ELECTION 2014 - Merged Threads

[hurley842002]

Consider yourself / us lucky we don't have a Cuomo mentality for guv.

I can't disagree with you there, but I was only speaking of Colorado Guvs.

[davsel]

In "important" elections, I believe you can subtract 2% of any D's votes due to voter fraud.

Where do I go to sign the recall petition on Hickinlooper? Worked before.

[.455_Hunter]

Besides manually totaling-up the votes on the S of S website, is there any place that is tracking the "balance of power" for the state house and senate?

[TFOGGER]

What does it say when you have Governor as universally reviled as Hick, but he still manages to win the election? It says that the Republicans stepped on their dicks again. Hick didn't WIN this election, Beauprez and the Colorado Republican Party LOST it. When it comes down to it,Bob's major campaign strategy boiled down to "I'm not Hick, vote for me!". Until and unless the Republicans can float a candidate that can motivate people to for FOR him, rather than against the other guy, the progressives and the FSA will continue to win.

[Superorb]

In "important" elections, I believe you can subtract 2% of any D's votes due to voter fraud.

Where do I go to sign the recall petition on Hickinlooper? Worked before.

Exactly. Last election I watched two people speak only Spanish, had no ID, and were confirmed not to be registered voters who were allowed to vote. I have no doubt that illegals have been voting in elections all over the country forever now.

[MED]

In "important" elections, I believe you can subtract 2% of any D's votes due to voter fraud.

Where do I go to sign the recall petition on Hickinlooper? Worked before.

We just had a recall; Hick won.

What does it say when you have Governor as universally reviled as Hick, but he still manages to win the election? It says that the Republicans stepped on their dicks again. Hick didn't WIN this election, Beauprez and the Colorado Republican Party LOST it. When it comes down to it,Bob's major campaign strategy boiled down to "I'm not Hick, vote for me!". Until and unless the Republicans can float a candidate that can motivate people to for FOR him, rather than against the other guy, the progressives and the FSA will continue to win.

Buauprez wasn't the best candidate; I really wanted Brophy, but that didn't happen. Honestly, I didn't care about the candidate in the general; I just wanted Hick gone.

[Jer]

What does it say when you have Governor as universally reviled as Hick, but he still manages to win the election? It says that the Republicans stepped on their dicks again. Hick didn't WIN this election, Beauprez and the Colorado Republican Party LOST it. When it comes down to it,Bob's major campaign strategy boiled down to "I'm not Hick, vote for me!". Until and unless the Republicans can float a candidate that can motivate people to for FOR him, rather than against the other guy, the progressives and the FSA will continue to win.

Exactly. Just like the presidential election of 2012.... the GOP fielded a turd and The People rejected it. Both were ripe for the picking and the GOP couldn't even get the job done.

[Dave_L]

Hick's win validated that dems can do whatever they want, be as blatant as they want and they will get re-elected. Troubling stuff, no matter how "lame" the R candidate was. Do people forget that we can vote again in 4 years? If Bob sucked, vote him out and try again. That is how we hold politicians accountable. We're punishing ourselves by waiting for the great white buffalo candidate.

[cstone]

I am shaking my head wondering how Massachusetts, Maryland, and Illinois all get Republican governors and Colorado retains a Democrat.

[PugnacAutMortem]

Hick's win validated that dems can do whatever they want, be as blatant as they want and they will get re-elected. Troubling stuff, no matter how "lame" the R candidate was. Do people forget that we can vote again in 4 years? If Bob sucked, vote him out and try again. That is how we hold politicians accountable. We're punishing ourselves by waiting for the great white buffalo candidate.

I think the way this vote went for governor is a message to the GOP to stop putting out crappy candidates. Yes, all democrats will vote for whomever has the D after their name. It's been proven time and time again that's just how people in that camp operate. But it looks like a sector of the people in the republican camp actually care about the candidates that their party puts up for election, and if they think that it's a lame candidate then they won't vote for them (Romney, Beauprez...). This should kick the GOP in Colorado in the ass and say "We need to put the strongest candidate out there, not who the data says is the most electable". Sometimes that might be the same person, but recently that has not been the case.

The real test to see if the GOP learns from this race is who they put up for president in 2016. I fear that last night is going to give them a ton of false confidence and they will throw out someone like Krispy Kreme Christie (vomit) or Bush Numero Tres (double vomit) and think that just because they have the R after their name, they will be a shoo-in.

Those who do not learn from the past are doomed to repeat it in the future.