN WASHINGTON, D.C.

THEY THREW THE BOOK AT HIM IN ALL KIND OF CHARGES.

THEY LEFT OUT CHARGING HIM WITH VIOLATING INSURRECTION ACT.

IF THEY CAN BRING A CASE UNDER THE INSURRECTION ACT THEN BY THAT ACT, WHICH HELPS CARRY OUT THE 14th AMENDMENT TRUMP WOULD BE DISQUALIFIED FROM OFFICE.

THAT IS ALL THEY HAVE TO DO.

ONE CRIMINAL CASE IN ONE COURT, THEY DIDN'T DO IT.

>> IT SEEMS HIGHLY UNLIKELY THAT COLORADO WILL WIN ON THIS.

TODAY'S POINT ABOUT JACK SMITH.

ONE OF THE BIGGEST MISTAKES MADE BY THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE WAS HOW LONG THEY WAITED TO START WORKING ON THAT.

THEY WAITED A YEAR MORE THAN THEY HAD TO.

HAD THEY STARTED OFF A LITTLE SOONER, HOW PULLED JACK SMITH A YEAR SOONER THEY COULD HAVE TAKEN A BETTER LOOK AT THE 14th AMENDMENT ISSUES AND TO LOOK AT OTHER PEOPLE PROBABLY SHOULD HAVE BEEN INCLUDED IN THESE INSURRECTION CHARGES THAT WE MAY NEVER GET TO.

THAT TO ME IS FRUSTRATING.

I'VE BEEN READING CHAINING'S BOOK.

IT IS WONDERFUL.

THE MORE I READ IT THE MORE HORRIFIED ABOUT THE SITUATION WE ARE IN RIGHT NOW.

>> ALTON?

>> YOU AIN'T SEE NOTHING YET.

I'VE BEEN AROUND POLLICES MY WHOLE LIFE.

SOMEONE HAS BEEN A MEMBER -- THE REASON IT IS HAPPENING IS BECAUSE, LIKE I MENTIONED BEFORE THERE IS TRUMP SUPPORTERS OKAY FROM EVERYTHING FROM THE XENOPHOBIA TO BEING A SEXUAL PREDATOR AND EVERYTHING ELSE, THEY DON'T CARE.

THIS IS WHERE WE ARE AT A SOCIETY.

WE GET THE GOVERNMENT WE DESERVE.

THE OTHER THING THAT IS A BIG CAUSE FOR CONCERN IS A LOT OF THE MESSAGING FROM 2016 IS NOW RESONATING WITH A DIFFERENT DEMOGRAPHIC.

IN 2016 IT WAS GEARED TOWARDS THE LESS EDUCATED PARTS OF OUR SOCIETY.

NOW THERE ARE YOUNGER PEOPLE SAYING THIS PERSON SEEKS HIS MIND.

WHERE HAVE YOU HEARD THAT BEFORE?

2016.

GETTING IN ROADS WITH BLACK VOTERS, WITH YOUNGER VOTER.

BIDEN IS HANDLING THE ISRAELI/HAMAS ISSUE.

THIS THING I HAVE SEEN FLOATING AROUND THE MEDIA IF SOME HOW TRUMP GETS RE-ELECTED AND THESE THINGS GET FOLLOWED UP.

WE CAN BE SITTING AROUND WONDERING WHO OUR PRESIDENT IS.

>> IF BY ANY WEIRD AGREED THE SUPREME COURT WITH PEOPLE TALKING ABOUT RIGGED ELECTIONS, EVERYTHING ELSE.

IT IS NOT LIKE COLORADO'S VOTE WOULD HAVE MADE THAT MUCH DIFFERENCE ANYWAY.

THIS IS NOT A TRUMP STATE YET.

MAYBE ALTON IS DISCOURAGED THAN I AM.

WHAT WILL MAKE A DIFFERENCE IS WILL WE STILL HEAR THE RIGGED ELECTIONS?

WE ARE HEADING INTO SUCH AN UGLY PERIOD.

IT WILL BE UGLY ENOUGH BEFORE NOVEMBER.

IF IT ISN'T DECIDED IT WILL BE WORSE.

>> TRUMP AFTER THE VOTE COUNTING WAS COMPLETED CONCEDED HIS LOSS IN NOVEMBER 2020.

