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October 07, 2010 07:40 AM UTC
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You mean the one who broke his term limits pledge and voted for TARP? That’s right, jump on board the Tancredo Train to fringe-ville, GOP! First stop: mine the border.
Or Republicans could vote for someone who’s actually looking out for the taxpayers and businesses in John Hickenlooper.
Republicans can just stay home.
The likely voter model will shift dramatically if Tancredo looks like he’s in striking distance or, perish the thought, winning.
Possibly other than a minority candidate, nothing gets minorities to the polls like the threat of a neofascist xenophobe as governor.
Might even force me to vote for Hick.
I think this can impact a lot of the other votes, because Gov drives a lot of voting. I think it could actually help us Dems by increasing turnout.
That Maes was just a decoy to deflect national criticism of Tancredo until just before the election, building a divided base, only to unite to be bigger than Hick at the eleventh hour?
We all laugh at the Repubs about the Governor’s race. They might have the last laugh if Maes drops out and endorses the Tanc.
This happened only for one reason – because McInnis’ plagiarism scandal dropped at the exact right time to cause the absolute maximum damage to his campaign. Not that Maes wasn’t making a legitimate run for it without that – this is the year of the tea party upsetting establishment candidates at the primary, after all – but he was too poor a candidate to have won it without the McInnis scandal. Maes had his own minor scandal with gas reimbursements, remember.
No, this was not some conspiracy or plan – not before the primary results came in. There’s a ever-so-slight chance that Wadhams and the other kingmakers asked Tanc to switch parties and get involved, but their initial anger that he did that struck me as genuine, not cover or deflection.
No. This was not some GOP evil genius plan.
in the press and the help of the Hasan family who seemed hellbent to embarrass Scott. It took root with Tanc and his allies who saw an opportunity. Was there a grand plan – I have no idea. I don’t think so but collectively they successfully won the primary. So be it.
Hick, with his funny ads hasn’t really fired up the masses in my opinion. How this will all turn out scares the hell out of me.
Tancredo kicked ass in the Glendale debate. The press had to cover up Tancredo’s success by highlighting the Ownens-Lamm questioners, who I might note were as reported fantastic.
Tancredo was factually superior in his responses.
The problem the mayor is having is he faces a base that expects him to use his political capital to early on back whatever tax hike they have planned for 2011. If he is elected, the pressures will be huge. He like control and sees it slipping if he’s elected Governor. With the autopilot engaged at DPS and RTD, there will be a battle for scheduling tax hikes.
it is well known that to get Tancredo to stray off topic is to mention “illegal, sanctuary city, or Immigrant.”
Tancredo cannot resist spouting his bigotry.
Its not an Anglos or Latino bias they maintian in their theft of citizen protections and government services.
Business owners have taken those jobs away from Americans and given them to illegal aliens because they’re more desperate and willing to work for way under the minimum wage, and those individuals pay taxes that support any government services they use (sales tax, or their portion of the rent that goes toward their landlords’ property taxes, among others).
has robbed you, I feel your pain. Its a demand and supply solution we need to seek.
Tom Tancredo stands with the people for justice and equity. Its time to stop the abuse of aliens who are enticed to illegally reside for low pay.
Why won’t Hickenritter signup for federal programs that mandate E-verify, safe communities, and justice for all.
It’s time to stop the game playing and join with Tancredo for justice.
then defend it at the source – the business owners who hire them and make it possible for them to want to come here in the first place. Just be sure to let consumers know that their food prices are going to go way up. (Something I can live with – I already buy as much as I can from local sources and avoid the kind of big-business food that depends on the wages only illegal immigrants would agree to take.)
… growing jobs for Americans and protecting the value of their citizenship.
You got turned down for that job on the killing floor of the meat packing plant?
What crap. What is your source for this outrageous statement? Who has a tax hike planned? What base wants a tax hike? “They” can’t raise taxes without a vote of the people. Duh.
