ELECTION 2014 - Merged Threads

[thvigil11]

It's all about selfish and immediate gratification: "If the state is losing and I'll be miserable here, why would I stay? I have a limited time here on earth, I may as well live in a place that suits me best, right?"
If you didn't catch it earlier, I'm not leaving Colorado by choice. I got orders for California 2 weeks ago.



Honestly, I cannot understand how DeGette got 160,000+ votes.. This just blows my mind. How are people not dying off by the dozens from natural selection?

Not like you're going to a more conservative place either there HB. Nothing like "running away" to an even more liberal stinkhole.

[MED]

OK guys, let take a step back for a minute.

In the good old days, while it was supposedly solid "Red" territory, CO had 16 years of consecutive "D" governorships with Lamm and Romer. How was that possible?

What are the final results of the State House?

Like you all, I am very disappointed with the Gov race, but running away won't fix the problem.

Even when Lamb and Romer were Governor, the legislature was Republican. The state was a far more independent western frontier state back then at all levels of government regardless of party. The same kind of BS didn't ooze out of the capitol like it does now. Fortunately, the Owens years gave us state-wide shall issue concealed carry otherwise we wouldn't have that now. The really dangerous shit happens when the Dems have total control.

[GunsRBadMMMMKay]

Arizona has no water. A serious influx of illegals. It will be one of the battleground areas when LaRaza and Azteca decide to take it back. Combine that with it being a major highway for illegals coming here and points north.
Utah, Northern UT perhaps, Idaho looks good. Wyoming has priced itself out of the market for those looking for some acreage, due to oil & gas boom.

Was going to say, Idaho should have been on the list too......supposedly mining is supposed to pick back up there but with the economy being how it is IDK, metals and such are down....hell oils down.

Sad thing is, how come out of 50 states when thinking about freedoms the states that come to mind can be counted on one hand? What the hell has happened here?

[Great-Kazoo]

I am disappointed, but I am not so sure it is not a mandated stalemate as anything else. Both parties are messed up. I think a marginal gain is still showing that CO GOP that they have a lot of work to do in the next 2 years. If they had a landslide, I think it would have been read wrong by the GOP. Just my opinion.

I actually think Coffman did what he felt he needed to do in order to win. I have no problem at all with him catering to HIS constituency, in fact if more politicians would do, and act like Coffman, we would not be in as big a mess.

This is the correct reply.
Hispanics and blacks do vote, do vote D and do vote for social issues. Coffman won big (IMO) considering the demographics of his area. He did it by getting votes from areas R's would not normally receive them. Hispanic and black voters for the most part do favor Family / Traditional Values. Until the R's recognize this D's will win big, or in Hicks case, win but not by a landslide.
Had Udall and D outside interest NOT played the WAR ON WOMEN, continually, Gardner would have lost.
I expect a major shift come 2016 from both parties when attack ads play.

[.455_Hunter]

As whole, CO did an overall good job of turning back from solid blue to a more historical split personality.

A Republican candidate unseated a relatively scandal free Democratic Senator in a statewide race. That is a big deal!

4 of the state's 7 seats in Congress are help by Republicans. That is a big deal!

Republicans re-took the State Senate and may retake the State House. That is big deal!

Republicans took all of the statewide support offices, like AG, SOS, and ST. That is big deal!

A moderately "damaged goods" Republican Candidate did not manage defeat the incumbent Democratic Governor is a very close race. Yes, it's bad, but not the end of the world.

If ALL of the above had gone or mostly D, then yes, we would be looking at potential permanent blue status. Even then, how many of you would have said that MA and IL would have elected new R governors last night?

[Jer]

Not that I had a choice in the matter, but my moving van gets here next April. I guess I'll have to reevaluate Colorado in a few years to see if I want to come back.

And for you pissy motherf*ckers that are looking for someone to point the finger at: I am a libertarian. I voted all R for this election. Happy?

I did the same thing and now I can't get that taste out of my mouth. At least when I vote 3rd party & lose I get the satisfaction of knowing I helped to make that little % a bit higher & helped to give others hope to vote that way next election. Everyone keeps saying to vote R and then change from within yet the GOP keeps giving us candidates like Mittens Romney & Bob Beauprez I see no hope for the GOP. In elections they basically have no way to not win they find a way to snatch defeat from the jaws of victory. It just keeps getting worse and worse and worse. Pretty soon I'm going to decide that voting Democrat and trying to get them to warm up to the idea of the 2nd Amendment is the way to go. Seems just as likely at this point.

[Great-Kazoo]

What a lot of you forget is. This wasn't a vote against the local people holding office. As much as it was a Vote Against Obama. Gardner and the outside interest ran ads showing Udalls voting record. His voting 100% of the time Lock Step with Obama. Udalls recording saying ISIS wasn't a threat, echoing Obama's JV mantra.
It happened to Bush II.
The down side for us, it opens the door on the D side to a very left of center candidate.

[Irving]

I did the same thing and now I can't get that taste out of my mouth. At least when I vote 3rd party & lose I get the satisfaction of knowing I helped to make that little % a bit higher & helped to give others hope to vote that way next election. Everyone keeps saying to vote R and then change from within yet the GOP keeps giving us candidates like Mittens Romney & Bob Beauprez I see no hope for the GOP. In elections they basically have no way to not win they find a way to snatch defeat from the jaws of victory. It just keeps getting worse and worse and worse. Pretty soon I'm going to decide that voting Democrat and trying to get them to warm up to the idea of the 2nd Amendment is the way to go. Seems just as likely at this point.

I don't think the GOP gave us Beauprez. He had to work just to get onto the ballot, then won the nomination.

[Superorb]

The entire night Hick was losing by 20k votes, then at the end he comes up with 30k votes?

[centrarchidae]

Candidates are picked in the primaries by whoever shows up to vote.

Where were you?

But you sure showed 'em.

Well, that sucked.... Maybe this time the republicans have figured out that running an establishment republican is not a winning strategy???

Probably not.



Oh, but he was the best chance of beating Hickenlooper, just like McCain and just like Romney.