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September 16, 2010 06:21 PM UTC
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at first I was a little afraid of him. then after a few years and this election cycle. I positively LOVE him. he is the best gift republicans have ever given to the Democrats in Colorado. I do hope he maintains his position (give him a raise even) and lives out the rest of his days playing Rovian politics just as he knows how.
conservatism after all is NOT CHANGING A Single thing.
I toast to D-Wads continued presence as chief of the Colorado republic party.
I’ll say this once again, Josh Penry wasn’t pushed out except for his own personal problems. Did any others know (besides his marry band of insiders)about some of his problems? Rumors fly here in his hometown and under the capitol dome so it’s reasonable to assume they did, but whether they talked to Josh about withdrawing I can’t say. What I am comfortable in saying is that his ego is too large to be “pushed out” of any race. Certainly his big supporter Wadhams would have moved heaven and earth to keep him going if Josh had chosen to do so.
Finally, I don’t think Wadhams is the only problem with the Republican party I use to support, but he’s certainly one of the big problems here in Colorado.
There’s a reason we haven’t been hearing from Joshua too much, and it ain’t because Norton lost.
I would love to see a Republican politician emerge in Colorado along the lines of Tom Campbell in California. Unfortunately, even there, he’s not pure enough to win many primaries, though he just kills it in the general. If somebody like Campbell could make through the primary, I think they could make a pretty good run at Perlmutter, or even Polis.
But the pressure to force Penry out from high levels, whatever the underlying reason, is well documented.
You wouldn’t be trafficing in politics if you didn’t enjoy a good rumor. Writing something up does not a documented confirmation make it even if attributed to that daily gossip rag they publish in Denver or Jason Salzman in the Independent.
but Ellie & other’s can. Post away. I’m always game for watching clotheslines for more Repub dirty laundry.
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You have zero first hand evidence that Wadhams tried to get Penry out. Anyone close to the GOP primary operatives knows that the McInnis camp was continuously complaining about Wadhams’ supposed favoritism toward Penry.
Of course there were plenty of high level folks trying to get Penry out – those supporting McInnis. And Penry folks (he had plenty of high level support himself) were trying to talk McInnis out of it. That should be a given unworthy of comment.
After the fundraising numbers started coming in it became clear that McInnis wasn’t going anywhere. Josh’s numbers came in slower so there was continued pressure on him.
I have no idea why Josh ultimately dropped out. But Wadhams definitely didn’t encourage him to do so.
understand your signature line. Is it an argument for abortion? Are you repeating it or – somehow making fun of marilou? If the latter, I don’t get it.
She’s one of yours.
And don’t change the subject.
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That is 2% more of a chance than I’d give him
You’d actually have a stronger argument to your point if you put Wadhams on the other side of these battles. Wadhams was closer to Penry than McInnis. Wadhams was closer to Buck (how often have Wadhams & Klein worked together?).
I’ll give you Schaffer over Wolfe – though, DW was with 99% of registered Republicans on that one. I suppose you could argue why they even cared about Wolfe.
As for this year’s election, despite what your Big Line says, the GOP is likely to do much better than Dems this year. EXCEPT, for Gov. Wadhams has handled this as well as could be expected.
He had a Penry-McInnis-Maes primary where he was getting hate mail from McInnis supporters for favoring Penry (though there’s no evidence he ever actually acted upon it). Penry dropped out. So – he’s got McInnis & Maes.
It is not the state party’s obligation to vet it’s primary candidates. It’s up to the campaigns themselves and their opponents. McInnis was thought to be a known factor, for better and worse. No one cared about Maes b/c that would be like spending a lot of money on Wayne Wolfe research in a primary with Bob Schaffer. McInnis was a ‘known’ quantity and Maes was a non-quantity.
Shame on McInnis, Maes & even Hasan’s for not highliting or uncovering the plagiarism. Wadhams & GOP are there to facilitate and support, not to do oppo research on major campaigns.
So, DW is stuck with this guy whose stock is plummeting. At first, it was appropriate for him, in his official position, to continue support for the GOP nominee. That included taking on Tancredo. And as Maes went from barely qualified to unqualifed (before our eyes), it was in the best interest of the party for DW to look for a legitimate way out – that would be the so-called backroom dealing with Tancredo. By this time however, the entire GOP outside of Maes and Schultheis were in that backroom.
You people make Oliver Stone and Peter Boyles look rational. The easiest explanation is usually the right one. Outside of the Gov’s race, the GOP is united and will do well on Nov. 2.
Has won many more than he has lost, and Wadhams has the confidence of the Party. He is not omnipotent, and some things that have happened are beyond anyone’s control.
He will yet preside over a great victory. He does not need to worry about his job.
You want Republicans divided going into the elections. Let’s just not forget about the Democrat Party’s heavy handed squashing of Romanoff, both with the appointment of Bennet and in the primary. If I were a Democrat right now I would feel very little loyalty to the party.
How did Democrats choosing Bennet by 8 pct in the primary constitute a “heavy-handed squashing” of Romo, any more than Buck’s 4 point edge over Norton did in the gop lovefest?
Last I heard, on primary election night, it was a landslide. Pols was very complicit in squashing Romanoff supporters from day one. Then there was the never-before-seen presidential involvement in the primaries, etc. Not to mention that Romanoff, who did all the hard work in Colorado for Dems, should have been appointed rather than brown noser Bennet in the first place.
8 percent is a substantial margin, but it is administered by the voting members of the Democratic party. How is that a heavy-handed squashing?, which implies that party officials somehow conspired.
It’s great to see your concern for all those oppressed liberal Democrats, however.
I’m sure you’re sincere, not just a lousy hypocrite doing your little troll thing.
As to
, Boy Are You Dumb!
Try googling Franklin D. Roosevelt sometime.
Probably after you get through googling “Guidon.”
…except the leader of the entire Democrat Party, the President of the United States.