Washington Post: “All across America, at any given time, local party politicians — Democrats and Republicans alike — are feuding among themselves about something. It may be serious matters of policy difference, or it may be petty matters of the internal power structure, but what these disputes generally have in common is that they are deeply and profoundly uninteresting to anyone not inclined to hang out in those smoke-filled back rooms.”

“Until you throw sex into the mix.”

“In Colorado, that’s what has elevated a seemingly mundane power struggle into a statewide soap opera — friendship turning to rivalry, accusations of blackmail and retribution, a private detective’s secret recordings of the alleged mistress — that has left the party in disarray, a situation that could have national implications as one of the most unpredictable swing states prepares for the 2016 presidential race.”