And while we are correcting stuff: The tax hikes in Denver were ALL approved by a vote of the people…capital improvements and education.
of course its not a “habit” you see, but needy programs and conceptual programs in addition to financing the operational growth of government.
Only Hickenlooper offers you an agreeable path. He has stated the citizen’s would oppose such an effort today; in doing so, he telegraphs to those seeking tax hikes that he stands with you in partnership to use his political capital to support the raising of taxes for the liberal base of needy programs and conceptual programs in addition to financing the operational growth of government.
Conservatives and independants thus suggest Hickenlooper is Ritter on Steroids … more of the same.
I understand your positions. You seek more diversion of private capital to grow government with less accountability and the continuation of sanctuary policies. Hickenlooper is your man.
What I don’t know is do you have your tinfoil hat on or off to get these vibs?
You mean the majority of the people voting to approve “tax hikes”? Why do you hate democracy? I know, I know, everyone’s stupid but you.
poor Scott McInnocent the unjustly accused victim of a massive bipartisan conspiracy? That’s BJWilson kind of nonsense talk.
I admire you loyalty, but don’t be blind to the reality that it was Scott who soiled his own bed.
Just might vote that straight “R” ticket. as Maes might be sinking but is still printed on the ballots as an “R”. (couple thousand votes at the very least)
The Mcinnis, Maes, Tancredo circus is nothing but a shell game republicans are willing to tolerate.
Sad actually, NO one has yet to cast a SINGLE vote for Tancredo. <— THAT says alot about the republican mindset…
I think it’s statistically impossible for the “R” on the ballot to drop below 7%. And that’s being nice to the uniformed voter. We also have to account for the few percentage points that actually support poor Maes.
Suddenly this is a clever scheme! Well, it’s not. This is the GOP doing whatever they can to even partially hold this seat while getting the rest of the party voters to show up.
I used to think that some things were actually Democrat evil plans. They weren’t either. The parties are actually run by people this incompetent that occasionally get lucky.
I’m never for taking races for granted, EVER, but there’s no need to give credit where it just isn’t due. The GOP was eating itself and managed to nearly stop. Give credit for that and stop manufacturing a glorious back story, right?
State Dem Party would have had more to say about it.
the “Great Dem Conspiracy” theory is just that, a theory. Really it’s tea bag republican’s natural Paranoia showing itself.
that even 40% of my fellow Coloradans would ever mark Tom Tancredo’s name on a ballot.
Keep in mind that Rasmussen is the only “poll” where Tanc has the race in single digits.
if they were allowed to use crayons.
I think it is a valid problem for the R’s if Tanc becomes the solo candidate. Colo Dems have been looking for a way to energize voters, and that might just do the trick.
The DCCC has shaved the size of its ad reservations in 6 districts where Democrats are running behind their Republican challengers in polls. These include CO 04, where Rep. Betsy Markey has consistently trailed state Rep. Cory Gardner (R). Similarly, the DCCC has moved its ad reservations a week later in NM 02, where Rep. Harry Teague (D) is facing an uphill fight against former Rep. Steve Pearce (R).
We’ll have a principled and experienced Governor – a native son – who will be able to work with Ken Buck and others to led Colorado thru and around the federal Obama mess.
A note to Conservatives … Buck, Wadhams, Tancredo and other GOP leaders will facilitate the leadership neededto continue to best serves the needs of all Coloradans in accelerating private investment, creating jobs, thus delivering the needed government revenues used for fundamental government services, such as roads and assisting the needy.
are at least as likely to vote for Hick, a proven entrepreneur and a moderate who enjoys wide support in the business community, as they are for a goose-stepping radical like Tancredo. But most will stick with Maes.
I think you’d agree Voy, that’s a rather large leap.
would go for a whack job like Tancredo over a fellow businessman? No way in hell. Business community is already giving money to Hick and will vote for him. Maes has the core I’ll always vote for Republican vote. Tancredo has flavor of the month status but will fade rapidly as his far-right views “Bomb Mecca!”
are aired.
