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Grant H.
11-06-2018, 20:31
Not looking good for Stapleton, not surprisingly...
https://www.coloradoan.com/story/news/politics/elections/2018/11/02/colorado-election-results-governor-race-larimer-county-ballot-proposition-112-amendment-live-updates/1861674002/
A fair number of the issues are going the way I would want, which I count as a bonus.
hollohas
11-06-2018, 20:54
It's very strange watching election night coverage. ABC is saying the Dems only currently have a 60% chance of taking the house. NBC says 65%. And Fox News, of all networks, has litreally already called it for the Dems with an 85% chance they take it. Everything is backwards. Crazy stuff..
Bailey Guns
11-06-2018, 20:59
I saw that Fox made a surprisingly early call of the House going to dems. You're right...crazy times. What a weird election.
beast556
11-06-2018, 21:00
Looks like pole smoker polis has won.
Grant H.
11-06-2018, 21:00
Agreed.
Stapleton is pulling closer to Polis, with just over half the state reporting in.
Thus far, I see the dems pulling 6 of the 23 house seats they need for a majority. They have lost a senate seat at this point.
It's going to be an interesting evening.
Grant H.
11-06-2018, 21:01
Looks like pole smoker polis has won.
I've seen several people say this on FB, but I don't see a credible source for it.
Stapleton has pulled up in the vote counts in the last 10% reporting in, and a large part of what is left to report is conservative.
Grant H.
11-06-2018, 21:10
Now Politico and such are saying polesmoker won...
Damn.
Not unexpected, but damn.
This state is lost forever. So what does this election mean for gun rights? Another round of bullshit pushed through like 5 years ago?
Grant H.
11-06-2018, 21:17
Likely.
It won't be pretty, that's for sure.
Thankfully, the fed senate is looking pretty much locked up as a R majority for the next 2 years.
Fed House is getting dicey, but possible to hold the majority.
This state is lost forever. So what does this election mean for gun rights? Another round of bullshit pushed through like 5 years ago?
Shultz will go after paychecks before guns, but yes, it’s coming.
I am 100% done with hearing complaints about cost of living. We are California now and California is expensive.
Bailey Guns
11-06-2018, 21:23
Fox just called it for Cruz in TX. That helps with the senate.
Califrado...good luck.
Bailey Guns
11-06-2018, 21:30
AZ is the state I can't figure out for the life of me. They finally unburden themselves from Flake and McCain and they're on the verge of electing Sinema. WTF? She has got to be one of the most radical leftists of all of them. I know McSally isn't a great conservative but, seriously? WTF?
ETA: I see McSally is back in the lead with 58% reporting. She should be stomping Sinema into the ground.
ETA: And it looks like Coffman got his ass handed to him. Is that due to redistricting or because he's a candy-assed conservative?
Fox just called for Polis
hollohas
11-06-2018, 21:42
ETA: And it looks like Coffman got his ass handed to him. Is that due to redistricting or because he's a candy-assed conservative?
I don't get this one either. I don't know if he got redistricted and he was certainly a lame conservative. But it sure seemed like there was a lot of money being spent against him. Hell, someone even paid for an ad that ran non-stop on KOA radio against Coffman. Blamed him for the increased cost of health insurance.
Grant H.
11-06-2018, 21:47
AZ is the state I can't figure out for the life of me. They finally unburden themselves from Flake and McCain and they're on the verge of electing Sinema. WTF? She has got to be one of the most radical leftists of all of them. I know McSally isn't a great conservative but, seriously? WTF?
ETA: I see McSally is back in the lead with 58% reporting. She should be stomping Sinema into the ground.
ETA: And it looks like Coffman got his ass handed to him. Is that due to redistricting or because he's a candy-assed conservative?
McSally is up by 10K votes, with 10K votes left to be counted (based on what I am seeing).
Grant H.
11-06-2018, 21:53
I don't get this one either. I don't know if he got redistricted and he was certainly a lame conservative. But it sure seemed like there was a lot of money being spent against him. Hell, someone even paid for an ad that ran non-stop on KOA radio against Coffman. Blamed him for the increased cost of health insurance.
The commifornication of Colorado continues.