BUT THAT'S TRUMP EVER ADMITTING HE LOSES ANYTHING OR MAKES A MISTAKE IF HE COULD DO THAT HE WOULDN'T BE TRUMP.

>> THANKS FOR THE DISCUSSION.

I KNOW YOU WILL PROBABLY -- OUR MINDS ARE SPINNING.

LET'S TALK ABOUT OUR COLORADO LEGISLATURE.

THERE WAS A BUMPY START OF THE WEEK.

FIRST OFF YOU WERE THERE ON MONDAY WHEN -- TALK ABOUT THE DELEGATION OF ISRAELIS WHOSE LOVED ONES WERE TAKEN HOSTAGE IN OCTOBER.

THEY WEREN'T ALLOWED TO GO TO THE HOUSE FLOOR.

>> THAT WAS OUR UNDERSTANDING ON SUNDAY NIGHT.

WE HAD GOTTEN A PRESS RELEASE FROM REPRESENTATIVE RON WHO WAS ONE OF THE SPONSOR ALONG WITH STATE SENATE.

THEY ARE GOING TO BE ON THE FLOOR OF THE HOUSE AND THE SENATE.

AND ABOUT 30 MINUTES BEFORE HE GOT TO THE CAPITAL HE GETS A PHONE CALL FROM THE SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE THAT SAYS I'M SORRY, YOUR EVENT ISN'T GOING TO TAKE PLACE.

ONCE THE EVENT ON THE HOUSE FLOOR WAS CANCELLED.

THE SENATE DID, IN FACT, HOLD AN EVENT FOR THEM.

THEY CAME WINEBERG THEY BOTH SPOKE.

ALMOST THE ENTIRE HOUSE REPUBLICAN CAUCUS WAS THERE AND HOUSE DEMOCRATS.

THE SPEAKER NEVER ANNOUNCED THAT THIS WAS GOING TO HAPPEN FROM THE SPEAKER'S PODIUM.

THAT IS INSISTED THIS WAS INFORMAL SESSION AND THAT SHE IS SORRY PEOPLE DIDN'T KNOW ABOUT IT.

THEY DIDN'T KNOW ABOUT IT BECAUSE SHE DIDN'T TELL THEM.

THE HAS TAKEN A LOT OF HEAT FROM THIS.

AND FRANKLY DESERVEDLY SO.

THIS WAS A BAD MOVE BY HER.

>> LET'S CALL IT WHAT IT IS.

THE SPEAKER WHO HAS TROUBLE CORRALLING HER CAUCUS WAS WORRIED ABOUT THAT LEFTIST WING CAUSING THAT COMMOTION.

THIS ISSUE WITH THE TAXATION WHEN IT COMES TO THE SHORT-TERM RENTALS.

I ALWAYS LIKE TO JOKE NEW HAMPSHIRE BEAT US AT OUR STATE MOTTO.

LIKE DENVER WHERE, YOU KNOW, 90% OF TAX MEASURES SEEM TO PASS EVERY YEAR.

THAT IS GOING TO BE SOMETHING FASCINATING.

YOU SAW JESSE PAUL REPORTING ON CONSTRUCTION DEFECTS WHICH IS ANOTHER WHIRL BECAUSE THE FIRST TIME AROUND WE TRIED TO DO IT IN A CERTAIN WAY AND WE GOT OVER A LITTLE BIT OF A HUMP BUT THE INSURANCE COMPANIES SAYING WE ARE NOT GOING TO INSURE ANYBODY.

THIS PLAYS A ROLL IN AFFORDABLE HOUSING IDEAS.

IT IS A LITTLE BIT OF A HELP.

I DON'T KNOW HOW MUCH IS GOING TO HELP.

I'LL BE INTERESTED TO SEE IF THIS ONE PASSES.

>> WE WILL SEE HOW MUCH THE LEGISLATURE TRIES TO DO ANYTHING ABOUT THAT.

IT WILL BE A GRIM WEEK.

THE SHORT-TERM RENTAL ISSUE IS FASCINATING IT DOESN'T AFFECT DENVER.

YOU AREN'T SUPPOSED TO USE SECONDARY PROPERTY.

