Cowboy State Politics

Replay of Cowboy State Politics Live September 9.  Agent 29 is back! NOW, the Democrats are complaining about PAC's they can't control.  Liz Storer set up a PAC to defend liberal Teton County politicians.  Kangaroo Mike Gireau says it's "distortive." Whatever that means.  Are we now at AGI with AI?  That's a terrifying prospect. And lots more.

Eric Barlow has a history of supporting medicaid expansion.  He said so in the PBS debate before the election.  But he also argued for it on the floor of the House in 2021.  It's not "Flat-out false" as he claims. The 50% reduction in residential property taxes will be on the November ballot. There's a ton of misinformation about it.  When you look at the numbers, if county commissioners just stop...

Barlow's campaign spokeswoman, Rebekah Fitzgerald leads an organization, Wyoming FREE, that is backed by former Barack Obama Administration and campaign officials. Since 2023, Wyoming FREE has taken over $600,000 from an organization called Article IV.  That group is run by a list of former Obama officials.  That Barlow chose to Fitzgerald to speak on his behalf, it tells you everything you need t...

"It's just flat-out false." That's how Barlow responds to any criticism of his record.  He has a really long history of supporting medicaid expansion. He's in favor of moving away from fossil fuels.  At least, that's what he told CONGRESS. And, he has opposed bans on sanctuary cities--for years.  His response to all of it is that it's false.  His extensive legislative record doesn't lie.

Sheridan County Deputy Attorney Clint Beaver and Sheridan County Deputy Clerk Kim Hein insisted that no pictures could be taken or anything recorded at the hand-county audit held today 8/29. Beaver hilariously tried to claim that one section of the Constitution allowed him to violate another one.

We have a long history of political opportunism--a lot of politicians have at least a little bit. Though he doesn't hold a candle to some of the biggest opportunists in history, Reid Rasner wins the award this year. After his campaign of trying to stick like glue to President Trump he has no thrown in with the liberal Wyoming Republicans. Also, because of SF113, each county has to conduct a hand c...

Wyoming Liberalism which is always disguised as being a "traditional Republican," always misleads you into thinking it's something good. The 69th Legislature is going to bring with it numerous policies that have been out of reach for the left for a long time: medicaid expansion, weed legalization, abortion access, open primaries and a host of other terrible ideas. Of course, all of it will be dres...

Tuesday's election ushered in a group of people who believe in bigger government, more government spending, probably higher taxes and a move away from legacy industries in favor of subsidized wind and solar. Most of them rejected the Republican Party Platform as extreme or a purity test. At the same time, they'll spout the "Code of the West" all day long. Ironically, the platform has more to do wi...

The Democrats are admitting that they work with liberal Republicans. Mike Yin wants them to unite with the Democrats to get a liberal speaker--so it's not a "Freedom Caucus speaker." Really what he's done is show that the two groups are essentially of the same ideology.  Yin preposterously calls parties "a fiction." Except, that it is the party majorities in the legislature who choose their nomine...

This election is tremendously more expensive than any others we have had. My house received 91 different mailers (give or take a few that hit the trash). Politicians raised and spent ridiculous amounts of money. That combined with PAC spending, makes your vote very valuable. The question is how valuable? They way the math works out, each vote is worth as much as a dinner out. The question is do we...

The Cowboy State Daily reported on 8/12 that Eric Barlow recieved $6,500 in PAC donations. That's not even remotely true. The real number is over $220,000.00.  Most of it came from one organizations Civil Leadership PAC. Earlier this year, nearly every media source in the state was begging Democrats to switch to the Republican Party. For all of their efforts, it only resulted in a little over 2,00...

Ogden Driskill made a shocking statement in his Newcastle debate with Chip Neiman. He said that we should have an abortion exception if the baby "isn't going to be a good one." Driskill has debated the issue of abortion numerous times in the legislature and knows how delicate of a topic that is. For him to make such a flippant remark is astounding. Right before he said that, he claimed to be pro-l...

