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(D) Kamala Harris
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(R) Marshall Dawson
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(D) Adam Frisch
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(D) Trisha Calvarese
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(D) River Gassen
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(D) Jason Crow*
(R) John Fabbricatore
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(D) B. Pettersen
(R) Sergei Matveyuk
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(D) Yadira Caraveo
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February 05, 2014 08:15 AM UTC
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Be fair Pols! Scott Gessler needs to be your Governor! And he has no chance if he has to let Colorado voters see what he really thinks. The less you all know, public plebians, the better! Its Honey Badger's turn and all you Post-Maes tea-partiers and Tancredistas need to get the hell out of the way, stfu, and just accept that those who know more in the party 'leadership' have decided who will be your leader.
At least Tancredo's honest about it: words come out of Republican mouths and are used against them (verbatim, in context) by Democrats – because the majority of voters don't agree with what comes out of their mouths. Better to keep their plans secret.
And he's got the most name rec so why say anything or help bring attention to people most potential voters have never heard of? The same goes for Gessler at a lower but better than next to nothing name rec level. The others need all the name rec growth they can get and debates are away to drum up a little but without better known participants it will be a very little more. As in negligible. Why should Tanc or, to a lesser degree, Gessler give them a hand?
that would be a way with a space between.
So these guys are all gonna' try to out-crazy one another from separate venues, times, and multiple media . . .
. . . emptying all those asylums?? Now that's what I call strategery!!!
If Brophy wants a debate – I'll offer to full in for either Tanc or Scott
…"fill".
I would pay handsomely for a ticket to witness that event…
Don't forget that there are hours every day on local talk radio and so republicans can always talk to their base without fear of being challenged.
They could run the Republican debate back to back with the Dem debate. Oops, not a single progressive Dem will step up to the plate and primary Hick?
Might as well cancel both of them.
Apparently you do know how things work and what a stupid comment that was so you don't need anyone to tell you. Dullest troll ever.
Tancredo is formidably appealing to young males working in construction or related fields, and others working in low-paid jobs, who see that immigrant labor takes the bottom out of the wages in their field. The solution to their real-world problem is complex – a higher minimum wage, portable health insurance, fixing the problems with ACA and unionized health insurance, comprehensive immigration reform which gives a path to citizenship, so that illegal immigrants don't have to take whatever crap employers dish out.
Tancredo offers a simpler solution – "deport them all", and this was quite appealing to 37% of voters who voted in 2010. The Tanc also is a better speaker than either Gessler or Brophy.
Brophy has worked hard to appeal to the gun-totin' abortion-prohibitin' crowd- but that is an enthusiastic, but minor (less than 30%) voting block.
Gessler's ethics and budget missteps will haunt him, even though he is the most likely of the R candidates to get the nomination. He also does not have an appealing public persona. He comes across as what he is – an uncaring, rich corporate hack.
So a debate would likely show them up as what they are: the bigot, the paranoid gun nut, and the snaky money-grubber. Not too surprising the two top favorites are declining.
Excellent analysis, mj55, thanks. What do you make of the fact that Giron's successor supports Gessler and vice a versa?
Wasn't aware of that, dwyer, but it makes sense. Political payback.
Rivera would never have "won" the successor seat without Gessler and Co's shenanigans around blocking mail ballots, the Chieftain's nonstop propaganda grinding out supposed Giron "ethics violations" (more people around here actually read the Chieftain than any other semi-metropolitan area, I've been told – don't know the primary source).
AFP Colorado / and Magpul funding the TV smear campaign, which apparently ran on all local stations, helped, too.
The top two Republicans have chosen not to participate in a circular firing squad .. who could blame them. They need no practice in debating our current governor, who is either at a loss for words or is backpeddling from gaffes when he's not speaking from a prepared text.
Is Gessler dropping out of the governor's race?
The most interesting item in this story is the comment from other Republican candidates that SOS Gessler "hasn't been at forums in recent weeks." When candidates stop attending political events that is sometimes a sign the candidate intends to drop out of the race. His wife recently gave birth so that could be the explanation but campaigns and the need to meet and greet the base doesn't stop.
He's probably busy chasing phantom illegals.
His wive gave birth? He has a license to BREED?
Now there's a mental image I could do without.
Wait for it…."I need to spend more time with my family."
Gessler dropping out? He is the anti-Tancredo front runner. He is in it and has an excellent shot to get the nomination.
Assume he does. Can he win?
Of courage can win
Damn iPhone: of COURSE, not of courage, he can win
In your dreams. That is if you dream about a completely partisan sleazebag whose only goal is screwing anyone who isn't a Republican and even screwing Republicans if they happen to be County Clerks, for Governor.
Shorter CO GOP: "We know we're odious, unlikable, unelectable, incoherent slugs. Don't make us embarrass ourselves by being ourselves."
One of the other commenter alluded to what is going here IMHO/speculation. This is becoming a two person race between Tancredo and Gessler. With Tancredo out of the debates, why would Gessler participate?
Or maybe it's that Tanc and Guess fully understand that what they would have to say in a Republican primary debate would cause them to lose the general elelction.
Saying Tea Party crazy stuff never bothered Tanc before. He's got the name rec already. He doesn't need debates. The other guys do. Let them tear each other down. Why should he bother? Why should he bring them more attention with his high profile presence? Gessler probably deludes himself that his situation is the same as Tanc's. It's not. His name rec is still nothing compared to Tanc's.