IT SHOULD BE YOUR PRIMARY PROPERTY.

THIS ONE YOU GOT IN STEAMBOAT IN SOME BIG SKI TOWNS.

YOU ARE HAVING HOTELS BEING TURNED AS SHORT-TERM AIR BNB'S.

THE PEOPLE THAT WENT TO COMPLAIN MOST OF THEM WON'T BE AFFECTED BY THIS.

LORD KNOWS EVERYONE ELSE WILL BE PLAYING PLENTY.

>> TO SPEAK IN A PRAGMATIC MATTER.

THE STATEMENT IS COMPLETELY IMPLAUSIBLE.

SHE HAS THE PROBLEM WITHIN HER CAUCUS THERE IS A SUB CAUCUS.

SHE WAS WORRIED ABOUT WHAT THEY WOULD SAY.

GOT A LOT OF BAD STORIES ABOUT HER THIS WEEK.

SHE PREVENTED ONCE THE ISRAELIS HAD ARRIVED EXPRESSING WHAT MIGHT HAVE BEEN THEIR OUTRAGE AT THE SETTLER WHITE SUPREMACIST ALL THIS NONSENSE.

BUT STUFF THEY SINCERELY BELIEVE.

AT THE MICROPHONE COUNTER ATTACKING AGAINST THE ISRAELIS.

>> LAST WEEKEND COLORADO MAYOR YEMI MOBALADE SAID HE CITY IS NOT A SANCTUARY CITY.

COLORADO SPRINGS PRIORITIZES LIFE AND INTEREST OF ITS RESIDENTS.

MEANWHILE IN DENVER THEY ARE BEING TOLD TO CUT THEIR BUDGETS WHICH WILL AFFECT LIFE.

>> DENVER IS FULL.

I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY PEOPLE SAW IT.

MAYOR JOHNSTON TOOK TO SOCIAL MEDIA WITH A STRONG STATEMENT BECAUSE THE LACK OF ACTION AT THE FEDERAL LEVEL IS GOING TO HAVE A HUGE DOWNSTREAM EFFECT ON DENVER.

I ALSO FIND THE COLORADO SPRINGS MAYOR'S COMMENT INTERESTING.

I THINK HE IS ALSO AN IMMIGRANT.

I'M GOING TO BE SORT OF KEEPING AN EYE ON HOW THE JOHNSTON ADMINISTRATION IS GOING TO DEAL WITH THE CUTS YOU MENTIONED.

DENVER HAS ROBUST RESERVES.

YOU HAVE TO KEEP THOSE RESERVES IN PLACE FOR THINGS LIKE IF WE HAVE ANOTHER HUGE PANDEMIC OR GET ANOTHER BOMB CYCLONE.

IT DOES GET TURNED OFF IN A FAIRLY LIBERAL AND SPENDY CITY LIKE DENVER THAT TRIES TO PROVIDE GOOD SERVICES FOR ITS RESIDENTS.

>> I WOULD GET A LOT OF BUSES READY TO SEND PEOPLE TO COLORADO SPRINGS.

WE ARE OFFERING BUS TICKETS TO OTHER CITIES.

USUALLY WHERE MIGRANTS WANT TO GO.

MAYBE THEY WOULD LOVE TO COLORADO SPRINGS.

THE DEFINITION IS VERY VAGUE.

YOU ARE NOT REPORTING PEOPLE TO ICE.

ICE ISN'T DOING ANYTHING ANYWAY.

IT IS NOT LIKE YOU ARE PROMISING A COT.

YOU ARE A WELCOMING CITY THAT RECOGNIZES THIS IS A COUNTRY BUILT ON IMMIGRANTS.

BASED ON IMMIGRATION ON WELCOMING PEOPLE FROM OTHER LANDS WHO ARE FACING HORRIBLE THINGS.

SO, I THINK, WE CAN REMOVE SOME OF THE SANCTUARY CITY ISSUES.

WHAT ARE WE GOING TO DO?

IF PEOPLE ARE HERE.

WHAT CHOICE DO YOU HAVE?

I DON'T THINK MOST OF THEM ARE COMING.

THEY ARE COMING BECAUSE TEXAS IS SENDING THEM HERE.

