The Colorado soap opera that could be a major 2016 headache for the GOP

DENVER -- Before the ambush at the Warwick Hotel, Steve House had every reason to feel like one lucky Republican. He had just been elected chairman of the Colorado state party, which was still exulting over its 2014 victories: a U.S. Senate seat reclaimed, an unexpected landslide in a once-close congressional race and a new majority in the state Senate. All of which was going to make it much easier for House -- a slick but affable health-care consultant with watery-blue eyes and a beefy neck -- ...