Plus, he is a proven, irrefutable, liar. Tancredo led the fight for term limits in Colorado. He gave his column pledge to serve no more than three terms in the Republican primary–and that pledge probably won the race for him.
And he was lying like a trooper, which he proved by repudiating the pledge when it was too late for anyone to do anything about it.
He’s lied before, he’s lying now.
That’s not debateable. He’s a liar.
That’s not political rhetoric.
He’s a liar.
Liar, liar, Tancredo on fire…
+1
Maes is still being stubborn though, because he posted on facebook that he is still in it AFTER the meeting.
I’m shocked, shocked I tell ya! Dems are finally coming around to accept what I’ve known for months, that the GOP would unite behind one candidate and Hickenlooper would have real run for his money. Think about that next time you discount my predictions, libs!
I guess I’ll take the compliment, since that’s about as much as I’m going to get from you.
I mean, if you think a broken clock is, in fact, right when the time of day coincides with the time it’s displaying. I call that a coincidence, not being right.
Just as long as you admit I was right and you were wrong.
You’re not right. That would involve thoughtful analysis and good observation of trends.
No, what happened was that one of your babbling points is kinda, sorta coming to be. Not entirely – I bet Maes gets 20% of the vote, which will mean that the GOP did NOT, in fact, unite behind one candidate. But more of them are rallying behind Tancredo, that much is true.
That, my friend, is called “making a lucky guess.” It’s no more “right” than desperately coming up with the correct answer is “right” when it happens in math.
Well I’m glad that all my “lucky guesses” are happening this year. You just can’t bring yourself to admit that I have a more shrewd political mind than you.
and can’t say something so patently false. Probably had to do with my upbringing – respecting the Ten Commandments, like the one about not bearing false witness.
Anyway, does saying that Maes will get 15% somehow mean that the GOP is “united” behind Tanc? That leaves 30% or so for Tanc – if he’s lucky.
Read the whole comment.
You think that trend will hold?
Meet me back here after the election. Maes gets 20%. You want the over or under?
correct TWICE a day. then he comments and reveals he is a broken 24 hour clock.
correct only once a day and then only for a single second. (if that)
or were you right before when you said Maes had this race won easily?
It’s easy to be “right” when you have no loyalty and jump ship as soon as something better seems to come along. Is that an example of conservative values, Beej? Abandon those you supposedly support because they are down in the polls?
What a beautiful example of uber-conservative win-at-all-cost lack of morality TeaPublican principles.
RFepublicans have not united behind one candidate. Indeed, many Republicans have rallied to the splinter candidate, and in the process are threatening the future of the GOP itself.
I hope you’ve set aside that C-note you owe me when Hickenlooper wins!
because the beejster strikes me as a welsher. I may be wrong, but do keep us posted on whether you ever see that C-note.
but if I win, I’m actually asking him to send the check to the Dumb Friends League. I love that group, got all three of my beloved dachshunds from them.
Hick beats Tank by 12-15 points.
If Maes stays in (why wouldn’t he?) Hick beats Tank by 10-14 points.
The Colorado Gub race is essentially the flip side of the Florida U.S. Senate race.
In which the right (Rubio) will, sorry to say, defeat a divided center (Crist) and left (Meek).
Hick will handily defeat a divided fringe (Tank) and mo’ bettah fringe (Maes) – and will garner a larger share of the overall vote than Rubio.
Reading your posts is like reading a dog’s transcription of Firing Line: missing the entire point, but his tail wags when he hears anything that sounds like his name.
ye hardly know yeself do ye??
is there a logical brain cell in there?
– SL
But not the one you’d think:
according to Maes’ Facebook page, he has picked up the endorsement of Jim Palin, Sister Sarah’s father-in-law. I didn’t know his endorsement could carry such weight….
Carries a great deal of weight.
There’s been so little of it.