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May 22, 2015 10:16 AM UTC

Woods sees "not a lot of difference" between political parties, raising specter of a primary

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  • by: Jason Salzman

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Sen. Laura Waters-Woods.
Sen. Laura Waters-Woods.

You need only to stick your toe into Colorado’s talk-radio world to know that state Sen. Laura Woods is a superstar on the Tea-Party airwaves, regularly receiving love from KLZ 560AM’s Ken Clark, KNUS 710 AM’s Peter Boyles, and others.

The last thing these guys want is to lose Woods in a primary next year, funded by deep-pocket Republicans. So you’d think they’d want to rally their listeners to stop this before hit happens. And Woods, who previously called herself Laura Waters on the radio, seems to be hinting that it will, judging from her continued criticism of establishment Republicans.

For example, in a May 14 interview with Clark, Woods said there’s “not a lot of difference” between mainstream Democrats and mainstream Republicans–raising the question of whether Woods thinks Colorado Republicans will field a primary candidate against her. But Clark didn’t ask the question.

Woods (at 4:15 below): “I think that for the establishment Republicans, and there is no doubt in my mind that Cory Gardner is one of them, and Democrats, there’s not a lot of difference. Where we see a difference is between conservatives and that group of people.”

Earlier in the interview, at two minutes, she referred to “squishy Republican committees,” further showing her displeasure with the GOP in Colorado.

I’m not saying this is unexpected, given Woods’ ride to power on the back of Tea-Party supporters, but I’m surprised the radio crowd doesn’t talk openly about the obvious possibility of a primary and how to prepare for it.

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5 thoughts on “Woods sees “not a lot of difference” between political parties, raising specter of a primary”

  2. Marilyn Marks is a big fan of Laura Waters Woods. There are several Jeffco Tea Party organizations – one in Lakewood, one in North Jeffco, both easily found on Facebook. Laura Woods is getting a lot of love via Marks' Lakewood Tea Party newsletter, for defeating a law that would have allowed overseas deployed military to vote via the internet, marshalling support against new "Whistle blower" protections, and against allowing expanded Colorado Open Records Requests.

    So on the one hand, Woods (and Marks) are all about transparency and citizen empowerment. On the other hand, if this could affect a company doing business with the State of Colorado, and possible financial misdeeds, then transparency be damned.

    Woods is also at the center of the Dudley Brown / RMGO controversy. A big recipient of RMGO funds herself, she signed onto the latest ultimatum from Brown that no bill could be passed that accepted any magazine limits at all. This "no compromise" stance has put her on one side of a widening divide within the Colorado Republican party.  Hence, Woods' complaints about those annoying "establishment Republicans".

    That big divide within Jeffco Tea Party and GOP groups will allow moderate and Democratic Jeffco voters to reclaim Senate District 19, which will be a good thing.

      1. Careful- one doesn't want to insult Marilyn Manson…

        Here's the difference: one uses a made-up image to sell his music. The other one uses made up facts and conspiracy fantasies to sell voter suppression. Hope that helps.

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