>> DAVID?

>> LET'S LOOK AT THE NUMBERS.

DENVER IS EXPECTING TO BE SPENDING $180 MILLION A YEAR ON THIS.

WHICH IS GOING TO LEAD TO CUTS EVERYWHERE ELSE IN THE THINGS DENVER IS SUPPOSED TO PROVIDE.

THE NUMBER OF ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS IN THIS COUNTRY WAS ABOUT 10 MILLION ON THE DAY HE TOOK OFF.

HE HAS DOUBLED THAT.

10 MILLION MORE.

BY THE WAY, MAYBE THIS WILL BE THE LAST SHOW OF CIO EVER WHERE THE WORD MIGRANT IS USED.

COLORADO PUBLIC RADIO HAS ANNOUNCED ANOTHER NEW WORD, YOU ARE SUPPOSED TO SAY NEW IMMIGRANTS WHICH SEEM VERY SIMILAR.

IT IS DELIBERATELY FALSE.

PEOPLE LIKE THE MAYOR OF COLORADO SPRINGS THE WONDERFUL IMMIGRANTS THAT COME TO THIS COUNTRY LEGALLY ARE NEW IMMIGRANTS.

THE PEOPLE WE ARE TALKING ABOUT, MANY ARE IN THIS COUNTRY UNLAWFULLY AND LEGALLY REMOVED FROM THAT.

THEY ARE NOT NEW IMMIGRANTS.

>> WHAT I'M WATCHING RIGHT NOW IS THE IMPACT ON THE STATE BUDGET.

WHILE THE STATE DOES NOT HAVE A HUGE ROLE IN DEALING WITH THIS MIGRANT CRISIS, WE ARE STARTING TO SEE SOME NUMBERS THAT ARE COMING OUT.

THE TWO I HAVE SEEN SO FAR ARE PUBLIC SAFETY AND EDUCATION.

AND COLORADO PUBLIC RADIO TO FOLLOW UP ON DAVE THERE HAD A PIECE THIS WEEK ON TALKING TO SOME KIDS UP AT HIGH SCHOOL IN LAFAYETTE.

THEY HAVE 35 MIGRANTS UP THERE ALONE.

KIDS GOING TO SCHOOL UP THERE.

AND THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION, IT WAS SUPPOSED TO HAVE THEIR BUDGET REDUCED BECAUSE OF LOWER ENROLLMENT.

GUESS WHAT?

THOSE ENROLLMENT NUMBERS ARE GOING UP NOT DOWN.

>> NOW IT IS TIME TO SHARE SOME OF THE HIGHS AND LOWS THIS WEEK.

WE WILL START WITH A LOW POINT TO END WITH A POSITIVE NOTE.

>> I WOULD HAVE TO CONGRATULATE BOEBERT HAVING THE EXCELLENT IDEA OF ALLIGATORS GUARDING THE SOUTHERN BORDER.

RETRAINING ORDERS WITH HER EX-HUSBAND WHO DID NOT SHOW ON THURSDAY.

>> DAVID?

>> FOLLOWING ON REPTILE.

STATE REPRESENTATIVE JOHN ENGLISH A PET TAX.

YOU WOULD HAVE TO PAY OVER $400 IN TAXES TO REGISTER YOUR FISH WITH THE GOVERNMENT.

YOU HAVE TO GIVE EACH FISH A NAME IN ORDER TO REGISTER IT.

>> IT SOUNDS ABSURD.

>> SHE SAID I'M SORRY I DIDN'T READ THE BILL.

IF YOU DON'T READ YOUR OWN BILL YOU SHOULDN'T BE IN THE LEGISLATURE.

SHE IS NOT READING OTHER BILLS.

SHE IS TOO LAZY AND IRRESPONSIBLE TO SERVE IN THE LEGISLATURE AND SHOULD RESIGN.

>> OKAY.

MY GOODNESS.

>> THIS ISN'T SOMETHING THAT MADE ME MAD.

THINGS YOU JUST CAN'T MAKE UP.

THIS IS A STORY THAT RAN IN COLORADO POLITICS ON THURSDAY.

