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March 13, 2010 03:02 AM UTC

Eulogy for the Colorado Democratic Party

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  • by: peacemonger

UPDATE:

After I wrote this diary, I got a call from Andrew Romanoff, then Andrew’s Deputy Manager. I’ve talked a lot of trash about Romanoff’s campaign (not Romanoff, mind you).  We talked for quite awhile. I am still a strong supporter of Michael Bennet’s, but I feel much better about the future of the Democratic party in Colorado after talking to them. Both are committed to getting unruly supporters in-line to run a cleaner, stronger campaign. I was THRILLED TO HEAR it! I now have more confidence that Colorado Democrats will survive the primary. I plan to hold them to their promises. I hope all of you will, too.

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I got to thinking about another thread a couple of weeks ago that described Andrew Romanoff’s campaign as the “jilted girlfriend” of the 2010 Senate race. Then I fell asleep. This is the nightmare that followed.

Eulogy for the Democratic Party

“THIS DIDN’T HAVE TO HAPPEN.”

November 03, 2010

Dearly Beloved,

We are gathered here on Colorado Pols to share in the memory of our dearly departed Colorado Democratic party. The Lord giveth, and short-term thinkers taketh away. Although we are saddened by its death, let us remember the good times we had together.  

The Colorado Democratic Party (lovingly known as as “CDP”) was a lonely step-child of the Western family for most of its life. In 1992, it appeared to grow strong and steady, until a case of mistaken identity (Ben Nighthorse Campbell) contributed to a period of poor health. Little CDP ultimately regained its strength while jousting with competitors Doug Bruce and Tom Tancredo, and experienced steady growth during the period of 2004-2008. In 2008, CDP blossomed into unforeseen beauty, impressing Democrats from all fifty states, with strength and competence. The coming out party at Invesco Field was magnificent!

In early 2009, Governor Bill Ritter and Chair Pat Waak, blessed the partnership of the CDP with US Senator Michael Bennet, under the loving eyes of family patriarch, President Barack Hussein Obama. Extended relatives Mark Udall, John Hickenlooper, Ken Salazar, Jared Polis and many others danced at the celebration! All was well during that first year. Legislation was crafted that made the United States stronger, and brought an abundance of potential blessings upon the fair citizens of Colorado.  

Meanwhile, not all was calm on the western front range. Jilted Speaker of the House Andrew Romanoff, and his friends, were determined to make sure the partnership would not last. As with other great tragedies, things did not work as the antagonists intended. The family feud became intense quickly (the likes of which neither William Shakespeare nor Steve Harvey could articulate with words people no longer understand), destroying all of the protagonists, as well as many of the villagers. Undermining the judgement of President Obama, the Colorado Democratic delegation, and most of the national Democratic Congress, we learned, was an effective strategy… with consequences. The rest, my dear liberals and progressives, is history.

For every political party there is a season, and a time to reflect after each election:

A time to be in the majority, and a time to be the minority; a time to scheme, and a time to denounce TABOR and it’s long-lasting ill-effects;

A time to trash, and a time to heal; a time to break down, and a time to rally;

A time to weep, and a time to laugh; a time to mourn, and a time to dance at victory parties;

A time to cast away votes, and a time to gather votes together; a time to embrace, and a time to politely shake hands with people whose policies you abhor;

A time to win, and a time to lose; a time to keep, and a time to cast away Tom Tancredo and everything he ever espoused;

A time to rant, and a time to blog; a time to keep silence, and a time to speak on the steps of the state capital;

A time to give the Obama fist-bump, and a time to smear; a time of primaries, and a time of peace and unity.

Let us work for unity. Amen

Funeral services will be held at 777 S. Santa Fe Drive with Honorable Reverend Terrance Carroll, officiating. Contributions should be made to the “Re-elect Jane Norton 2016 fund”.  

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23 thoughts on “Eulogy for the Colorado Democratic Party”

  1. There’s absolutely no reason for any candidate to drop out before the caucuses. If a candidate does poorly caucus night and doesn’t have much money in the bank (and doesn’t have the backing of national progressive fundraising phenoms the way Arkansas and Pennsylvania challengers do), that might be the time to reconsider things. But it would be foolish for anyone to drop out before caucuses. Even Cleve Tidwell wouldn’t throw his supporter under the bus like that.

    1. can you define “poorly”?

      I mean besides the obvious 0.00 delegates.

      That’s not gonna happen in the D caucus – so where do you put the bar for poorly?

      1. Because of the way Dems award delegates, it’s likely both Romanoff and Bennet will come out of caucuses with roughly the same number of (unbound) delegates, so that won’t be the measure.

        But if either candidate loses the preference poll by 2:1 or greater, I’d say that’s a poor performance.

        (I don’t think that’s likely, I’m on record predicting there will probably be no more than about a 10-point spread between the candidates, and if I had to bet, I’d bet Romanoff comes out ahead, but it could go either way. But you never know until the votes are counted, people can change their minds up until the final vote.)

        Only the campaign brass know how much they’re raising, and likely to raise through the end of this month, but they’re going to know whether it’s enough to keep going.

  3. Considering Bennet had not done one damn thing with or for the party prior to his appointment, would he even notice if the party disappeared?

      2. Andrew and I were in high school at the same time but at near-by school districts. He was the city mouse and I was the country mouse. Our schools played each other in sports.

  4. of a story from a very nearby land where a labor rep refused to support an anti-labor candidate who then lost, probably not because of the lack of labor endorsement, but because of his own shittiness as a candidate. Nonetheless, the Dems in support of candidate X FLIPPED OUT and blamed the labor rep for the destruction of the world. Of course, all this means is that if the labor rep really has that much power, we should all be kissing his ass.

    This primary and this diary remind me of that.  

  5. then it was in a shitload of trouble long before this primary.

    I can’t dig the sentiments here–it’s like reading an overly dramatic issue of TEEN magazine. Seriously. We’re having a primary. Get the fuck over it.

  7. I’ve bitten my tongue on the worst of it. The Bennet campaign is a model of integrity and positive energy. Sometimes it is hard for me to not tell-all.

    I used to respect Andrew Romanoff a lot… that’s all I’ll say.

    Pass the cheesecake. Can I have a fork and knife, too?

  8. Bad idea.  Peacemonger, you keep saying Bennet is doing a fantastic job.  Your italics.  Are you trying to convince us or yourself?

    Ritter is the person responsible for this primary.  He could have picked a strong candidate like Romanoff, Hickenlooper, Kennedy or Perlmutter but he picked a weak candidate.

    When will you MBers start to admit your candidate’s flaws?  Never, I’m guessing.

    1. Bennet has done a fantastic job and he is a strong candidate – just not well known yet. But that is changing. Where did it say you had to be a career politician to be appointed?

      With all of Romanoff’s legislative and union endorsements and the fact that he served house leader, this race should be no contest.

      Could it be that many Dems that are active in the party know RM and just don’t like him or perhaps his campaign has turned many Dem activists off.

      1. You’re just asking for it now.

        Whaddya gonna say when AR goes 86/14?

        Or 75/25?

        I mean AR has got the thing in his pocket- everyone knows him and loves him.  

  9. I just got an apology from a high-profile someone whose apology was much needed. We still don’t agree, but the call was necessary to move forward.

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