Marilyn Connolly claims to be conservative and has been a Republican for a long time. But her votes don't line up with that at all. Often, Connolly voted right along side the Democrats on many of the same bills she lists in a recent advertisement.   A recent spending analysis on HB0001 reveals who the big spenders in the House of Representatives are.  The top 10 might surprise you. A hint: it's BI...

Eric Barlow has a terrible record when it comes to illegal immigration. He has consistently voted against bills that would ban sanctuary cities and bills that would restrict your money going to illegal aliens. But it was the Cow Pie's defense of Barlow's record that caught my eye. Why would Barlow all the sudden vote to restrict tax money going to aliens?  The answer, he really didn't.

The biggest spenders in the last session are the same people that AFP is claiming are small government folks. Julie Jarvis voted to spend over $1.244 BILLION. That's BILLION with a B. Marilyn Connolly voted for $1.241 BILLION. While the conservatives averaged $28.5 MILLION. Million with a M and not a B. Spending isn't AFP's only problem.  Its biggest one is hypocrisy--especially their state direct...

Laurie Bratten sat down in the studio to discuss her re-election campaign for House District 51. One of her main focuses has been on codifying transparency in government.  While you can go online and see Wyoming's checkbook, that's not in law.  The next administration could do away with it. Also, Bratten wants to make sure you have access to the budgets and audits of your government.  It was a wid...

Jim Corkery is running for the Wyoming Senate in District 27 in Casper.  I sat down with him at David Street Station in Casper.  He's a pro-life catholic in a race with 2 Redocats: Kevin Helling and Macia Neumiller.  Corkery and I talked about the importance of being pro-life, his stance on business and lots more.

Myca Sturtevant is running for House District 29.  She claims to be a Republican but is campaigning on government run healthcare and so-called affordable housing.  Not exactly Republican ideas. Also, she says that even though she's running as a Republican, she's not going to follow the GOP platform. What's even more revealing is she says she is an advocate for small government while advocating for...

The Wyoming GOP lawsuit against the state is absolutely correct.  The government does NOT get to dictate who can speak and who has to keep quiet. Every other private organization can endorse candidates and spend money on their behalf but not political parties.  However, just because a political party can doesn't mean they should always endorse candidates.  There is a fine line, but that should be...

Karen Weber is running to replace Scott Smith in House District 5. She says her main focus is on supporting agriculture in this state.  Right now, as a measure of GDP, agriculture ranks below the media.  That wasn't always the case. Weber says that if we decrease the size of government and get it out of monkeying with private business, our ag producers will do much better.  

Fresh off of the Superintendent of Public Instruction debate, Tom Kelly joined me in the studio.  I had a couple of questions I wanted to follow up on.  I asked him if it is possible to evaluate teacher performance--which came up in the debate.  His answer surprised me. Also we were able to dive a little deeper into recalibration and his thoughts on local control.

In an effort to avoid what it actually means to be a Republican, candidates are trying to brand themselves as some other type of Republican. It leaves the rest of us to ask, "Why not just be a Republican?" There's the "Common Sense Republicans," "Real Republicans" and now, "Rational Republicans." It's funny, these are the same folks asking you to reject labels and focus on issues. Then why don't t...

Chad Auer is one of the people running for Superintendent of Public Instruction.  He was one of Gordon's policy advisors on education, after being a teacher for a while.  This past Tuesday, I moderated the WYGOP Superintendent of Public Instruction debate in Upton--there were more than a couple of questions I asked during the debate that needed more discussion.

Sheriff Richard Mack is the founder of the Constitutional Sheriff and Peace Officers Association.  He is also the first person to sue the federal government over Clinton's Brady Bill.  He's the the author of several books including his latest The Democrat Murder of America.   He joined me on the program to discuss the importance of the Sheriff and how to know if your candidate is the right guy for...

The Wyoming Realtors PAC has issued their 2026 endorsements.  It's a who's who of Democrats masquerading as Republicans. The average score of adhering to the Republican Party Platform from their honorees is 15% and they only vote with the Republican majority 17.2%--sure sounds like a bunch of conservatives to me. It looks like Ogden Driskill's "Become a Peacemaker" pledge didn't take. Not only is...