Bailey Guns
11-06-2018, 21:53
Polls close in CA and on the west coast in just a little over 5 mins. Watch for lots of big democrat numbers...especially in the house.
Bailey Guns
11-06-2018, 21:55
Looks like Scott could pull out a win in FL against Nelson. That would be a YUGE win for republicans and would put a lock on control of the senate.
Bailey Guns
11-06-2018, 21:58
McSally is up by 10K votes, with 10K votes left to be counted (based on what I am seeing).
I just heard they haven't counted Maricopa county yet. There's probably a couple hundred thousand votes right there if that's the case.
Grant H.
11-06-2018, 22:07
I just heard they haven't counted Maricopa county yet. There's probably a couple hundred thousand votes right there if that's the case.
I misunderstood one of the pages I was looking at, so the 10K votes to go was an invalid number.
DeSantis wins
Hawley wins
ETA: And it looks like Coffman got his ass handed to him. Is that due to redistricting or because he's a candy-assed conservative?
Yes.
It's not looking good.
Bailey Guns
11-06-2018, 22:08
Yeah...there's a lot of information to digest. It's also hard not knowing what parts of the states haven't reported. That makes a big difference.
Grant H.
11-06-2018, 22:09
Looks like Scott could pull out a win in FL against Nelson. That would be a YUGE win for republicans and would put a lock on control of the senate.
Looks like he's going to pull if off.
Bailey Guns
11-06-2018, 22:10
DeSantis wins
That's another one that shouldn't have been close. Gillum is a thug and a crook. (I know, I know...I'm a racist.)
Great-Kazoo
11-06-2018, 22:10
I just heard they haven't counted Maricopa county yet. There's probably a couple hundred thousand votes right there if that's the case.
Maricopa cty has been leaning blue from what i understand. Factor in McSally is a trump supporter in a cty that for some reason loved McCain & Flake. The harsh reality is, as mentioned, no state is safe from the onslaught of liberal locust infesting the country.
A CA Conservative, like a N.Y or MA one is still a left of center voter when the reality hits.
Bailey Guns
11-06-2018, 22:16
Polls in ID closed at 8pm. ID governor called for the R at 8pm with 0 votes counted. Way to go out on a limb Fox. LOL
68Charger
11-06-2018, 22:18
McCain was an effective panderer... the wall "issue" is decisive in AZ, lots of latinos will vote for border flow.
I may have lived in CO for almost 20 yrs, but McSame was my senator before that... despite me voting against him every chance I had.
I see 2013 all over...maybe worse.
My count on the Colorado Sec of State site....
State Senate lost 3 REP seats....
Basically on a state level...
CO went full retard... I mean democrat...one in the same....
Maybe only lost 2 state sen seats..
Right now looks like
Looks like Neville is out..
Humenik out....
And jensen didnt pick up the IND seat...
But not all data is in....but not looking good...
Yep Dems have the trifecta here in Colorado now, House, Senate, Gov. They can pass a 3 round mag limit and no grandfathering if they want. Revolvers for everyone if you can pass a new special background check that you have to pay for and takes 3 years to pass.
The rest of Colorado needs to find a way to secede from Denver and inside the 470 beltway.
Colorado is full on Dems.. state house, senate and gov.. anything is up for grabs.
I changed my party affiliation to unaffiliated.
The CO GOP is a joke, they couldn't find their ass with both hands at high noon on a cloudless day. They didn't even try to win.
Buying lowers at an excellerated pace
.455_Hunter
11-07-2018, 07:56
I agree. The only statewide R candidate worth a crap was Brauchler. Stapleton was the worst choice of the whole lot, typifying the parties selection of the boobish "company man" over somebody who could actually run a competitive race.
I agree. The only statewide R candidate worth a crap was Brauchler. Stapleton was the worst choice of the whole lot, typifying the parties selection of the boobish "company man" over somebody who could actually run a competitive race.
If you look overall, REPs did poor in CO.
Coffman said it well... DEM judges wrote the districts (which i dont see how that is legal as judges have no authority to write the maps) and gerrymandered the districts in DEM favor.