CHAIR PARTY DAVE WILLIAMS FOR THE LAST THREE PLUS YEARS IN WHICH HE HAS BEEN ELECTED TO THE STATE LEGISLATURE A NUMBER OF TIMES USING THE VOTING SYSTEMS.

HE REACHED OUT TO EL PASO COUNTY AND SAID OUR STATE ASSEMBLY IS COMING UP IS THERE A POSSIBILITY WE COULD USE YOUR TABULATION MACHINE TO COUNT THE BALLOTS ON THE STATE ASSEMBLY.

THERE WAS AN INTERESTING CONVERSATION BETWEEN HIM AND THE EL PASO COUNTY AT WHICH AT ONE POINT WE WILL HAVE TO SET YOU UP WITH DOMINION IN ORDER TO GET PERMISSION TO USE THEIR MACHINES.

THEY WERE PURSUING A CONVERSATION.

GUESS WHAT MACHINE THEY USE IT IS DOMINION TOO.

>> OUR BIG WEDGE ISSUE MENTHOL CIGARETTES.

REALLY.

THINK ABOUT THIS.

ALL THE HEAT BEING PUT ON THE FDA AND PRESIDENT BIDEN BECAUSE THEY ARE NOT ENFORCING THE MENTHOL BAN.

THAT HAS CREATED A WEDGE.

HOW WILL THAT AFFECT THE COMMUNITY?

WE ARE DYING BECAUSE OF MENTHOL CIGARETTES.

ONE OF THE STORE CLERKS WAS SAYING YOU CAN TELL THE JAZZ FESTIVAL IS IN TOWN THAT'S THE ONLY TIME WE SELL OUT OF COOLS.

>> SOMETHING POSITIVE.

>> I'M GOING TO SAY SOMETHING NICE ABOUT DOUG BRUCE.

DISTRICT FIVE AND DAVE WILLIAMS DESERVE HIM.

HE SHOULD RUN.

>> HE IS TOYING WITH IT.

WOULDN'T IT BE GREAT.

>> IT WOULD BE SOMETHING.

>> THE UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO BASKETBALL TEAM RANKED NUMBER 4 NATIONALLY.

>> GO BUFFS.

>> THE CONDOLENCES.

WHO I HEARD FROM THE MOST ARE DEMOCRATS WHO LOVED SERVING WITH HIM.

THOUTH HE WAS AMAZING LAWMAKER.

HE WILL BE MISSED.

ONE OTHER THING, I WANT TO SAY A BIG THANK YOU TO THE FOLKS WHO DID SURGERY ON ME TWO WEEKS AGO ON MY BACK.

I'M LIVING MY BEST LIFE RIGHT NOW.

>> AFTER TWO WEEKS, THAT IS AWESOME.

>> MINE IS BASKETBALL RELATED TOO.

THE TEAM I'M ASSISTANT COACH.

OFF TO AN 0-20 START.

THE KIDS ARE STILL STICKING TORKT -- TOGETHER.

I'M PROUD OF EACH AND EVERY ONE OF THEM FROM OUR 6'4 DOWN TO OUR 5'3 POINT GUARD.

>> MY POSITIVE THIS WEEK IS THE CONSTITUTION.

WE LEARNED THAT FORMER STATE REPUBLICAN NORMAN ANDERSON CARRIES THIS ONE EVERY DAY.

WE HAVE BEEN TALKING ABOUT IN THIS SHOW.

I FOUND THIS ONE IN MY DAUGHTER'S DESK.

SHE STUDIED THE CONSTITUTION HIGH SCHOOL.

DON'T THROW AWAY MY POCKET CONSTITUTION.

I DON'T KNOW YOU CAN SEE THE HIGHLIGHT.

SHE WORKED THROUGH THIS THING.

AS I'M LOOKING THROUGH IT.

I GET TO THE ARTICLE THERE IS NO HIGHLIGHT.

PEOPLE NEVER THOUGHT THIS WAS GOING TO BE A TOPIC OF CONVERSATION RIGHT?

YOU CAN GET ONE OF THESE AT ANY BOOKSTORE OR ONLINE OR PRINT OUT YOUR OWN VISION RIGHT NOW.

THE POCKET CONSTITUTION.

I THINK WE HAD A LESSON THIS WEEK.

WHAT THIS COUNTRY IS ALL ABOUT.

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