(This could get juicy – Promoted by Colorado Pols)
Prior to last night’s Republican debate, Politico reported that some of the candidates were less than thrilled with their “green-room” assignments. These are rooms where the presidential aspirants waited prior to and after their appearances on the debate stage in Boulder.
New Jersey Govenor Chris Christie’s space was “dominated by a toilet,” while Trump’s room had “plush chairs and a flat-screen TV,” according to Politico.
The unequal room assignments could possibly have been the intentional work of Colorado State Republican Chair Steve House.
On the Colorado GOP Watch Facebook page yesterday, anti-House activist Marilyn Marks posted audio of House hinting that he’d assign shoddy green rooms to candidates he doesn’t like and vice versa:
On May 19, House said the following at a Lakewood, CO, Tea Party meeting (audio here).
House: “I cannot support a candidate before general election. There are certain presidential candidate that I like and those I don’t like. ….
I have a debate in October at CU. I will be dealing with green rooms for 20 or 30 candidates, and some I am going to like, who want red M&M’s, and some I’m gonna say ‘are fools and shouldn’t be there,’ and some will get assigned to showers in the locker room and others to restrooms, because that is just the way the lottery of it. But I can’t FORMALLY pick a candidate in the process until there is general election.”
House has actually dissed Trump in the past, so his giving Trump plush chairs doesn’t quite square with what we know of House’s candidate preferences. But, on her Facebook page, Marks speculates that House may have been trying to “make amends” for his prior public statement about Trump.
In any case, here’s what Politico reported:
During a tense 30-minute meeting at the Coors Event Center, which was described by three sources present, several lower-polling campaigns lashed out at the RNC. They accused the committee of allotting them less-than-hospitable greenroom spaces while unfairly giving lavish ones to higher-polling candidates, such as Donald Trump and Ben Carson.
The drama began Tuesday afternoon as RNC officials led campaigns on a walk-through of the debate site. After touring the stage, candidates got a peek at what their green rooms looked like.
Trump was granted a spacious room, complete with plush chairs and a flat-screen TV. Marco Rubio got a theatre-type room, packed with leather seats for him and his team of aides. Carly Fiorina’s room had a Jacuzzi.
Then there was Chris Christie, whose small space was dominated by a toilet. So was Rand Paul’s.
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Don't be surprised if Cynthia, Tank and Harvey bring him up on charges over this transgression.
As my good friend, Moderatus, so often has pointed out on these pages, "Steve House is as principled and ethical a Republican as there is in Colorado. He does a tremendous job for our party, and I am very proud of all of his efforts!"
Christie in the shitter? Just the luck of the draw, I'm sure. But, be on the lookout for lane closures on I-25, nevertheless .
I never said anything close to that and you know it. This incident needs to be investigated by the RNC. Perhaps they'll finally see that House can't be trusted.
Bad form, Steve House. Resign!
You probably just forgot …
… what with all the many profound insights you have shared here.
Look who's back. I really think you should acknowledge that none of us made fun of anyone's disabled son, apologize for falsely accusing us of doing so and acknowledge that it was his own mother who sought to use him politically via a cooked up story. Until you do so I propose that the rest of us carry on as if you had never returned.
Moddy's back! Let's have a parade to celebrate! I know someone who would love to be our grand marshal.