Then just looking at other races, the suburbanites overwhelmingly went for DEMs. It wasnt one race, or two or a bad candidate... the suburbanites (especially women) I think dislike Trump and made Colorado REPs pay.
I think running "good" candidates would not have helped. In fact maybe (let me hope) it is a strategy to keep better candidates from being "losers" for the next round of elections.
What I would like to see at the state level is that the CO house or senate had very easy districts for one of them. The districts would be called "counties". Each county gets one representative. That would balance out the needs of rural vs Denver/Boulder.
.455_Hunter
11-07-2018, 08:55
What I would like to see at the state level is that the CO house or senate had very easy districts for one of them. The districts would be called "counties". Each county gets one representative. That would balance out the needs of rural vs Denver/Boulder.
I agree strongly, with each senator representing 1-3 geographically contiguous counties. Unfortunately, I believe such an arrangement is illegal (SCOTUS ruling?) even though the US Senate is fundamentally the same set-up.
Gcompact30
11-07-2018, 09:55
Buying lowers at an excellerated pace
AMEN brother AMEN........already started...........
If you look overall, REPs did poor in CO.
Coffman said it well... DEM judges wrote the districts (which i dont see how that is legal as judges have no authority to write the maps) and gerrymandered the districts in DEM favor.
[snip]
Coffman's campaign didn't help and the silver lining is that CO retired a wannabe McCain. Maybe we get a better candidate out of this?
Will1776
11-07-2018, 12:53
We’re gonna be missing Hickenlooper here real soon
I predict Cory Gardner will lose his seat in 2020.
We’re gonna be missing Hickenlooper here real soon
You can say that again.
Bailey Guns
11-07-2018, 16:19
We’re gonna be missing Hickenlooper here real soon
I remember saying that about Clinton after Obama was elected.
I remember being dumbfounded and pissed when people were excited Obama got the nomination. "Thank God she didn't get it" was all the little choo choo in their head could rationalize. Seeing his history, I couldn't believe people (including a great number here) could be so short sided. Here we are again, lately. All hail orange Jesus who can do no wrong. Lol. GOP is saved thanks to orange Jesus. At least Obama was elected for eight years instead of Hillary getting a nomination! Whew!
Keep writing, you're getting more incoherent each time.
Butt-man might want single payer and to ban all guns SAD, but he's no Hillary. We can just throw guns at BUTTMAN to fix all problem BIGLY
There, I made it understandable to you.
LOL
I understand that Trump has his defects but to think Hillary would have been better is idiocy. Given her propensities I'd almost wager that this board would cease to exist under her rule, and your little guns too.
hurley842002
11-07-2018, 19:08
Didn't realize we had this many "never Trumpers" on here.
We can just throw guns at BUTTMAN to fix all problem BIGLY
Is this an order, sir?
Bailey Guns
11-07-2018, 20:56
That's a lot of speculation you're throwing around that you've seemingly disguised as fact.
I don't believe for a second "the media made Trump win the primaries...". That doesn't even make sense. I don't disagree that most of the media thought he'd be the easiest for HRC to beat. But I think it was people who were tired of business as usual "made" Trump win the primaries. And it wasn't even close.
And who said Trump is = to Jesus? I've never seen that sort of sentiment from anyone here. I've seen a lot of pissing and moaning and whining about how rude he is, or talks too much, or he's this or that or the other thing and he tweets too much. But compare him to Jesus? No.
And BFD...so he was a democrat before. So was Reagan. Trump is governing as a pretty conservative president. Probably the most conservative in my lifetime. His presidency hasn't been perfect in my opinion. I hate the fact he jumped on the "ban bump-stocks" bandwagon...too reminiscent of a knee-jerk progressive reaction for my taste. And, yeah, he probably talks too much.
On the other hand, he does something no other conservative that's been elected or tried to get elected has ever done. He's stood up to progressive bullies and thrown their shit right back in their faces and he doesn't apologize for it. There is no way in hell ANY of the candidates he beat would've stood up to the democrats and staying in the fight like he did over the Kavanaugh thing. So for that alone I'll give him a pass on the bump-stock thing. I don't like it, I don't think it's right. But the only way I'm get a perfect president is if I get elected. So I'll live with Trump.
ETA: Point being, say Ted Cruz won the primary. The election wouldn't have even been close, and the media/Hillary knew it. Early polls showed her at a significant disadvantage.
Newsflash. The election wasn't close as it was. I voted for Cruz in the primary. But I'm glad now that he didn't win. Cruz wouldn't have stood up to the progressive bullies to the same extent Trump has. And that's not speculation like most of your post. It's fact. All you have to do is look at Cruz' behavior as a senator. And for that matter look at how he handled Trump's swipes at him in the campaign. Cruz would've probably been a very good president. But Trump is a very good president and he's a better street brawler. It makes for a great combination when you have to deal with the likes of an extremely hostile media and a government full of progressive assholes.
Singlestack
11-08-2018, 09:52
Man, our state Republican party has been, and continues to be, absolutely worthless. I changed to Unaffiliated last year, but it really makes no difference. We are a pretty solidly blue state now - forget purple.
Bailey Guns
11-08-2018, 11:17
Nothing I said was speculation and you know it.
We should probably just agree to disagree.
I...s it too much to ask for, IDK, an ethical, true conservative? An intelligent one? One that knows how to dodge baited questions and issues and wisely invest political capital? One that doesn't give fodder to the younger generations to shift hard left with stupidity? One that doesn't piss off 20-30% of independent voters with constant insults and grade school banter? One that can be respected in the international community, instead of being treated like the class retard that people have to "take one for the team" and entertain from time to time?...
Yes it is too much to ask for... People who met that criteria are too smart, too busy, to try to single-handedly take on a public service office like that.
I think a lot of our votes get washed out in the water from voting for third parties like the Libertarian, Constitutionalist, etc. I was looking at some numbers and if all those side parties were included in the "Republican" side, the R's would've won a lot more seats/issues.
Yes it is too much to ask for... People who met that criteria are too smart, too busy, to try to single-handedly take on a public service office like that.
I think a lot of our votes get washed out in the water from voting for third parties like the Libertarian, Constitutionalist, etc. I was looking at some numbers and if all those side parties were included in the "Republican" side, the R's would've won a lot more seats/issues.
I think this is correct but Republicans have only themselves to blame. They aren't conservative in any way. They just are right of the new Democrats. People on the right are way more likely to vote for values before party whereas people on the left are the opposite.
DavieD55
11-08-2018, 12:19
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I think this is correct but Republicans have only themselves to blame. They aren't conservative in any way. They just are right of the new Democrats. People on the right are way more likely to vote for values before party whereas people on the left are the opposite.
Agreed.
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I'm a teacher, and I approve this message. Have y'all read some of the new history textbooks and stuff?... WOW...
DavieD55
11-08-2018, 12:24
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avandelay
11-08-2018, 16:33
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It's not just the Gov't. It's the people writing the curriculum and the text books too. A few years ago my wife was tutoring a middle school student from a private school in NoVA (we lived in NoVA at the time). The student had a homework sheet and one of the items was to write a report on the rights 'granted' by the BoR.
Well the push for more gun control took a long time...
https://www.thedenverchannel.com/news/politics/colo-democrats-plan-to-reintroduce-controversial-red-flag-gun-bill
"Colorado Democrats plan to reintroduce controversial 'red flag' gun bill"
What was that? 36 hours?
Grant H.
11-08-2018, 18:20
Well the push for more gun control took a long time...
https://www.thedenverchannel.com/news/politics/colo-democrats-plan-to-reintroduce-controversial-red-flag-gun-bill
"Colorado Democrats plan to reintroduce controversial 'red flag' gun bill"
What was that? 36 hours?
Not surprised. Not even a little.
First of many in the very near future, I am sure.
Not surprised. Not even a little.
First of many in the very near future, I am sure.
Over under on how many hours until the next one is announced?
Over under on how many hours until the next one is announced?
If they're smart, they'll pass red flag. Show their members it's safe to take our rights. And then move on to the next one.
BTW, there is actually good public support on red flag laws and a lot of confused gun owners who don't understand the negative consequences. Many gun owners think by decreasing mass shootings (LE has known about a lot of these cases) that it will actually protect our gun rights.
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